University Wire back issues from Wednesday, March 26:
TV REVIEW: So over 'The Hills'
Mar 26, 2008; ... Roxana Hadadi University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Diamondback) (UWIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- It's official: "The Hills" has finally jumped the shark. We've watched Lauren, Heidi, Audrina and Whitney's sordid affairs for a couple of years now, and until now, it was so far, so good ....
U. Maryland polyamorous student shares views
Mar 26, 2008; ... Kristi Tousignant University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Diamondback) (UWIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- University of Maryland at College Park sophomore computer science major Seth Weinstein has two girlfriends: One he sees during the school year, and the other when at home in Howard County, ...
CD REVIEW: 'Lonely' Raconteurs combine facets of American rock
Mar 26, 2008; ... Alex Haeuter University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Raconteurs is a sneaky group of fellows, and I mean that in the best way possible. I was delighted earlier this month to read online the indie supergroup made up of The White Stripes' Jack ...
Dorms compete to conserve energy
Mar 26, 2008; ... Elizabeth Dilts University Wire 03-26-2008 (Indiana Daily Student) (UWIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- For the next month, students will be ridding themselves of cabin fever, gearing up for Little 500 and setting their sights on the end of finals. But Kelly Breeze and David Roedl are ...
Nationally-ranked St. John's storms past Columbia baseball team
Mar 26, 2008; ... Jacob Schiparo University Wire 03-26-2008 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (UWIRE) NEW YORK -- In its final nonconference game before the Ivy League season opens this weekend, the Columbia baseball team coughed up an early lead and fell to St. John's 10-5. Making its annual stop in ...
Jewish fraternity making a comeback to the University
Mar 26, 2008; ... Caleb Sommerville University Wire 03-26-2008 (University Daily Kansan) (UWIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A Jewish fraternity is going to join the 40 greek houses already at the University in the next few years. Zeta Beta Tau, a fraternity based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is coming back ...
Increase in tuition to be weighed
Mar 26, 2008; ... Ebonique Wool University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Illini) (UWIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Illinois Board of Trustees will convene at 9 a.m. today at the Illini Union to discuss and vote on a number of important issues. One of the issues on the agenda is an increase ...
Turnitin aims to deter cheating
Mar 26, 2008; ... Jillian Krotki University Wire 03-26-2008 (Central Florida Future) (UWIRE) OVIEDO, Fla. -- Teachers continue to combat the temptation so many students feel: the urge to plagiarize. Turnitin.com is an online program that verifies the originality of written work. "It ...
U. Pittsburgh Medical Center regrows man's fingertip
Mar 26, 2008; ... Drew Singer University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Three years ago, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center displayed the future of medicine - by giving a patient the middle finger. This wasn't just any middle finger. UPMC gave patient Lee ...
Former prosecutor confronts rape fallacies
Mar 26, 2008; ... Willow Williamson University Wire 03-26-2008 (Kansas State Collegian) (UWIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Sexual violence is the most severe form of gender discrimination, said an ex-prosecutor who focused her work on child abuse and sex crimes. Wendy Murphy, who was the first lawyer ...
Choreographer Paul Taylor visits Syracuse
Mar 26, 2008; ... Erinn Connor University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Orange) (UWIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- World-renowned dancer, choreographer and former Syracuse University student Paul Taylor returned to Syracuse on Tuesday for a question-and-answer session with the student body about his dance company and ...
COLUMN: I call for the bald bastards of this world to rise as one
Mar 26, 2008; ... Michael Stevens University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Gamecock) (UWIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- My fellow students, I am afraid that I have become very ill and may not ever recover from the horrific tortures of my affliction. I have sought treatment in all its forms, but still the ...
Jonas rewriting records in his final year for Huskers track
Mar 26, 2008; ... Kris Knowlton University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Senior high jumper Dusty Jonas went somewhere no other athlete in Nebraska history had gone before on Mar. 15 at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., by claiming the school's first national ...
