University Wire back issues from Monday, March 24:
CD REVIEW: Shepherd stretches stories over songs on 'So Good'
Mar 24, 2008; ... Tony Jovenitti University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Country music is at its best when the songs tell a story. These songs, such as Rascal Flatts' "Skin" and Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel," tend to be the most moving as they portray life's tragically ...
UCLA's defense keeps Aggies from consecutive trip to Sweet 16
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jack Molitor University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Battalion) (UWIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Texas A&M Aggies tried numerous times in the second half to drive the ball inside and get easy baskets against the No. 1 seed UCLA Bruins. It worked in the first half, but it ...
Developers looking put climate control, music players into clothes
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jun Xian Leong University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Tartan) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Students lugging iPods and cell phones around campus may soon be a thing of the past. In the near future, some clothes will be equipped to play music and receive calls. This futuristic concept of ...
Madison protesters fight 'apathy' on war's anniversary
Mar 24, 2008; ... Newman University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Cardinal) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- While many UW-Madison students and community members participated in protests last week to mark the Iraq War's fifth anniversary on March 19, there also existed a feeling that Americans generally have ...
Congress to find middle ground in Higher Education Act
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jackie Valley University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Kent Stater) (UWIRE) KENT, Ohio -- The law regulating higher education in the United States will be revamped by the end of April -- the deadline for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Lawmakers have until April 30 ...
COLUMN: File your tax return, buy beer to help America.
Mar 24, 2008; ... John Hoff University Wire 03-24-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- There's a great way for students to get a bunch of cash after blowing a big pile of money during spring break: file your income taxes. It sounds counterintuitive, but for many people of modest income ...
Record swim at NCAA Championships
Mar 24, 2008; ... Matthew Hickman University Wire 03-24-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- This past weekend turned out to be a record-setting day for Florida State's women's swimming and diving team. FSU's Lauren Sparg became the first Seminole swimmer to break ...
M. Golf beats most of field, W. beats traffic
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jordan Marron University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (UWIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- Despite less-than-ideal weather conditions that slowed play and limited the tournament to only 45 holes, the men's golf team persevered and finished third at the George Washington ...
COLUMN: Recession beyond control of any individual
Mar 24, 2008; ... Mohammed Ibrahim University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Oracle) (UWIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- The United States is entering a recession, because I say so. Such an outrageous claim is obviously unwarranted and lacks resonance in the economic community. I am simply a contributor presenting an ...
Arizona women's basketball coach Bonvicini fired after 17th year
Mar 24, 2008; ... Bryan Roy University Wire 03-24-2008 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (UWIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- In Tucson's edition of "Survivor," yet another member of the Arizona women's basketball program was voted off the island. Its most recent castaway, though, is not just another suspended ...
Princeton men's hockey team wins ECAC tournament
Mar 24, 2008; ... Eben Novy-Williams University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Princetonian) (UWIRE) PRINCETON, N.J. -- When the final buzzer sounded Saturday night at the ECAC Championship game, the Princeton men's hockey team had done something it hadn't done since 1998: Win the ECAC ...
Davidson beats Goliath
Mar 24, 2008; ... Emily Liner University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Hoya) (UWIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tenth-seeded Davidson ended Georgetown's season with a 74-70 win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Georgetown (28-6) had a 38-27 lead at halftime and was up by as many as 17 with 17:52 ...
Gophers baseball stay hot with sweep of S. Dakota
Mar 24, 2008; ... Mark Heise University Wire 03-24-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Things may be looking up for the Minnesota baseball team. The Gophers continued to roll over the weekend, sweeping a three-game series against South Dakota State at the Metrodome by scores of 3-1, ...
CD REVIEW: Hush Sound amplifies audience, muffles lyrics in 'Blues'
Mar 24, 2008; ... Carissa Carroll University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Cardinal) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- The Hush Sound takes a step away from their typical musical fare with their third album, Goodbye Blues. Following So Sudden and Like Vines, the Chicago group introduced new techniques to deepen ...
'U' helping to develop bat-like spy plane
Mar 24, 2008; ... Elaine Lafay University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The United States Army has given the University a $10 million grant to help develop a tiny robotic spy plane that would be used to collect intelligence for soldiers in combat ...
For immigrants, a plan for better health
Mar 24, 2008; ... Emily Garrett University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (UWIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- With a new citywide partnership, Penn is helping senior-citizen immigrants educate their communities -- by making videos. Penn's department of Family Medicine and Community Health has joined ...
Cowgirls play USA softball team tonight
Mar 24, 2008; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily O'Collegian) (UWIRE) STILLWATER, Okla. -- The Cowgirl softball team travels down Interstate 35 tonight to Oklahoma City to take on the USA National Team in exhibition action at ASA/Hall of Fame Stadium. First pitch is slated for ...
