University Wire back issues from Thursday, March 20:
Cal State Fullerton profs bare thoughts about porn
Mar 20, 2008; ... Justine Lopez University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Titan) (UWIRE) FULLERTON, Calif. -- Many people make use of it, but few will admit that they do. In the United States pornography is highly controversial. Some pose that it is inherently evil and immoral while others contend that ...
Lions men's volleyball move on after tough loss
Mar 20, 2008; ... Andrew Champi University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Junior outside hitter Matt Anderson knew an overall perfect season would not be easy, but an undefeated conference season was something the Penn State men's volleyball team strives for every ...
COMMENTARY: Austin Peay in the Sweet 16???
Mar 20, 2008; ... Zack Chakan University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Apparently, the Cinderella for this year's NCAA Tournament isn't one of the top choices of Davidson, George Mason, St. Mary's or South Alabama. Nope, wearing the glass slipper this year is none other ...
COMMENTARY: Can Memphis mess with Texas in the South?
Mar 20, 2008; ... Eric Shannon University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Aztec) (UWIRE) SAN DIEGO -- It was pretty obvious that Memphis (33-1) was going to get a No. 1 seed. You go 16-0 in conference play (even if it was Conference USA) and play the nonconference schedule it played, and you're going to be ...
San Jose State U. students, community hold war protest
Mar 20, 2008; ... Dina Baslan University Wire 03-20-2008 (Spartan Daily) (UWIRE) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hand-held signs, spoken-word poetry, chants and car honks of support expressed people's stand against the Iraq war in a community speak-out held in honor of the five-year anniversary of the U.S ....
PSU track team wrapped up in Madness
Mar 20, 2008; ... Josh Langenbacher University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Three or four years ago at this time, Penn State middle distance runner Tim Johnson begged out of his high school class to go to the library and watch the NCAA tournament. If he ...
Congresswoman speaks at Cal State Fullerton about health care
Mar 20, 2008; ... Robert Moran University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Titan) (UWIRE) FULLERTON, Calif. -- Health and politics were the subjects at hand in "A Non-Partisan View of the Federal Children's Health Insurance Bill" yesterday in the Cal State Fullerton Titan Student Union. Congresswoman Loretta ...
FSU qualifies for NCAA Tournament
Mar 20, 2008; ... Reece Miller University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For the fourth season in a row, the Seminoles are among the top 64 teams in the country as they were announced as an 11 seed for the NCAA Tournament. They will take on Ohio State in ...
COLUMN: Five years later, it's time to think
Mar 20, 2008; ... Shane McMillan University Wire 03-20-2008 (Montana Kaimin) (UWIRE) MISSOULA, Mont. -- It occurred to me the other day that I don't know much about Iraq. It's not that I don't pay attention to the news, but for some reason I have let five years of articles and reports about the ...
FILM REVIEW: 'Stop-Loss' brings intricacies of military to big screen
Mar 20, 2008; ... Lauren Ventura University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Aztec) (UWIRE) SAN DIEGO -- It is not every day that celebrated filmmakers take the time to meet with college newspapers to discuss and answer questions about their work, but Kimberly Peirce isn't a run-of-the-mill Hollywood snob ....
Officials consider making Stockwell co-ed
Mar 20, 2008; ... Jillian Berman University Wire 03-20-2008 (Michigan Daily) (UWIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Stockwell Residence Hall, an all-female residence hall named after the University's first female student, could house men, too, as soon as 2009. In an effort to address an excess of ...
COLUMN: Was it worth it?
Mar 20, 2008; ... Ezra Pound University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- " ... walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, then unbelieving came home, home to a lie, home to many deceits, home to old lies and new infamy; usury age-old and age-thick and liars in public ...
Power plant study delayed again
Mar 20, 2008; ... Joe Crawford University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Egyptian) (UWIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The university has once again pushed back announcing whether it will go forward with plans to build a new power plant on campus. SIU spokesman Dave Gross said Wednesday the university would ...
