University Wire back issues from Tuesday, December 4:
UC Davis students asked to fast, donate money to support Darfur
Dec 04, 2007; ... Wendy Wang University Wire 12-04-2007 (The California Aggie) (U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. -- The University of California at Davis STAND chapter is partaking in the nationwide DarfurFast Wednesday. The DarfurFast is part of a nationwide student effort to raise funds for civilian ...
U. Penn student maced in failed robbery
Dec 04, 2007; ... Katie Karas University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- A University of Pennsylvania law student was accosted by two would-be robbers on Sunday near the corner of 36th and Lancaster streets, Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker said. Eugenia ...
U. Utah remembers landmark heart surgery
Dec 04, 2007; ... Lana Groves University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- Barney Clark's rapidly failing heart led doctors to push up his artificial heart transplant surgery. Critics argued that the surgery had only worked on animals before and was too new to be ...
Online shoppers warned to take extra precautions
Dec 04, 2007; ... Jill Kimball University Wire 12-04-2007 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- This holiday season, about 42 percent of the country's population will buy gifts over the Web to avoid the masses at the mall, according to a Consumer Reports survey. Online research firms ...
Wisconsin hockey jumps back into WCHA mix
Dec 04, 2007; ... Stephen Watson University Wire 12-04-2007 (Badger Herald) (CSTV U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- After playing 10 consecutive games against ranked opponents, the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team finished the tough stretch on a high note with a pair of home wins over St. Cloud State ...
Lady Owl point guard Morris reaching potential
Dec 04, 2007; ... Todd Orodenker University Wire 12-04-2007 (Temple News) (CSTV U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- Entering her senior season, Ashley Morris was something of an enigma. One game she'd look like the player Dawn Staley recruited out of Philadelphia's Central High, a player who led her team ...
URI men's basketball holds off New Hampshire, 87-76
Dec 04, 2007; ... Evan Crawley University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Good Five Cent Cigar) (CSTV U-WIRE) KINGSTON, R.I. -- After falling behind by 11 points early against the University of New Hampshire, the University of Rhode Island men's basketball team battled back to earn an 87-76 victory over the ...
MIT freshmen in Next House in fall 2008 may have chance to switch dorms
Dec 04, 2007; ... Arkajit Dey University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Tech) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Beginning next fall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology freshmen placed in Next House during the summer will be able to participate in Residence Exploration and enter the Housing Readjustment Lottery ....
DVD REVIEW: Harry comes to the small screen again
Dec 04, 2007; ... Meaghan Dorff University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Grab a mug of butterbeer and switch on your DVD player: "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix" has transfigured to fit your home screen. With the two-disc DVD release of "Harry Potter and the ...
EIU swimming suffers disappointment in Indy meet
Dec 04, 2007; ... Ross Meister University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Eastern News) (CSTV U-WIRE) CHARLESTON, Ill. -- The Eastern men's and women's swimming team return to practice this week after the disappointing placing this past weekend where the women captured sixth place with a score of 198 points ...
Dartmouth dean to step down during Winter term
Dec 04, 2007; ... Allyson Bennett University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Dartmouth) (U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. -- After a tenure marked by debates about campus discrimination and student efforts to reform the undergraduate judicial system, acting Dean of Dartmouth College Dan Nelson '75 will step down as ...
Ball State women's basketball says its ready to step up
Dec 04, 2007; ... Ryan Wood University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily News) (CSTV U-WIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- After beginning the past two seasons with five consecutive wins, the Ball State University's women's basketball has its worst record through the first seven games of the year since the 1998-99 ...
Princeton IT considers modern e-mail clients
Dec 04, 2007; ... Doug Eshleman University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Princetonian) (U-WIRE) PRINCETON, N.J. -- Amid grumbles from scores of students and faculty members, Princeton University is considering shifting from the webmail client it has used for several years to a more modernized e-mail ...