EDITORIAL: Va. Tech families offered $100,000 as wrongful death settlement
Mar 26, 2008; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Targum) (UWIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The aftermath of one of the darkest moments in American history is starting to get ugly. The State of Virginia has offered a settlement of $100,000 each for the 32 families of students ...
Offense shines in BYU spring practice
Mar 26, 2008; ... Rocky Steele University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Universe) (UWIRE) PROVO, Utah -- The BYU football team continued spring practice yesterday, taking advantage of the sunshine and practicing outdoors for the second day in a row. Yesterdays practice marked the first time this ...
Federal court rules Texas law banning sex toys is unconstitutional
Mar 26, 2008; ... Allen Reed University Wire 03-26-2008 (The University Star) (UWIRE) SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott petitioned for a rehearing on recent legislation that struck down a law prohibiting the sale of sex toys. Texas joined the popular majority when a ...
Cougars advance in CBI, face familiar foe on court
Mar 26, 2008; ... Chris Elliott University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Cougar) (UWIRE) HOUSTON -- The Cougars will play their College Basketball Invitational game Wednesday night against a familiar opponent. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane will host the 8 p.m. semifinal matchup at the Donald W ....
EDITORIAL: 'Scarlet Letter'-like sign crosses the line
Mar 26, 2008; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Targum) (UWIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- It's a story right out of Nathanial Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." LeRoy Schad is a 72-year-old Kansas man who pled guilty in March 2007 to soliciting a 9-year-old, avoiding four counts ...
Penn State lacrosse lineup in constant flux
Mar 26, 2008; ... Matt Brown University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Coming into this season, Billy Lloyd didn't expect to crack the starting lineup. But with the Penn State men's lacrosse team's lineup constantly in flux because of injuries, freshmen like ...
Cavs hope to bring down CBI's only other top seed
Mar 26, 2008; ... Paul Montana University Wire 03-26-2008 (Cavalier Daily) (UWIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- As the University of Virginia men's basketball team took the floor in each of the first two rounds of the College Basketball Invitational, John Paul Jones Arena didn't have the buzz of a typical ...
ISU baseball hopes dominant pitching anchors the upcoming season
Mar 26, 2008; ... Tommy Birch University Wire 03-26-2008 (Iowa State Daily) (UWIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Tyler Strub isn't planning on just trimming down opponents. He's looking to spruce up his hairstyle. The freshman southpaw from Indianola plans to cut his hair into a Mohawk after his first win of ...
Virginia tennis scores improbable upset of Florida State
Mar 26, 2008; ... Antonio Luis Perez University Wire 03-26-2008 (Cavalier Daily) (UWIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The Virginia women's tennis team scored its biggest victory of the season Sunday at the Snyder Tennis Center, upsetting No. 15 Florida State 4-3. The No. 50 Cavaliers (7-8, 3-2 ACC) ...
Pitching leads Jayhawks to victory
Mar 26, 2008; ... Shawn Shroyer University Wire 03-26-2008 (University Daily Kansan) (UWIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Coming off a week where Kansas allowed 51 runs in six games, coach Ritch Price called out his veteran pitchers. Junior left-hander Sam Freeman answered Price's challenge Tuesday ...
Former U. Kentucky coach to appear on bourbon bottle
Mar 26, 2008; ... Wesley Yonts University Wire 03-26-2008 (Kentucky Kernel) (UWIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky is known for its basketball, and a company is continuing to honor that tradition by combining it with another Kentucky legend -- bourbon. Maker's Mark announced Monday the newest ...
Bulls baseball avenge early-season loss
Mar 26, 2008; ... Joshua Hogan University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Oracle) (UWIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- The South Florida baseball team traveled to Swanson Stadium in Fort Myers on Tuesday looking to avenge an early-season loss to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (18-6). The game came down to the final ...
COLUMN: Can't a guy just get laid?!
