University Wire back issues from Tuesday, August 28:
Position switch takes UCLA QB Rasshan off bench, puts him on field
Aug 28, 2007; ... Sam Allen University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Bruin) (CSTV U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Osaar Rasshan has been hard to miss at the UCLA football team's training camp. The 6-foot-4-inch sophomore stood out as he made the transition from quarterback to wide receiver. He's done well ...
'Noles know special teams can mean win or lose
Aug 28, 2007; ... Seth Allison University Wire 08-28-2007 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (CSTV U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Kicking has never been Florida State's strong suit. From Wide Right I through IV to Wide Left, more tears have been shed due to special teams play than any other unit. Entering ...
Former UC-Berkeley professor known for cancer, heart disease studies
Aug 28, 2007; ... Sameea Kamal University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Chemist, doctor and former University of California-Berkeley professor John W. Gofman died at his home on Aug. 15 from heart failure. He was 88. Gofman was best known for his ...
Cardinals women's soccer's offensive strategy gives team edge
Aug 28, 2007; ... Kyle Shaner University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily News) (CSTV U-WIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Since arriving at Ball State University in 2006, women's soccer coach Michelle Salmon has implemented an attacking style of offense. Salmon's offense led to 39 goals for the Cardinals last ...
Baylor U. business program ranks in top 25
Aug 28, 2007; ... Kate Gronewald University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Lariat) (U-WIRE) WACO, Texas -- Students who dream of starting their own business can look to the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business to show them the way. Fortune Small Business magazine recently named Baylor one of ...
Frisbee Dan amuses students at Texas State U.-San Marcos
Aug 28, 2007; ... Chris Copple University Wire 08-28-2007 (The University Star) (U-WIRE) SAN MARCOS, Texas -- It's hard to miss him in his gardening hat, mirror-lens glasses, year-round tan and short shorts. "He is a San Marcos legend," said Emily Kelliher, philosophy senior at Texas State ...
Mountaineers special teams deals with new faces, new rules
Aug 28, 2007; ... Brandon Brown University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Daily Athenaeum) (CSTV U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The special teams unit for the 2007 West Virginia University Mountaineers looks to improve upon last season in every aspect. Junior Pat McAfee will once again handle the field ...
Colorado State U. ranks among top schools
Aug 28, 2007; ... James Holt University Wire 08-28-2007 (Rocky Mountain Collegian) (U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A recent study places Colorado State University among the best schools in the nation, but a look at other peer universities and Colorado schools suggests the university is still playing ...
Pitt women's soccer young, hungry
Aug 28, 2007; ... Jay Huerbin University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Pitt News) (CSTV U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Coming off a successful campaign in 2006-2007 that saw the Pitt women's soccer team finish 8-7-3 during the regular season, the Panthers have high hopes this fall. Although the season finished ...
Houston to host No. 3 Bruins women's soccer's first 2 games
Aug 28, 2007; ... Ajaybir Behniwal University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Bruin) (CSTV U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- When the No. 3 UCLA women's soccer team touches down in Texas this week to take on Houston and the University of Texas, it will be the beginning of a season in which the team's primary goal is ...
Texas A&M updates lab safety protocol
Aug 28, 2007; ... Travis Measley University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- After months of investigations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and re-evaluations of internal safety and technical laboratory procedures, Eddie J. Davis, interim President ...
CONCERT REVIEW: GrassRoots a hippie-fest worth the trip
Aug 28, 2007; ... Julia Woodward University Wire 08-28-2007 (Cornell Daily Sun) (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- As your friendly native-Ithacan-still-in-residence I've decided to let you in on a local secret (although it's not really a secret) -- a four-day hippie-fest that absolutely must be attended once ...
Web site defends business of selling custom-written student paper
Aug 28, 2007; ... Shelly Mar University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Rebel Yell) (U-WIRE) LAS VEGAS -- While the majority of students know that copying someone else's essay word-for-word may result in a failing grade, a new online essay writing service is calling into question what exactly constitutes ...
Indiana U. volunteers help keep new students from getting lost
Aug 28, 2007; ... Ben Phelps University Wire 08-28-2007 (Indiana Daily Student) (U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- He pulled up in a silver car, screeched to a halt and flagged down the two red-T-shirt-clad Indiana University Guides standing by to ask for a campus map. They responded with directions as ...
Penn State nurses earn praise for clinical care
Aug 28, 2007; ... Matt Conte University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In light of professional shortages in the Pennsylvania nursing industry, a Pennsylvania State University clinical site has recently earned significant recognition for its clinical care. On ...
CD REVIEW: Editors prove a one-trick pony on 'An End Has a Start'
Aug 28, 2007; ... Nathan Ellsworth University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- When is enough just ... too much? That's the question posed by "An End Has A Start," the sophomore album from British band Editors, as the post-punk revival wave the band has struggled to ride for the ...