Arizona has 4 players on Pac-10 first team
Dec 04, 2007; ... Staff Report University Wire 12-04-2007 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (CSTV U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Two days removed from its disappointing 20-17 loss to No. 13 ASU, four Arizona football players were selected for the All-Pac-10 teams. Linebacker Spencer Larsen, who led the ...
Youth movement arrives at Iowa
Dec 04, 2007; ... Charlie Kautz University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Iowan) (CSTV U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- As a kid, one simply dreamed of playing in the Big Ten. Another went face-to-face with O.J. Mayo -- Yes, that O.J. Mayo, he of Dick Vitale's diaper-dandy lore who is averaging 21 points ...
Wildcats' comeback falls short against NU
Dec 04, 2007; ... Paul Landau University Wire 12-04-2007 (The New Hampshire) (CSTV U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.H. -- Sometimes the hole is just too big to climb out of. Down 14 at the half, the 'Cats mounted a furious comeback at the end of the game but came up just short, losing a tough one at home to ...
Community college partners with Georgetown
Dec 04, 2007; ... Elizabeth Blazey University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Hoya) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- Becoming a Georgetown University graduate is now a very real opportunity for local community college students. The university's School of Continuing Studies reached an agreement earlier this month ...
Female Indiana U. student reports rape
Dec 04, 2007; ... Ids Reports University Wire 12-04-2007 (Indiana Daily Student) (U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A female resident of Briscoe Quad told Indiana University Police Department officers Saturday that she was raped, according to a police report. IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said officers ...
Popular Web site creator charged
Dec 04, 2007; ... David Adewumi University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In July 2001, federal judges shut down Napster, the brainchild of Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning, after the Recording Industry Association of America sued. The ...
Binghamton swimming drops weekend meet with Cornell
Dec 04, 2007; ... Jigar Gandhi University Wire 12-04-2007 (Pipe Dream) (CSTV U-WIRE) BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- The Binghamton University men's and women's swimming and diving teams were defeated in a dual meet against Cornell this past weekend. The men's team was defeated 175-114, while the women ...
Semester's end stresses U. Minn. students
Dec 04, 2007; ... Betsy Graca University Wire 12-04-2007 (Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Can't sleep? Check. Back-aches? Check. Sure you'll fail that chemistry final? Check. Diagnosis: Stress. Finals week means an overwhelming amount of stress to many students, and yet ...
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: 'Rock Band' players head bang to the top
Dec 04, 2007; ... Brittany Coombs University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Dartmouth) (U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. -- Once upon a time, four talented teenagers from San Francisco were ruminating on their futures in a poorly lit, retro-decaled basement when one of them - the short, antagonistic one, as a matter of ...
Texas Tech expert: Holiday overindulgence may risk students' health
Dec 04, 2007; ... Glenys Bolls University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Toreador) (U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -- As winter break approaches, many students may be looking forward to eating and drinking their fill over the holidays. Some Texas Tech University faculty, however, say this may not be the safest way to ...
Freshmen filling in for PSU hockey's injured
Dec 04, 2007; ... Kevin Zitzman University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Collegian) (CSTV U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The leading scorer on the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers has 22 points. The goaltender with the best goals-against average (GAA) is at 0.52 goals per game. They are both ...
COMMENTARY: Big 12 homeroom
Dec 04, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Nebraskan) (CSTV U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- 1. Oklahoma (11-2, 6-2 Big 12) vs. West Virginia, Fiesta Bowl Ho-hum. Another championship season in Norman, Okla. This is OU's fifth Big 12 title, and the most impressive thing ...
ISU wrestling predicts massive sellout against Iowa
Dec 04, 2007; ... Luke Plansky University Wire 12-04-2007 (Iowa State Daily) (CSTV U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- The 1924 edition of the ISU yearbook, The Bomb, holds a visual reminder of the good old days for the sport of wrestling. A picture of 11 students camped in the stairway of State Gym was ...