COMMENTARY: Text v. Tinseltown: 'Oil!' and 'There Will Be Blood'
Mar 20, 2008; ... Ben Burr University Wire 03-20-2008 (Northern Star) (UWIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- The Book: "Oil!" Written by Upton Sinclair (1927) Sinclair's novel views early 20th-century capitalism pitted against the budding socialist and communist movements -- all through the naive eyes of ...
Florida State U. film students honored at College Television Awards
Mar 20, 2008; ... Autumn Bullard University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In silence, a man is perched on top of his cot. His apartment, like his face, is dark and hollow. A cello casts a silhouette on the shared wall. A gun weighs heavily in one hand, an ...
First football practice marred by fistfight
Mar 20, 2008; ... Kevin Duffy University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- If wide receiver Erik Muschette had questions about how hard to go on the first day of spring practice, strong safety Robert Vaughn quickly cleared them up. "You're lucky we don't have pads on ...
Sales hearing set for today
Mar 20, 2008; ... Danielle Vickery University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pittsburgh police say confrontational, and even aggressive, behavior toward officers, a bar's staff and an unknown woman led to the Saturday arrest of Penn State football player Tyrell ...
Montana women's basketball coach Selvig named Coach of Year
Mar 20, 2008; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 03-20-2008 (Montana Kaimin) (UWIRE) MISSOULA, Mont. -- Lady Griz head coach Robin Selvig was named Big Sky Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for the 12th time since the Big Sky started sponsoring women's sports in 1988. He has now received Coach ...
EDITORIAL: Quiet campus as Iraq War turns 5
Mar 20, 2008; ... Editorial Staff University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Our campus has been calm this week, with the exception of the crowd of eager students who waited hours to see Richard Dawkins at Hogg Auditorium and the unusually high number of promotional predators on ...
COLUMN: Digital burn heats up isolation
Mar 20, 2008; ... Aaron Wolfe University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Egyptian) (UWIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Who knew you could burn books at the click of a mouse? Absurd as it may sound, a Web site, http://www.abunga.com, has found a way to do it. The new Christian-based bookstore/Facebook hybrid has ...
CD REVIEW: No 'Trouble in Dreams' for Destroyer
Mar 20, 2008; ... Robert Hilson University Wire 03-20-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Canada is on a roll. "South Park" cracks are down, hockey attendance is up and their dollar is making ours the new peso. As a bonus, every couple of years Vancouver's Dan ...
Michigan wrestler Marsh turning failure into motivation
Mar 20, 2008; ... Gjon Juncaj University Wire 03-20-2008 (Michigan Daily) (UWIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Jeff Marsh made a promise to himself. Two weeks after losing his starting spot at 157 pounds during a wrestle-off with former teammate Rob Sulaver last season, the Dexter native was a spectator ...
FILM REVIEW: 'Savages' explores death's funny side
Mar 20, 2008; ... Jim Gilmore University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Gamecock) (UWIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Laura Linney is probably the best actress working in Hollywood who has managed to somehow stay out of the spotlight usually given to the A-list. Her diverse career spans terrific roles in ...
CD REVIEW: More of the same from Snoop's 'Ego'
Mar 20, 2008; ... Adrian Ruhi University Wire 03-20-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Somehow, against the odds of the one-hit-wonder factory that dominates the current hip-hop marketplace, Snoop Dogg has pushed on through to a 16-year career. And while his lazy cohort ...
PSU swimming looks for top finish
Mar 20, 2008; ... Matt Brown University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Bill Dorenkott said in January the dual meet season was just a gauge for the more-important championship meets. Now, the coach believes the season may have prepared his women's swimming and ...
Texas women's golf places third in home tourney
Mar 20, 2008; ... Austin Swafford University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Senior Ashley Rollins finished with the highest Texas score for the seventh consecutive tournament as she led the Longhorns to a third-place finish in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, which was ...
FILM REVIEW: A misfire ... from all 'Vantage Points'
Mar 20, 2008; ... James Dufoe University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The trailer for "Vantage Point" is like one of those flashing Internet pop-ups that tell you you're the 999,999th person to visit their site and you've just won a 60-inch plasma TV. It ...