U. Arizona students unfazed by hike in smoking tax
Aug 28, 2007; ... Lindsey Hoshaw University Wire 08-28-2007 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- The past four months, some students say the increase is not enough to force them to quit. "It doesn't really affect me," said Melissa Thomas, a University of Arizona sophomore. "I ...
COLUMN: Support your fellow Rebels
Aug 28, 2007; ... Jared Martin University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Mississippian) (U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- Being an Ole Miss fan necessitates a Sisyphean exercise of patience. Not only are we one of the smallest universities in the Southeastern Conference, the SEC is itself a perennial powerhouse in ...
Virginia Tech Rescue Squad recovering from shootings
Aug 28, 2007; ... Laura Ingles University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Collegiate Times) (U-WIRE) BLACKSBURG, Va. -- On April 16, every member of the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad, a completely student-run emergency medical care and rescue organization located on campus, responded to a call to Norris Hall and ...
Washington State U. military science students getting schooled in survival
Aug 28, 2007; ... Keith Chaplin University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Evergreen) (U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- While almost all Washington State University students will visit the library during their college career, not many will be able to say they had the chance to rappel down the side of ...
U. Mississippi writer-in-residence offers fresh writing style
Aug 28, 2007; ... Taylor Neal University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Mississippian) (U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- Jack Pendarvis, the University of Mississippi's writer-in-residence, will be giving a book reading Tuesday in Nutt Auditorium at 7 p.m. The Writer-In-Residence program is entering its 14th ...
NIU football led by 4 junior captains
Aug 28, 2007; ... Ben Gross University Wire 08-28-2007 (Northern Star) (CSTV U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- Different. That one word seems to describe a whole number of situations for the 2007 NIU football team. However, one thing that isn't different for the Huskies -- the mission to win a MAC ...
Web site creates songs from scratch for college musicians
Aug 28, 2007; ... Amanda Allen & Stephanie Highsmith University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Lariat) (U-WIRE) WACO, Texas -- Break-through technology in music creation is now available to the public. Thanks to a high-tech new flash application, JamStudio.com has created a Web site geared toward ...
OU football's Chris Brown suspended
Aug 28, 2007; ... Royce Young & Steven Jones University Wire 08-28-2007 (Oklahoma Daily) (CSTV U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- OU head football coach Bob Stoops gave his condolences Monday to the family of slain OU recruit Herman Mitchell. "I want to pass along to Herman's family, friends and ...
Cigarette ignites sofa, then house during Syracuse students' summer bash
Aug 28, 2007; ... Miyoko Ohtake University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Orange) (U-WIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Students passing by 122-124 Redfield Place this weekend won't find a party. The house nearly burned down in mid-June. And students won't be moving back in until next semester, said landlord Ben Tupper, ...
Though risky, video resumes offer a fresh alternative
Aug 28, 2007; ... Alyssa Marderstein University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Orange) (U-WIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- For Jeremy Brodsky, a video resume is an original way to catch an employer's eye. "I definitely think that a video resume is a good idea because you can be seen in a different light and ...
Former Trojan TB to transfer to UF
Aug 28, 2007; ... Mike McCall University Wire 08-28-2007 (Independent Florida Alligator) (CSTV U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The UF football team's practice squad just got a lot better. Former USC running back Emmanuel Moody announced Monday that he will transfer to UF, a decision that almost ...
COMMENTARY: Make up your mind already, NCAA
Aug 28, 2007; ... Natalie Dicou University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (CSTV U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- If you think kids change the rules a lot while playing touch football in a schoolyard, consider the NCAA. It seems as if the NCAA Football Rules Committee decides to tweak the rules ...
In ad-sharing move, YouTube to insert commercials in users' videos
Aug 28, 2007; ... Brenda Paiz University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Daily Athenaeum) (U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A plan to profit off the popular Web site YouTube was announced early last week by Google, which spent $1.6 billion on a recent acquisition of the online video community. Google ...
Baylor U. implements encryption system to prevent data theft
Aug 28, 2007; ... Star De La Cruz University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Lariat) (U-WIRE) WACO, Texas -- To prevent theft, the data on Baylor University faculty computers is now encrypted. Due to a Texas law passed in September 2005, Baylor was among many universities that saw it necessary to update ...
COMMENTARY: Pac-10, led by No. 1 USC, boasts a deep, wide-open field
Aug 28, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Californian) (CSTV U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- USC Critics and fans will agree that nothing less than greatness is expected from the national-consensus No. 1 Trojans football team this season. USC returns 10 starters ...
CD REVIEW: Aesop Rock's 'None Shall Pass' a vocabulary lesson
Aug 28, 2007; ... Ann Colwell University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Daily Iowan) (U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- "Flash that buttery gold, jittery zeitgeist/ Wither by the watering hole, water patrol." As long as you carry a dictionary with your iPod, Aesop Rock's new album "None Shall Pass" (released ...