Mar 26, 2008; ... James Sewell University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (UWIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- The last few weeks have brought us the spectacle of Eliot Spitzer's spectacular fall from grace, power and the New York governor's mansion. Although hypocrisy is surely something to seek out and ...
UNC presents challenges both inside and outside for Cougars
Mar 26, 2008; ... Mike Feigen University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Evergreen) (UWIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- According to WSU head coach Tony Bennett, the people of North Carolina are about two things: Basketball and racin'. And with the Cougars set to face the high-octane North Carolina Tar Heels on ...
Chancellor brings fun, hard work to LSU women's basketball team
Mar 26, 2008; ... Amy Brittain University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Reveille) (UWIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- He kicks off his basketball sneakers, props up his feet and reclines in an oversized leather chair. It's 8:30 p.m. on a typical night in early March, and Van Chancellor is in a ...
COMMENTARY: Folkie's best tour finally on disc
Mar 26, 2008; ... Donald Campbell University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- If one thinks about the most influential artists of the Vietnam era, some very big names immediately come to mind. Bands like The Beatles seemed to champion the "druggier" side of the '60s and Simon and ...
Illini women's basketball to travel to Marquette
Mar 26, 2008; ... Wesley Deberry University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Illini) (UWIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Coach Law and the Illini women's basketball team made history with their 48-44 victory over Drake on Monday night at Assembly Hall. After completing their 34th game of the season, the 10 ...
Pitt, Vandy enter ranks of Sweet 16
Mar 26, 2008; ... Steven Fernandez University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Lobo) (UWIRE) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The women's NCAA basketball Sweet 16 field is complete, and Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt are moving on after winning first-round games held at The Pit this week. No. 6 seed Pittsburgh pulled off ...
COMMENTARY: Stop whining, just win games
Mar 26, 2008; ... Derek Zetlin University Wire 03-26-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- If you're a sports fan and you don't love March Madness, I'm convinced there's something wrong with you. The Big Dance is a sports nerd's (like myself) paradise. Selection Sunday -- essentially an ...
Texts and Facebook, with a political twist
Mar 26, 2008; ... Emily Schultheis University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (UWIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- From Facebook groups to YouTube videos, technology has undoubtedly changed the way presidential campaigns communicate. But new modes of communication aren't exclusive to campaigns - ...
COLUMN: Tuned out: Merger spells end of radio
Mar 26, 2008; ... Sean Kittridge University Wire 03-26-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- The Buggles were wrong. In 1981, the fortunately short-fused British band hit the world's eyes and ears with "Video Killed the Radio Star," the first music video played on what Mark Knopfler called ...
Massachusetts committee passes marijuana bill
Mar 26, 2008; ... Kimberly Wexler University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Free Press) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- A bill that would reduce the punishment for marijuana possession in Massachusetts passed the Joint Committee on the Judiciary after a hearing last week, moving it one step closer to getting on the ...
Florida lawmakers target legal hallucinogenic drug
Mar 26, 2008; ... Kaitlyn Hastings University Wire 03-26-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- He took a hit and as the smoke filled his lungs, Patrick Kavanaugh said he saw the floor "flow" like a river to his front door. He looked up to see the Queen of Hearts and ...
Cougar pitcher Arnold silences Gonzaga bats
Mar 26, 2008; ... Nick Kajca University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Evergreen) (UWIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- It was the type of performance pitcher Chad Arnold has been patiently waiting to deliver since he arrived at WSU more than a season ago. The redshirt freshman, who missed all of last season due ...
Historically black fraternity to move into renovated house
Mar 26, 2008; ... Victoria Howell University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Mississippian) (UWIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- Members of the Ole Miss fraternity Phi Beta Sigma are hoping to move back into a completely renovated house this fall. The historically black fraternity house with the distinctive blue ...
Boren bids Michigan football goodbye
Mar 26, 2008; ... Dan Feldman University Wire 03-26-2008 (Michigan Daily) (UWIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan's offensive line, already an inexperienced unit, took a big hit this week. Junior Justin Boren left the Wolverine football team Monday, leaving the offensive line with just one ...