Postseason play gives Wildcats fresh outlook after up and down season
Mar 20, 2008; ... Michael Schwartz University Wire 03-20-2008 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (UWIRE) WASHINGTON -- A No. 24 Arizona jersey graces the cover of the Wildcats' NCAA Tournament media guide, and it has nothing to do with being the digits Fendi Onobun wears. The UA program isn't shy about ...
Sophomore fencers lead Brown to 20th at nationals
Mar 20, 2008; ... Han Cui University Wire 03-20-2008 (Brown Daily Herald) (UWIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The fencing team tied its 2002 record by sending three qualifiers to the NCAA Championships to compete last Wednesday through Saturday. Sophomore Adam Pantel, in men's foil, led the trio, ...
Molotovs thrown at former Providence synagogue
Mar 20, 2008; ... Jenna Stark University Wire 03-20-2008 (Brown Daily Herald) (UWIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Molotov cocktail was thrown into the yard of the former Providence Temple Beth-El Wednesday morning. Although the vandals used the same style of firebomb as the attacker who threw a Molotov ...
Brown tennis player works with her sisters on, off the court
Mar 20, 2008; ... Seth Motel University Wire 03-20-2008 (Brown Daily Herald) (UWIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- More than 2,500 miles away from their home in Orange, Calif., the Aboubakare sisters meet at their second home of sorts: the tennis court. At the Pizzitola Center, No. 1 singles player Bianca ...
COLUMN: So you're allergic to latex -- you still need a condom
Mar 20, 2008; ... Ariel Wheeler University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Upon hearing that a friend's ex-boyfriend (who is actually allergic to latex) and his new girlfriend are (surprise!) going to be parents next spring at the ripe ages of 21 and 22 ...
Three Seminole athletes earn weekly awards within conference
Mar 20, 2008; ... Brett Jula University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State dominated this past week in the Atlantic Coast Conference, as three Seminole athletes earned an ACC weekly award. Tennis players Lauren Macfarlane and Clint Bowles ...
Softball team experiences offensive highs and lows
Mar 20, 2008; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 03-20-2008 (Spartan Daily) (UWIRE) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It was a tale of polar-opposite games, as the SJSU softball team hosted an afternoon double dip at SJSU Field against Northern Colorado on Wednesday. The Spartans ran away with Game 1, ...
Jones' departure causes scholarship dispute with Warrior football
Mar 20, 2008; ... Ashley Apodaca University Wire 03-20-2008 (Ka Leo O Hawaii) (UWIRE) HONOLULU -- A high school football standout from Charlotte, N.C., is suing the University of Hawai'i at Mnoa, alleging that the athletics department denied him a full athletic scholarship commitment made by ...
COLUMN: CNN lost my respect
Mar 20, 2008; ... Amanda Strouse University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Aztec) (UWIRE) SAN DIEGO -- I am what you'd call a news buff. I watch CNN Headline News every morning, read The New York Times columns in the afternoon and check up on San Diego by glancing at www.signonsandiego.com at ...
San Jose State U. to hold forum about Cal State system budget cuts
Mar 20, 2008; ... Tommy Wright University Wire 03-20-2008 (Spartan Daily) (UWIRE) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California continues to deal with the budget deficit, the California State University system is facing proposed cuts to its budget. A campus budget forum is scheduled for April 2 to inform the ...
NIU to host special game at U.S. Cellular Field
Mar 20, 2008; ... Steve Nitz University Wire 03-20-2008 (Northern Star) (UWIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- Every kid who plays little league dreams of playing baseball at a major league stadium. On April 16, that dream will become a reality for the NIU baseball team when it faces Notre Dame at U.S ....
COMMENTARY: This is (March) Madness!
Mar 20, 2008; ... Jeff Greer University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Pitt News) (UWIRE) DENVER, Colo. -- The honeymoon stage is over. After a weekend-long Big East championship celebration that spilled over into the early business week, it's time for Pitt to return to work. The fourth-seeded Panthers ...