Study reveals color matters when choosing food
Aug 28, 2007; ... Matt Spialek University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Daily Vidette) (U-WIRE) NORMAL, Ill. -- When grabbing their next bite to eat, students may want to consider the color of their food. A recent study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture revealed that the pigment of ...
LSU student victim of attempted robbery
Aug 28, 2007; ... Sarah Yokubaitis University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Daily Reveille) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The third attempted armed robbery in more than a year occurred in the residential area of campus Saturday, according to the Louisiana State University Police Department. LSUPD ...
Fullbacks key to Seminoles running game
Aug 28, 2007; ... Sean Breslin University Wire 08-28-2007 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (CSTV U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- When the Florida State fullbacks entered fall practice, they knew exactly what to expect. They were not surprised. "High intensity," fullback Seddrick Holloway said ....
COMMENTARY: FSU's front four is the key to a dominant defense
Aug 28, 2007; ... Reece Miller University Wire 08-28-2007 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (CSTV U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The front four is the most important part of the defense. They battle mammoth offensive linemen, sometimes two at a time. Without a defensive line, linebackers aren't free to ...
CSU women's cross country picked second, men fourth
Aug 28, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 08-28-2007 (Rocky Mountain Collegian) (CSTV U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The CSU women's cross country team was picked to finish second and the men's team fourth in the Mountain West Conference preseason poll released earlier this ...
Colleagues remember U. South Florida department head
Aug 28, 2007; ... Dan Catlin University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Oracle) (U-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- After battling multiple sclerosis for more than two decades, the former chairman of the University of South Florida's Department of Microbiology and Immunology died Saturday. Herman Friedman was ...
Husker swimming squad ushers in new talent
Aug 28, 2007; ... James McCave University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Nebraskan) (CSTV U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska's swimming and diving team is treading into uncharted waters as it lose four years worth of perennial top performers. This year's squad has the task of replacing its top two ...
6 new players looking to help turn Tech volleyball program around
Aug 28, 2007; ... Adam Coleman University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Toreador) (CSTV U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -- With a combination of young talent and experienced players returning to the team, Texas Tech women's volleyball is looking to improve on its 2006 12-17 finish in the 2007 season. Returning ...
Baylor U. accommodates 28-hour community worship service
Aug 28, 2007; ... Christopher Stone University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Lariat) (U-WIRE) WACO, Texas -- Dim, colored rays of light gleamed through stained glass windows as the sun set over Baylor University's Miller Chapel on Friday night, drawing the first week of classes to a close. But as the ...
Washington State volleyball takes on Vandals
Aug 28, 2007; ... Mike Baldwin University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Evergreen) (CSTV U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- The WSU women's volleyball team, riding a three-match sweep in the Baden Cougar Challenge Tournament this past weekend, will take on the University of Idaho at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Bohler Gym ....
U. Kentucky Board of Trustees members asked to resign
Aug 28, 2007; ... Jill Laster University Wire 08-28-2007 (Kentucky Kernel) (U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky's attorney general has called for the resignation of three members of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, saying the board's Republican majority violates a state law. The ...
Longhorn Sweed dismisses rumors of injury
Aug 28, 2007; ... Cody Hale University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Texan) (CSTV U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Limas Sweed felt that words weren't quite expressing just how healthy he was. So he decided to prove to everyone through his actions that everything was just fine with his left wrist. He waved ...
UC-Berkeley food service workers say unequal pay discriminatory
Aug 28, 2007; ... Stephanie M. Lee University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Cal Dining student workers at the University of California-Berkeley continue to demand equal pay after officials announced last month that non-student workers would receive higher wages. ...
BOOK REVIEW: Shafak's latest novel spins story of women, conflict
Aug 28, 2007; ... Christina Ashie University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Elif Shafak's "The Bastard of Istanbul" skillfully weaves together the stories of two conflicting cultures -- Armenian-American and Turkish -- in the tale of two families and ultimately two ...
Study: Less exercise may actually be better
Aug 28, 2007; ... Anne Llewellyn University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Chronicle) (U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -- Give yourself and the person waiting a break and get off the elliptical after the 30-minute limit. Under certain conditions, moderate exercise is more beneficial than higher intensity workouts, ...
Lady Lions soccer ready to defend Big Ten title
Aug 28, 2007; ... Brian Eller University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Collegian) (CSTV U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For as long as senior captain Aubrey Aden-Buie has suited up in blue and white, the Penn State women's soccer team has developed the ultimate recipe for success. During her three ...
Colorado State U. fair promotes green transportation
Aug 28, 2007; ... Chris Seegers University Wire 08-28-2007 (Rocky Mountain Collegian) (U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Bikes, boards and bus passes dominated the Colorado State University Lory Student Plaza Monday morning at the first annual Sensible Modes of Alternative Road Transportation (SMART) ...