Tips for cheap holiday travel
Dec 04, 2007; ... Mark Aspillera University Wire 12-04-2007 (Spartan Daily) (U-WIRE) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- With the winter break coming up, it might be the right time to take a trip abroad. The same fears attached to international travel still apply: Can I afford to leave the country? Do the people ...
Maryland golf has best recruiting class in years
Dec 04, 2007; ... Jeff Newman University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Diamondback) (CSTV U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland men's golf team put the stamp on a successful fall season by inking one of the best recruiting classes coach Tom Hanna has ever had in his 17-year tenure. The class of 2008 is ...
Louisville volleyball team falls in NCAA tournament
Dec 04, 2007; ... Trevor Joelson University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Louisville Cardinal) (CSTV U-WIRE) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville was ousted by Middle Tennessee State University in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The two played at the Kentucky International Convention ...
Finals no deterrant to Hanukkah celebrations at U. Arizona
Dec 04, 2007; ... Eric Schwartz University Wire 12-04-2007 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Many Jewish students on campus will celebrate Hanukkah without their families this year, as the holiday occurs before classes let out for winter break. This year, Hanukkah starts ...
FILM REVIEW: Trying to stay 'Awake'
Dec 04, 2007; ... Almar Flotildes University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Gamecock) (U-WIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- "Awake" presents a real scare factor for people afraid to go under the knife: being totally conscious when you're being sliced open with surgical steel. The movie prefaces itself with a ...
Internet eases the job search for Syracuse students
Dec 04, 2007; ... Alana Edmunds University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Orange) (U-WIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- As the fall semester ends, Syracuse University seniors are weighing possible post-graduation plans. Options are endless -- anything from full-time employment or graduate school to a year ...
COMMENTARY: Reality check: TV shows aren't real life
Dec 04, 2007; ... Mary Kanaskie University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Remember when MTV was all Backstreet Boys music videos with a dash of Carson Daly rattling off the Top 10 music videos after school? When family sitcoms like Full House taught us how to ...
Southern Illinois U. sorority hosts Race and Reconciliation Day panel
Dec 04, 2007; ... Madeleine Leroux University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Egyptian) (U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Simyra Campbell said she identifies herself as Simyra first and black second. Campbell was a panelist and a coordinator for the event. Race and racial identity were the focal points of ...
Perry's status up in the air for Iowa wrestling
Dec 04, 2007; ... Ryan Young University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Iowan) (CSTV U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Mark Perry may not know it yet, but it's possible he could be sitting outside the mat when the Iowa wrestling team travels to Hilton Coliseum to clash with Iowa State this weekend. After ...
Maryland women's basketball falls to No. 4 Rutgers
Dec 04, 2007; ... Greg Schimmel University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Diamondback) (CSTV U-WIRE) PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer knew what her team had to do Monday night to beat the Terrapin women's basketball team. The defensive-minded Scarlet Knights perfectly ...
Five bowls will feature other Pac-10 teams over winter vacation
Dec 04, 2007; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 12-04-2007 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (CSTV U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- Rose Bowl: No. 6 USC vs. No. 13 Illinois The USC Trojans will play in their sixth-consecutive Bowl Championship Series bowl in the 2008 Rose Bowl against at-large berth recipient ...
Keystone State recruits unlock door to success for Cavs wrestling
Dec 04, 2007; ... Conor Wakeman University Wire 12-04-2007 (Cavalier Daily) (CSTV U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The cornerstone of Virginia wrestling this season seems to be the Keystone State. Twelve of the 31 wrestlers on Virginia coach Steve Garland's roster wrestled their prep careers in ...
Attorneys fight over fate of A&M former administrator, child molester
Dec 04, 2007; ... Travis Robinson University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- One hundred years, was the sentence given to Brian Lancaster, the former assistant director of Texas A&M University Study Abroad Administration Monday Nov. 19. The jury took less ...