Rough weather causes headaches for IU track in Texas
Mar 20, 2008; ... Ari Shifron University Wire 03-20-2008 (Indiana Daily Student) (UWIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Hampered by rough weather and a strong field that featured 14 teams ranked in the top 50, the No. 45 Hoosiers stumbled to a 10th-place finish at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in ...
U. Connecticut literary journal to be delivered to troops overseas
Mar 20, 2008; ... Lindsay Fetzner University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- The Long River Review, the University of Connecticut's literary and arts journal, is sending copies of this year's magazine overseas to soldiers in Iraq. The magazine's editors got the idea ...
Suspect in residence hall rape case arrested
Mar 20, 2008; ... Francesca Chambers University Wire 03-20-2008 (University Daily Kansan) (UWIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A man suspected of raping a resident of GSP-Corbin Hall last week was arrested Wednesday evening. The suspect, Kevin Town, 20, was arrested in Pratt County on charges of rape and ...
DVD REVIEW: The Cohen brothers do it again with 'No Country'
Mar 20, 2008; ... Lauren Ventura University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Aztec) (UWIRE) SAN DIEGO -- If you ever happen to accidentally run across a large sum of drug money in the middle of the west Texan desert, which happens to be littered with empty bullet casings, 10 dead Mexicans and four dead pit ...
COMMENTARY: Huskies could be dancing with two left feet
Mar 20, 2008; ... John Frascella University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- If the UConn men's basketball team wants to make noise in the NCAA Tournament, it needs to make some dramatic changes -- and quickly. Having lost three of their last six games to unranked ...
COLUMN: Fifth anniversary of war in Iraq prompts observation
Mar 20, 2008; ... Ilona Meagher University Wire 03-20-2008 (Northern Star) (UWIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- This week ushers in the 5th anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. While war markers rarely bring a smile to the face as other anniversaries do, and while numbers are cold and sterile and ...
Baylor softball drops Big 12 opener against Texas A&M
Mar 20, 2008; ... Justin Baer University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Lariat) (UWIRE) WACO, Texas -- The last time the No. 7 Lady Bears (17-7, 0-1) and Texas A&M University Aggies faced each other, they were in Oklahoma City in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series. The Lady Bears ...
Rhode Island schools protest to mark five years of war in Iraq
Mar 20, 2008; ... Isabel Gottlieb University Wire 03-20-2008 (Brown Daily Herald) (UWIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Protesting the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, students from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Students for a Democratic Society marched through downtown Providence, R.I., Wednesday ...
MEN'S GOLF: Consistent Aztecs golf take second place
Mar 20, 2008; ... Dan Perez University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Aztec) (UWIRE) SAN DIEGO -- Winning a game or tournament is great, and winning two in a row is even better. But what the San Diego State men's golf team is really striving for is consistency. It just helps when consistency ...
Community protests Iraq War as it reaches the 5-year mark
Mar 20, 2008; ... Sarah Brubeck University Wire 03-20-2008 (Indiana Daily Student) (UWIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Protesters fell onto the sidewalk in front of the Kirkwood Avenue National Guard recruitment center Wednesday, representing fallen soldiers as they participated in a voluntary "die-in" ...
Quarter of teenage girls with STD, study finds
Mar 20, 2008; ... Claudia Paredes University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Free Press) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- One in four teenage girls between 14 and 19 in the United States is infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease, the most common being human papillomavirus, according to a Centers for ...
Lecturer speaks on AIDS epidemic at U. South Carolina
Mar 20, 2008; ... Katie Jones University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Gamecock) (UWIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Time magazine's 1996 Man of the Year, David H. Ho, lectured on the AIDS Pandemic and Prospects for Control Wednesday in the University of South Carolina law school auditorium, which filled to hear ...
EDITORIAL: Obama's approach can change campaign tone
Mar 20, 2008; ... Editorial Staff University Wire 03-20-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- If you didn't get the chance to catch Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race Tuesday in Philadelphia, it wouldn't hurt to head over to YouTube to watch it. No matter what your ...