FILM REVIEW: Nerds, bullies, and a con artist in 'Drillbit'
Mar 24, 2008; ... Amanda Cole University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Tartan) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Last weekend, Owen Wilson's new movie, Drillbit Taylor, premiered in theaters. Wilson stars as the title character, a homeless bum that pretends to be an experienced bodyguard to protect three high school nerds ...
CD REVIEW: Haale plays Persian-American folk rock on 'Ceiling'
Mar 24, 2008; ... Marc Schutzbank University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Play Haale's (pronounced like "halle"-lujah) new album, No Ceiling, and you'll feel the urge to lounge on a Persian rug in your parents' psychedelic wardrobe. Each track is filled with folksy, ...
Softball swept by in-state rival
Mar 24, 2008; ... Patrick Ochs University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Mississippian) (UWIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- It seemed like the perfect day to break out of their conference slump. The sky was clear, the stands were filled and the television crew for Fox Sports Net was broadcasting the game ...
Illini women's basketball set for NIT Tournament
Mar 24, 2008; ... Wesley Deberry University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Illini) (UWIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The status of their season was uncertain for the Illini after the last-second loss to Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament Championship. A win would have given the Illini an automatic bid to the NCAA ...
Quidditch clinic adds magic to muggles' lives on campus
Mar 24, 2008; ... Sara Himeles University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (UWIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- It was a quiet Sunday afternoon on the high-rise fields at 40th and Walnut streets until 15 members of the Middlebury College Quidditch team pulled up in two vans. Out emerged the Quidditch ...
UCF baseball opens C-USA play by splitting two against USM
Mar 24, 2008; ... Brian Murphy University Wire 03-24-2008 (Central Florida Future) (UWIRE) OVIEDO, Fla. -- The UCF baseball team matched its season loss total in its first Conference USA game, falling 8-4 at Southern Miss on Friday. But the Knights rebounded nicely Saturday with a 15-4 ...
Husker women's hoops grab NCAA tourney win
Mar 24, 2008; ... Nick Filipowski University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- The eighth-seeded Nebraska women's basketball team won its first NCAA Tournament game since 1998 with an opening round 61-58 victory against ninth-seeded Xavier. Nebraska improved to 2-7 ...
Hanson looks for 'the right band' at SXSW
Mar 24, 2008; ... Matthew Danelo University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- One of the 1,700 bands that performed in Austin during the 2008 South By Southwest festival was a band of three brothers from Oklahoma who have been in the business for more than 10 years, produce and ...
Unusual informal recruitment tactic proves to be successful for the men of Kappa Sigma
Mar 24, 2008; ... Megan Vigus University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Evergreen) (UWIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- Two simple words were typed on more than 1,500 pieces of paper and posted all around campus last week: "ASK HER" left students wondering, ask who about what? The true answer was not released ...
Bill Clinton brings wife's campaign to Triangle, Charlotte
Mar 24, 2008; ... Chris Allred & Clark Leonard University Wire 03-24-2008 (Technician) (UWIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Cary and Charlotte Friday with attendees ranging from war ...
Panthers pull off sweep
Mar 24, 2008; ... Kevin Murphy University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Eastern News) (UWIRE) CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Eastern used a combination of timely hitting, good pitching and solid defense to complete its doubleheader sweep of Austin Peay on Friday at Williams Field. Eastern junior second baseman ...
Obama speech ties in local interests to national campaign
Mar 24, 2008; ... Allie Grasgreen & Jobetta Hedelman University Wire 03-24-2008 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (UWIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- Barack Obama knows how to start off on the right foot. The first words out of the Democratic presidential candidate's mouth at his "Stand for Change" rally Friday night ...
Blue Devils handed 1st loss of year
Mar 24, 2008; ... By: Joe Drews University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Chronicle) (UWIRE) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Duke went into halftime of Saturday's game against Georgetown with momentum on its side, after Matt Danowski scored Duke's fifth conseuctive goal with two seconds left in the second ...
Iowa men's tennis rolls
Mar 24, 2008; ... Bobby Loesch University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Iowan) (UWIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Iowa men's tennis team's four-meet trip to Texas resulted in a 3-1 record, while boosting the Hawks' confidence and gaining them much-needed experience outdoors. "It was a really good ...
COMMENTARY: Films take break from believability
Mar 24, 2008; ... Alex Garens University Wire 03-24-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- As regular readers may notice, I tend to select relatively well-constructed and well-received movies for my column; the liberty to choose appealing movies is a fortunate perk of the position. However, in ...