Limited plays, big results for SIU football
Dec 04, 2007; ... Scott Mieszala University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Egyptian) (CSTV U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The SIU football team gave Delaware, its next opponent in the playoffs, a few more players to study film of after Saturday's victory. Of the Salukis' five touchdowns in their 34-27 ...
Deficit Reduction Act's effect on birth control prices hits U. Minnesota
Dec 04, 2007; ... Devin Henry University Wire 12-04-2007 (Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Condoms might be free through the University of Minnesota, but the cost of some other contraceptives it offers is increasing. Because of a federal law enacted in January, drug companies won't be ...
U. South Florida students' trial date moved back
Dec 04, 2007; ... Victoria Bekiempis University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Oracle) (U-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- The trial date for two suspended USF students facing federal explosives charges will be postponed until next year, according to sources close to the case. The pair's trial, slated to start ...
Penn State students discuss abortion study
Dec 04, 2007; ... Christi Brua University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- It does not matter if abortions are legal; women who want or need them are going to get them, a study released in October found. The research, done by the Guttmacher Institute and ...
U. Virginia prof gives recommendations on mental health laws
Dec 04, 2007; ... Katt Henry University Wire 12-04-2007 (Cavalier Daily) (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A new sub-committee recently formed in the Virginia House of Delegates will review and evaluate bills dealing with mental health care policies in the Commonwealth. The sub-committee is part ...
Teaching grant to aid Temple U. training program
Dec 04, 2007; ... Trudy Steigerwalt University Wire 12-04-2007 (Temple News) (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- Temple University announced the reception of a national grant last Monday that will boost enrollment in teacher training. The new program calls for continued and increased collaboration between ...
U. Utah speaker expresses optimism about Iraq war
Dec 04, 2007; ... Paige Fieldsted University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- Although the war in Iraq is failing, Americans need to have confidence that the United States will achieve some sort of victory, said Philip Gordon, a senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at ...
U Minnesota holds second-annual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Day
Dec 04, 2007; ... Andy Mannix University Wire 12-04-2007 (Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Beyond the usual crowd of students trying to study for finals or catch a quick in-between-classes nap with the background racket of an amateur pianist, Coffman Union also served as a setting for the ...
West Virginia U. prof releases book on reconstruction in Iraq
Dec 04, 2007; ... By Kristen Maczko University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Athenaeum) (U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Dr. Christopher Coyne, assistant professor of economics in West Virginia University's College of Business and Economics, will be holding a signing of his book, "After War: The Political ...
Alabama joins LSU in offering Chinese initiatives
Dec 04, 2007; ... Natalie Messina University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Reveille) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- With China emerging as one of the world's largest economies, the growing trend among universities to heighten student awareness of United States-China relations is not surprising. In ...
Model agency: Big break or big mistake?
Dec 04, 2007; ... Daisy Bauer University Wire 12-04-2007 (Campus News) (U-WIRE) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After high school graduation, 17-year-old Phoenix resident Mathew Eaton embarked on a two-week long surfing vacation in Los Angeles, Calif. He spent the days taking advantage of the surf and sun. One ...
Utility allowances bring U. Minn. students unexpected costs
Dec 04, 2007; ... Joy Petersen University Wire 12-04-2007 (Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Many housing complexes surrounding the University area include utilities in their rent which pay for water, heat and electricity. But some of these complexes cover only up to an allotted amount in ...
Oklahoma goes back-to-back in the Big 12
Dec 04, 2007; ... Royce Young University Wire 12-04-2007 (Oklahoma Daily) (CSTV U-WIRE) SAN ANTONIO -- After the first half of play, one team played like it hadn't been under the spotlight before. OU was playing in its sixth Big 12 title game, but played like it was its first. The Sooners ...