UCL freshman corner gets his chance
Aug 28, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Bruin) (CSTV U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- It's a tough life for a freshman football player at any Division I school. It has been even tougher for the incoming freshmen on the UCLA football team. The team returns 20 starters and 25 ...
Ball State U. increases wireless Internet security
Aug 28, 2007; ... Samantha Zilai University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily News) (U-WIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State University students who upload information to iLocker or iWeb now receive increased security while transmitting information, said Tobey Coffman, University Computing Services security group ...
USC ranked No. 1 in UWIRE College Football Poll
Aug 28, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 08-28-2007 (U-WIRE) (CSTV U-WIRE) NEW YORK CITY -- USC was the hands-down favorite in the year's first UWIRE College Football Poll, garnering 26 of 28 first-place votes from sports editors at Division I-A student newspapers. "You know they're ...
A&M golf coaches have high hopes for 2007 after strong summer finish
Aug 28, 2007; ... Travis Measley University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Battalion) (CSTV U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Texas A&M men's and women's golf teams finished off the 2006-2007 season with solid performances in Big 12 postseason play and at the NCAA Regional Tournament. The men's ...
COMMENTARY: 'High School Musical' crushes records with simple formula
Aug 28, 2007; ... Rick Kushman University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Gamecock) (U-WIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- That peppy little monster, "High School Musical 2," exploded in the ratings last week and became the most-watched show on cable ever. There you go, a major record and no steroids involved. The ...
U. Louisville's domestic partner benefits under fire
Aug 28, 2007; ... Kirk Laughlin University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Louisville Cardinal) (U-WIRE) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- With rallying cries opposing domestic partner benefits rising up in the Capitol rotunda, and an upcoming election with benefits as a key campaign issue, the University of Louisville's ...
Some N.C. State dorm residents complaining of ant problems
Aug 28, 2007; ... Anna Courie University Wire 08-28-2007 (Technician) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Roommates Brandon Manchester and Mark Molner, sophomores at North Carolina State University, moved into their room Aug. 18; so did a few hundred other roommates they didn't know they were going to ...
Versatility key for Bulls men's soccer
Aug 28, 2007; ... David Rice University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Oracle) (CSTV U-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- Soccer is a fluid game built around team chemistry. Without it, a team is little more than 11 players kicking a ball around. That's why the men's soccer team's biggest focus right now is coming ...
Texas A&M veterinary professor shows armadillos love in new book
Aug 28, 2007; ... Jessica Henning University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Bill Klemm is known to many of the students and faculty of Texas A&M University as a retired professor of neuroscience and veterinary integrative biosciences. However, he is also known ...
U. Oklahoma greeks find strength in brotherhood
Aug 28, 2007; ... Hailey Branson University Wire 08-28-2007 (Oklahoma Daily) (U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- A group of men shuffled down greek row at the University of Oklahoma on a dark Sunday night. They uttered a series of masculine laughs and tromped into an enormous, brightly lit ...
Penn State football depth chart lacks cited players
Aug 28, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two Pennsylvania State University football players cited for underage drinking earlier this month were not listed on a depth chart released by Penn State sports information on Monday ...
Former police chief says U. Central Florida misused funds
Aug 28, 2007; ... Jessica Sunday University Wire 08-28-2007 (Central Florida Future) (U-WIRE) OVIEDO, Fla. -- The former chief of University of Central Florida Police said that the university fired him from his post of 18 years after he raised questions about the way UCF spends state funds ....
Tech D-line reloads with freshmen talent seeking starting roles
Aug 28, 2007; ... Alex Ybarra University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Toreador) (CSTV U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Texas Tech football team's defensive line will feature a rotation of experienced and inexperienced players in the 2007 season, as coaches try to replace players who went on to play in the ...
Hawkeyes look to be very special
Aug 28, 2007; ... Brendan Stiles University Wire 08-28-2007 (The Daily Iowan) (CSTV U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Since the day Kirk Ferentz took over as head coach at Iowa, special teams have always been key to Hawkeye successes and failures. In 2002 and 2004, when the Hawkeyes won Big Ten ...
Texas Tech women's volleyball starts season with 2 wins
Aug 28, 2007; ... Adam Coleman University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Toreador) (CSTV U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Texas Tech women's volleyball team started their season on a winning note by coming away with two of three matches this past weekend in the UNLV Tournament in Las Vegas. Tech started ...
'Course shopping' makes scheduling harder for students, admins
Aug 28, 2007; ... Megan Kelly University Wire 08-28-2007 (Daily Illini) (U-WIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When University of Illinois Matt Pirih tried to register for Community Health 100, Contemporary Health, last year, he was disappointed to see it was full. Pirih, junior in engineering, already had his ...