Syracuse's Greene still undecided on immediate future
Mar 26, 2008; ... Matt Gelb University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Orange) (UWIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It was the second question posed to Donte Greene by the group of media around his corner locker. "Are you going to the NBA?" a reporter asked. "I don't know yet." "Is that the last ...
Jennings pitches six innings of shutout basebal for Huskers
Mar 26, 2008; ... Evan Bland University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Dan Jennings may have earned himself a little batting practice this week. The Nebraska junior left-hander pitched six innings of shutout baseball, striking out six batters and allowing just three ...
Virginia softball drops five more games
Mar 26, 2008; ... Meredith Hulley University Wire 03-26-2008 (Cavalier Daily) (UWIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Nothing seemed to go right for the Virginia softball team. When the pitching was clicking, the offense was unable to get runs across the plate. When the offense finally got hot, the ...
Increase awareness to raise diversity
Mar 26, 2008; ... Ben Royce University Wire 03-26-2008 (Arkansas Traveler) (UWIRE) FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- All college students might face problems acclimating to the university environment, but that problem is only compounded for international students, according to the March 11 "Diversity: In Their ...
The silent thief
Mar 26, 2008; ... Maggie Luckadoo University Wire 03-26-2008 (Technician) (UWIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Out of all things to have stolen, your identity may be the most unfortunate. It can happen in a variety of ways -- maybe you tossed a credit card application in the trash can, deeming it to be ...
CONCERT REVIEW: Why? exposes new sonic landscape
Mar 26, 2008; ... Ian Nelson University Wire 03-26-2008 (Massachusetts Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) AMHERST, Mass. -- The Left of the Dial concert series, presented by the Smith College radio station WOZQ and UMass station WMUA, brought listeners yet another sonic experience to the Iron Horse ...
Families of victims of Virginia Tech shooting offered settlement from commonwealth
Mar 26, 2008; ... Betsy Graves University Wire 03-26-2008 (Cavalier Daily) (UWIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- In an effort to head off future lawsuits stemming from the Virginia Tech shootings, the commonwealth has proposed a settlement available to all of the families of victims. Each of the ...
COMMENTARY: Living large in the U.S. rock mecca
Mar 26, 2008; ... Shaia Moore University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Trojan) (UWIRE) LOS ANGELES -- For multiple reasons, I have forgotten almost everything I was going to write about my spring break, except that there was nothing to do in Arizona but have sex. At least, this is what I'm told by my ...
Baylor women's basketball downs Fresno State
Mar 26, 2008; ... Kyle Lazarus University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Collegian) (UWIRE) FRESNO, Calif. -- The Fresno State women's basketball team was unable to recover from early jitters Saturday afternoon in the NCAA tournament against No. 3 seeded Baylor, losing 88-67. It was the first-ever NCAA ...
Arizona coach Olson back to work
Mar 26, 2008; ... Michael Schwartz University Wire 03-26-2008 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (UWIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Lute Olson spent a busy second day at the office Tuesday meeting with players and staff as he settles back into the University of Arizona head coaching position following his season-long ...
COMMENTARY: Making the most of the NIT
Mar 26, 2008; ... Jacob Threadgill University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Mississippian) (UWIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- Maybe it's my seeing the Rebels at their peak that has made the NIT such a tough pill to swallow, but that doesn't mean the secondary tournament doesn't hold value for the present and future of ...
U.S. universities hiring more non-tenure faculty
Mar 26, 2008; ... Alina Selyukh University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nationally, more university faculty members are hired as non-tenure track members for short-term instructional appointments. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has experienced the trend as ...
New deal ends U. Michigan grad student walkout before second day
Mar 26, 2008; ... Jacob Smilovitz University Wire 03-26-2008 (Michigan Daily) (UWIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In a culmination of almost five months of contentious negotiations, the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees' Organization tentatively agreed Tuesday night to a new three-year ...