Longhorns see pitching improve in Tech series
Mar 24, 2008; ... Nathan Riojas University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- It wasn't just another 2-1 series victory for the Longhorns. It was a weekend that saw Texas' streaky pitching staff get two encouraging performances from Kenn Kasparek and Riley Boening. The ...
Rallies leave light blue tennis winless
Mar 24, 2008; ... Kunal Gupta University Wire 03-24-2008 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (UWIRE) NEW YORK -- The Columbia men's and women's tennis teams failed to win any matches over their spring break trips, resulting in a combined 0-6 record. Five of the six matches were against ranked teams, and nearly ...
Penn State LGBT couples to participate in commitment ceremony
Mar 24, 2008; ... Ashley Bressler University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Four Pennsylvania State University-area homosexual couples came together Friday and discussed plans for what is supposed to be the biggest day of their lives. The couples -- two of ...
Study: patients fear scale
Mar 24, 2008; ... Staff Report University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For some people, the worst part of a visit to the doctor's office is not the thermometer or the shot, but the scale. According to a study conducted by University of Pennsylvania ...
COLUMN: Ugly games
Mar 24, 2008; ... Brian J. McFillen University Wire 03-24-2008 (Indiana Daily Student) (UWIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- There may be more than four months to go until the Beijing Olympics, but the big game has already gotten under way. No, not basketball or track or swimming - this is really a game with ...
EDITORIAL: Obama's speech showed what Americans need in a president
Mar 24, 2008; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 03-24-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Since he burst onto the scene of the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Sen. Barack Obama has been praised for his gift for oratory. Sometimes his speeches have, however well crafted or ...
Cummings moved to Parchman after testing positive for THC
Mar 24, 2008; ... Paul Quinn University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Mississippian) (UWIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- Former Ole Miss student Daniel Cummings has been transferred back to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman for smoking marijuana in prison. Mississippi Department of Correction media ...
FILM REVIEW: 'Drillbit Taylor' sacrifices laughs for PG-13 rating
Mar 24, 2008; ... Bill Fech University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Lately, the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen touch has been pure comedic and box office gold. Apatow, the current "it" guy in Hollywood, has been producing films for years, but his direction of "The ...
Teams get first shot at outdoor season
Mar 24, 2008; ... Austin Talbert University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- The Longhorns aced their indoor season, racking up wins and world records like it was easy. They prepared hard and were rewarded as such. They learned Saturday that it doesn't come as easy the ...
Army Ranger, Marine started young in pre-training program
Mar 24, 2008; ... Channing Hindel University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Kent Stater) (UWIRE) KENT, Ohio -- Jeremy Murray had been a military man his whole life. "From about the time he could walk, Jeremy had always been interested in it," said his mother, Pamela. "I remember when he was little he ...
Shot putter paces Longhorns at first home meet of year
Mar 24, 2008; ... David Munden University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Sophomore Jordyn Brown led the Texas women's track and field team as the first regional qualifier on Saturday at the Texas Invitational at Mike Myers Track and Soccer Stadium. Brown placed third in ...
Eccentric professor wins hearts of students
Mar 24, 2008; ... Johnny Hart University Wire 03-24-2008 (Rocky Mountain Collegian) (UWIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Whether blazing through campus on his three-wheeled scooter, wearing tie-dye, or playing substitute for professors in foreign countries, physics professor Brian Jones is always in his ...
Most of roster sees action in victory against Longwood
Mar 24, 2008; ... Kyle Maistri University Wire 03-24-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- It was a family affair for the Florida Gators on Easter Sunday. Of the 20 players on UF's roster, 18 saw action against Longwood in an 11-2 victory that went only five innings ...
COLUMN: Number of deaths is the real offense
Mar 24, 2008; ... Vincent Massaro University Wire 03-24-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The war in Iraq is completely f---ing absurd. Four thousand Americans have died - f---ing horrible. This war is f---ing useless. It's the Alligator's policy to bleep out ...
Ky. legislators to consider banning alcohol vaporizers
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jill Laster University Wire 03-24-2008 (Kentucky Kernel) (UWIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Students looking for a new way to get a buzz may have to cross state lines if a proposed law passes the state Senate. A bill that would ban Alcohol Without Liquid, a machine that vaporizes ...
Hawkeyes name new women's volleyball coach
Mar 24, 2008; ... Eric Mandel University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Iowan) (UWIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- More than three months after the resignation of Cindy Fredrick, Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta named Sharon Dingman as the new Iowa volleyball head coach on March 21. Dingman compiled a ...
Bats come to life as U. South Carolina cruises by Mississippi State
Mar 24, 2008; ... Drew Lattier University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Gamecock) (UWIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The University of South Carolina baseball team won each of its three weekend games against Mississippi State this weekend. The weekend was USC's first sweep of an SEC opponent since April ...