Wake Forest headed to Charlotte for Meineke bowl
Dec 04, 2007; ... Jeff Merski University Wire 12-04-2007 (Old Gold and Black) (CSTV U-WIRE) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Wake Forest football team has accepted an invitation to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. The bowl game will take place at 1 p.m. on Dec. 29 at the Bank of America ...
For college students, Google's perks, reputation make company attractive
Dec 04, 2007; ... Alyssa Kosturakis University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- Alex Buder Shapiro is approaching graduation -- but her days of playtime, recess and cafeteria food are far from over. The University of Pennsylvania senior is taking a job in human ...
Lady Raiders set to play Houston at home
Dec 04, 2007; ... Alex Ybarra University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Toreador) (CSTV U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -- As each game goes by, the Lady Raider basketball team seems to become more comfortable with coach Kristy Curry's system, as well as with each other. Coming off an 89-45 pounding of the ...
COMMENTARY: LSU, Ohio State is best BCS game
Dec 04, 2007; ... Brian Hill University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Daily Reveille) (CSTV U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- In a season that featured numerous top-10 teams losing to unranked opponents, former-No. 1 Missouri and former-No. 2 West Virginia providing one last shake-up of the 2007 Bowl Championship ...
Alabama headed back to Independence Bowl
Dec 04, 2007; ... Dan Sellers University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Crimson White) (CSTV U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It's dej vu all over again. A year after finishing with a 6-6 regular season and a trip to Shreveport, La., for the Independence Bowl, the 2007 version of the Tide will do the ...
Freshman golfer gets fresh start at Cal after many years experience already
Dec 04, 2007; ... Peter Byrne University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Californian) (CSTV U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- We've all heard dejected coaches mutter the F-word after their first-year players make a rookie mistake. "Aww ... freshman." But Cal women's golfer Pia Halbig hasn't given the Bears ...
Harvard alums protest student apathy
Dec 04, 2007; ... Laurence H. M. Holland University Wire 12-04-2007 (Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Thirteen members of the Class of 1967 have sent an open letter to University President Drew G. Faust accusing Harvard students of "widespread apathy and political indifference" and asking ...
U. Nebraska chemistry professor dies at 65
Dec 04, 2007; ... Jamie Klein University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Chemistry lost a valued faculty member on Saturday when 65-year-old professor John Stezowski was found dead in his car near 14th and Vine ...
Arizona basketball uses McClellan as defensive specialist
Dec 04, 2007; ... Michael Schwartz University Wire 12-04-2007 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (CSTV U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- During his time coaching in the NBA, UA interim head coach Kevin O'Neill observed that most good teams pay at least two players to be defensive stoppers, one starter and one ...
Big first half, high-scoring offense leads to SU women's hoops to weekend sweep
Dec 04, 2007; ... Kyle Austin University Wire 12-04-2007 (Daily Orange) (CSTV U-WIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It took all of four seconds for the Syracuse women's basketball team to begin its case to show it has no problems putting up points. Against Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, Nicole Michael took ...
Surprise tourney run highlights Duke women's soccer season
Dec 04, 2007; ... Laura Keeley University Wire 12-04-2007 (The Chronicle) (CSTV U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -- As the clock ticked down to zero on a frigid night in South Bend, Ind., the book finally closed on an improbable hot streak in the NCAA tournament for Duke. Over the last few pages of the season, ...
Chicano Caucus students at Columbia U. press for DREAM Act
Dec 04, 2007; ... Seo Hee Im University Wire 12-04-2007 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- Despite another rejection of the DREAM Act in the U.S. Senate last October, members of the Columbia University Chicano Caucus remain unshaken in their resolve to ensure that it passes the next time ...
Coleman stellar as Gophers cruise to win
Dec 04, 2007; ... Zach Eisendrath University Wire 12-04-2007 (Minnesota Daily) (CSTV U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- It was as if a switch simultaneously flicked on inside the heads of the Minnesota men's basketball team's three senior captains. Tubby Smith's Gophers were locked into a tightly ...