In first C-USA test, Knights baseball strikes out
Mar 26, 2008; ... Brian Murphy University Wire 03-26-2008 (Central Florida Future) (UWIRE) OVIEDO, Fla. -- A trio of pitchers who have been very dependable for the UCF baseball team lately had a rough Sunday as the Knights dropped the rubber match of their first Conference USA series of 2008 to ...
Eagles fans silenced by Penn State volleyball
Mar 26, 2008; ... Dan Rorabaugh University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Early in Game 1 of Tuesday night's volleyball match, libero Dennis Del Valle failed to dig a kill by Juniata. In response, Juniata student Christopher Esperance (junior-business) broke the ...
U. Minnesota works to keep athletes free of eating disorders
Mar 26, 2008; ... Andrew Cummins University Wire 03-26-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Earlier this month, the National Athletics Trainers' Association recommended collegiate athletics departments have proper measures in place to detect and treat eating disorders. The ...
Security issues keep controversial speaker from Texas Christian U.
Mar 26, 2008; ... Julieta Chiquillo University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Skiff) (UWIRE) FORT WORTH, Texas -- An event honoring Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., pastor will be moved off of the Texas Christian University campus because of security concerns, and university officials will not give ...
Loss shows Texas has a long way to go in reviving women's basketball program
Mar 26, 2008; ... David R. Henry University Wire 03-26-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- To say that Texas has a long way to go in the Gail Goestenkors era is an understatement. No. 1 UConn made that clear. Texas could run their fast break style offense and trapping and pressing ...
Study stresses need for STD checks
Mar 26, 2008; ... Vanessa Johnson University Wire 03-26-2008 (The State Hornet) (UWIRE) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After a recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that one in four American teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease that they are unaware of ...
Huskies beat Longhorns, head to Sweet Sixteen
Mar 26, 2008; ... Kevin Meacham University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Another opponent, another game over before it started. So it was for top-seeded UConn, which buried No. 8 seed Texas, 89-55, in the second round of the NCAA tournament at the Arena at ...
COLUMN: Say What You Really Mean
Mar 26, 2008; ... Noah Hy Brozinsky University Wire 03-26-2008 (Cornell Daily Sun) (UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Finally! Taking cues from Obama's 'Race Speech,' more of us ought to call it like we see it. Last week while many of you were celebrating spring break in lands of sand and sun, I, like ...
Quidditch sweeps into Princeton; CBS, ESPN film historic match
Mar 26, 2008; ... Zach Kwartler University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Princetonian) (UWIRE) PRINCETON, N.J. -- After reading J.K. Rowling's acclaimed "Harry Potter" series, countless children dreamed of playing every wizard's favorite game, Quidditch. Unfortunately, these dreams were summarily crushed ...
BSU holds Q & A session for minorities
Mar 26, 2008; ... Alix Dorfman University Wire 03-26-2008 (Cornell Daily Sun) (UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- With the shield of anonymity restraining any inhibitions, nine student organizations posed a number of racial and social identity questions during last night's "Questions Out of a Hat," a conversation ...
Hoosiers spring into football practice
Mar 26, 2008; ... Tom Kirby University Wire 03-26-2008 (Indiana Daily Student) (UWIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- NFL Draft hopeful Tracy Porter was there to watch his former teammates. Incoming freshman Darius Willis and other recruits were there to watch their future teammates. But the story from ...
Fairchild era begins for Rams football with start of spring practice
Mar 26, 2008; ... Nick Hubel University Wire 03-26-2008 (Rocky Mountain Collegian) (UWIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Steve Fairchild era officially began to limited fanfare Tuesday, as the football team held its first of 15 spring practices on the fields south of Moby. A handful of curious ...
Abortion, mental health link examined in study
Mar 26, 2008; ... Bennett Gavrish University Wire 03-26-2008 (The Daily Free Press) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- Women who receive abortions may suffer adverse mental health effects, a group of British psychiatrists claims, and some anti-abortion advocates are declaring the study a victory for their ...