Penn State softball wins seventh straight
Mar 24, 2008; ... Steve Maslowsky University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The offense finally came around for the Penn State softball team Sunday against Miami (OH). The Nittany Lions turned in their best offensive performance of the season, downing the Red ...
Kansas State U. tennis mixes results over break
Mar 24, 2008; ... Tyler Sharp University Wire 03-24-2008 (Kansas State Collegian) (UWIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The Kansas State University women's tennis team saw some initial success turn to hard times as they posted a 1-2 record during spring break. The lone victory came March 14 at Missouri ....
Student veterans reflect on Iraq War
Mar 24, 2008; ... Riham Feshir University Wire 03-24-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Five years ago, Brandon Day was fighting for a war that he now says is unjustifiable and wrong. Day spent time questioning why he was in Iraq, but was never able to find the answer. This year, the ...
Oklahoma 'female illusionist' discusses dressing, performing in drag
Mar 24, 2008; ... Cadie Thompson University Wire 03-24-2008 (Oklahoma Daily) (UWIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- Big blonde hair, hot pink lipstick, tight jeans and four-inch black pumps are a must when Renee Hilton dresses to the nines on Saturday nights. Hilton is no stranger to turning heads when she ...
Senate Democrats pitch Wisconsin budget shortfall repair plan
Mar 24, 2008; ... Beth Mueller University Wire 03-24-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- A vote by the full Senate Tuesday will set in motion the second round of the battle over the Wisconsin budget. The Senate should likely pass its version of a plan to fill in a budget shortfall of ...
UCF makes it 7 straight wins
Mar 24, 2008; ... Padrick Brewer University Wire 03-24-2008 (Central Florida Future) (UWIRE) OVIEDO, Fla. -- It didn't matter if it was Hawkeyes or Hurricanes for the UCF Softball team over the weekend, as the Knights continued their streaking ways and beat Iowa on Thursday and swept Tulsa on Friday ...
Cornell astronomy prof pushes for increased NASA spending
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jimmy Crowell University Wire 03-24-2008 (Cornell Daily Sun) (UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- On March 13, Prof. Steven Squyres '82, astronomy, along with four other witnesses, appeared before the House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics in Washington ...
Endowments for UA on rise
Mar 24, 2008; ... Kim Hill University Wire 03-24-2008 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (UWIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- The UA is considered among the country's wealthiest universities -- in terms of endowments, at least. The university received $532 million in endowments -- financial gifts from private donors ...
Police: Criminal evidence can be drawn from Facebook, MySpace
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jamie Klein University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two years ago, campus police ticketed a junior at an Illinois university after they used his Facebook profile to prove he lied about knowing another student's name. If students at the University ...
COLUMN: Drive a composite vehicle; save the world?
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jessica Thurston University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Tartan) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- I want to save the world. And so, I really want an Aptera. I want to be a sort of opinion-writing, pink-moccasins-wearing, buggy-driving rock star who travels around the world and designs uber-green ...
Longhorns see pitching improve in Tech series
Mar 24, 2008; ... Nathan Rojas University Wire 03-24-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- It wasn't just another 2-1 series victory for the University of Texas Longhorns. It was a weekend that saw Texas' streaky pitching staff get two encouraging performances from Kenn Kasparek and Riley ...
Scholarship offered for student art at U. Central Florida museum
Mar 24, 2008; ... Jillian Krotki University Wire 03-24-2008 (Central Florida Future) (UWIRE) OVIEDO, Fla. -- Featured works of art ranging from sculptures to paintings, all submitted by students who remained anonymous, were presented in an art show at the University of Central Florida's Art ...
COLUMN: For most people, there's more to golf than a handicap
Mar 24, 2008; ... Al Buzzelli University Wire 03-24-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- What is it about golf that makes it so appealing? Why is it people, young and old, play this wonderful game day after day after day, yet never get better? How come these chops ...
Seminoles' bats pound Hokies
Mar 24, 2008; ... Frank Longobardo University Wire 03-24-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Following a mid-week loss to the Florida Gators, the Florida State Seminoles returned to conference action by taking on the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Va. and were able ...
Duke comes in 5th over weekend
Mar 24, 2008; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Chronicle) (UWIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -- No. 1 Duke trudged to a fifth-place finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga., the Blue Devils' worst finish since October 2006. Their collective mark of 918 was their highest ...
Wisconsin women's hockey loses in NCAA Championship against Duluth
Mar 24, 2008; ... Eric Levine University Wire 03-24-2008 (The Daily Cardinal) (UWIRE) DULUTH, Minn. -- The University of Wisconsin women's hockey team's bid for a third-straight national championship took the form of a six-foot putt to win a golf tournament on the 18th green. That's how Badger ...