Former catcher moving positions on daily basis for Texas baseball
Mar 20, 2008; ... Nathan Riojas University Wire 03-20-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Preston Clark should never find himself out of a job. He's proven he can do whatever is asked of him. The junior made a name for himself as an All-Conference catcher in his first two years at ...
Spring practice commences
Mar 20, 2008; ... Cameron Mellor University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida State football team hit the gridiron for the first time since their December bowl game Tuesday, as spring practice kicked off preparation for the 2008 season. In ...
COMMENTARY: Breaking down 'the bracket'
Mar 20, 2008; ... Jonathan Hines University Wire 03-20-2008 (Indiana Daily Student) (UWIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Like the first sign of spring, few things hold more promise in March than a freshly printed NCAA tournament bracket. It's a simple thing, a bracket, a cluster of right angles leaking out ...
Valuable gems, stones swiped from U. Michigan display
Mar 20, 2008; ... Matt Galvan University Wire 03-20-2008 (Michigan Daily) (UWIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Wallets, laptops and iPods are stolen all the time on campus, but it's not everyday that you hear about a gem heist taking place at the University. Campus police are investigating the theft of ...
COLUMN: The perfect Web site for the armchair philanthropist
Mar 20, 2008; ... Alyson Murphy University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Athenaeum) (UWIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University not only fosters an environment of academic, athletic and social excellence, but also focuses on giving students any opportunity to involve themselves in charitable ...
Dean Awarded Bancroft PrizeBrandt receives history prize worth $10,000 for study of tobacco industry
Mar 20, 2008; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 03-20-2008 (Harvard Crimson) (UWIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Allan M. Brandt, the new dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded this year's Bancroft Prize for his comprehensive study of the tobacco industry. Brandt won ...
COLUMN: Hold your horses
Mar 20, 2008; ... William Martin University Wire 03-20-2008 (Brown Daily Herald) (UWIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a brief hibernation, the issue of homosexual marriage is reemerging into prominent public debate. Last month, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine announced that he would seek to allow official ...
Catholic Church updates its sins to keep speed with society
Mar 20, 2008; ... Kimberly Wexler University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Daily Free Press) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- Drug use, pollution, genetic manipulations and social and economic injustices have joined lust and sloth on the age-old list of deadly sins, leaving some wondering if the additions signal a Vatican ...
Award-winning journalist visits U. Hawai'i
Mar 20, 2008; ... Tracy Chan University Wire 03-20-2008 (Ka Leo O Hawaii) (UWIRE) HONOLULU -- Shelia Coronel, director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University, shared her experiences as one of the world's top investigative journalists at the East-West Center and ...
Harvard men's volleyball suffers dissappointing loss to MIT
Mar 20, 2008; ... Courtney D. Skinner University Wire 03-20-2008 (Harvard Crimson) (UWIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Chalking up another loss, the Harvard men's volleyball team (7-9) continued its downward slide against neighborhood rival MIT (22-10), falling 1-3 (30-22, 26-30, 28-30, 27-30) in Cambridge, ...
INTERVIEW: Florida State U. dean discusses women's issues
Mar 20, 2008; ... Liz Cox University Wire 03-20-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- March is more than half way over, but Florida State University community members continue to celebrate National Women's History Month with events across campus. On Thursday, March ...
Kentucky senior swimmers relish final meet at NCAA Championships
Mar 20, 2008; ... Leila Kalegi University Wire 03-20-2008 (Kentucky Kernel) (UWIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- For the majority of the women's swimming and diving senior class, their time as a Cat nears the end with the beginning of the NCAA Championships that starts today and lasts through ...
Prime Minister addresses American, Australian alliance
Mar 20, 2008; ... Kenny Ryan University Wire 03-20-2008 (The Battalion) (UWIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Former President George H.W. Bush welcomed the 25th prime minister of Australia Wednesday to Texas A&M, in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library ....