University Wire back issues from Thursday, March 27:
Neck-and-neck game leads to win for Flashes baseball
Mar 27, 2008; ... Chris Gates University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Kent Stater) (UWIRE) KENT, Ohio -- The winning streak continued for the Kent State baseball team Wednesday as Kent State utilized clutch late inning batting to win 9-7 over Cleveland State. A four-run eighth inning, highlighted by ...
To save power, 'U' joins 'green' computing initiative
Mar 27, 2008; ... Elaine LaFay University Wire 03-27-2008 (Michigan Daily) (UWIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Energy-efficient computing sounds like an oxymoron. Computers emit enough carbon into the atmosphere each year to make environmentalists' hair curl, and it's clear that computers aren't going ...
Gators baseball lose three-run lead, game to Jacksonville
Mar 27, 2008; ... Karl Hyppolite University Wire 03-27-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- If you take a peek at UF's schedule, it says the Gators were on the road Wednesday night. You would never have known it, as two-thirds of the spectators packed into John ...
Dorniden's performance at Big Tens has Minn. on right track
Mar 27, 2008; ... Trevor Born University Wire 03-27-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Heather Dorniden led the Gophers women's track and field team to a successful indoor season, but in the world of collegiate track and field, it's the outdoor season that counts. The Gophers opened ...
BOOK REVIEW: 'Girls' Poker Night' proves a weak gamble
Mar 27, 2008; ... Stephanie Mitesser University Wire 03-27-2008 (Cavalier Daily) (UWIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- In a post-Sex and the City world, any novel that follows a career woman through the trials and tribulations of love in New York City instantly draws comparison to the popular Candace ...
Eastern Illinois U. institutes text message program
Mar 27, 2008; ... Nora Maberry University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Eastern News) (UWIRE) CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Eastern Illinois University now has a text-messaging system in place to notify students of imminent danger on campus, said Dan Nadler, vice president for Student Affairs. "It's part of our ...
Police: Child porn found on U. Miami football media director's laptop
Mar 27, 2008; ... Matt Bunch University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Miami Hurricane) (UWIRE) CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- University of Miami Sports Information Director Rick Korch is under investigation for possessing child pornography, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday. At the time of publication Wednesday ...
EDITORIAL: Seal clubbing an immoral act
Mar 27, 2008; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Daily Cougar) (UWIRE) HOUSTON -- Canada has officially declared the start of its annual seal-hunting season. The government has even allocated the number of seals that can be killed - this year the quota is 280,000. Seal clubbing is the ...
UK robot to be tested for moon readiness in earthly conference
Mar 27, 2008; ... Jennifer Miles University Wire 03-27-2008 (Kentucky Kernel) (UWIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A small group of engineering students have taken on the challenge of building a robot designed to retrieve minerals from the moon. UK's student branch of the Institute of Electrical and ...
COLUMN: A message to the citizens of China
Mar 27, 2008; ... John Kim University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- To the citizens of China: Your nation's reaction to the events in Tibet is not surprising. Most Chinese Web sites are severely critical of the Dalai Lama, and Zhang Qingli, the Communist Party Chief of ...
Hollywood actor urges students to develop diverse relationships
Mar 27, 2008; ... Clifford Watkins University Wire 03-27-2008 (Kansas State Collegian) (UWIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Without diversity, Kansas State University and the world will be left behind in a changing world, a Hollywood actor said Wednesday afternoon in the K-State Student Union. Nate ...
INTERVIEW: Band may 'Know Boundaries' but has none
Mar 27, 2008; ... Steve Lampiris University Wire 03-27-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- It's been said that Helvetica is the most widely used type font in the world. If mainstream music, specifically commercial rap and rock, is the Helvetica of the music industry, then Know Boundaries is ...
House proposes $110 million in education cuts
Mar 27, 2008; ... Deborah Swerdlow University Wire 03-27-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The state education budget passed by a Florida House of Representatives council on Tuesday was kinder to higher education than expected, but UF officials aren't celebrating ...
Graduate school enrollment on the rise
Mar 27, 2008; ... Hilary Dickinson University Wire 03-27-2008 (Minnesota Daily) (UWIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- The number of master's degrees awarded nationally has increased 55 percent since 1975, Doug Ernie, the associate dean of the Graduate School, said. While some people have speculated that the ...
Laptops stolen from Notre Dame residence hall
Mar 27, 2008; ... Ken Fowler University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Observer) (UWIRE) SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A suspect stole a total of three laptop computers and one wallet from two unlocked rooms in the University of Notre Dame's Lyons Hall Wednesday, police said. Dave Chapman, assistant director of ...
URI baseball falls short at home
Mar 27, 2008; ... Brett McDermott University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Good Five Cent Cigar) (UWIRE) KINGSTON, R.I. -- The University of Rhode Island baseball team fell to Northeastern University, 8-6, in a back and forth battle on Tuesday. The cold, blustery afternoon at Bill Beck field showcased four ...
COLUMN: Iraq deaths should not be used as political firepower
Mar 27, 2008; ... Sheila Ellis University Wire 03-27-2008 (Kansas State Collegian) (UWIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The war in Iraq conjures strong feelings and emotion from many on the left and right. The milestone of 4,000 American casualties in Iraq will be used by both sides as evidence to support their ...
COLUMN: U.S. action causes terror abroad
Mar 27, 2008; ... Aquila Rivers University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Northeastern News) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- In light of the five year anniversary for the United States-led invasion of Iraq, how do we deal with terrorism? The foreign policy agendas posed by Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama all ...
N.C. State softball sweeps Winthrop with walk-off, perfection
Mar 27, 2008; ... Ty Johnson University Wire 03-27-2008 (Technician) (UWIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- The softball team made history twice Wednesday, beating Winthrop in both games of an afternoon doubleheader at Dail Softball Stadium. N.C. State (18-16, 2-4 ACC) won the first game 2-0 on sophomore ...
RU baseball lets Tigers walk away with win
Mar 27, 2008; ... Dane Truxell University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Targum) (UWIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- On most days, 11 strikeouts from the starting pitcher would prove more than enough to get a win. But a first-inning walk was all the Rutgers baseball team needed Wednesday to hand the game ...
Arizona baseball drops fourth straight despite spotless defense
Mar 27, 2008; ... Bobby Stover University Wire 03-27-2008 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (UWIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- The No. 6 Arizona baseball team can't seem to escape the black cloud under which it currently sits. For the sixth time in their last seven games, the Wildcats fell. Despite a rare, perfect ...
LSU's Fowles finds strength in past to be among best in women's hoops
Mar 27, 2008; ... Kyle Whitfield University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Daily Reveille) (UWIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The scene had to be perfect -- it couldn't be forced. Midway through the first half of the Nov. 21 game against UL-Lafayette, LSU senior center Sylvia Fowles rushed to the top of the ...
COLUMN: Creative autobiographies are unethical
Mar 27, 2008; ... Ted Hamilton University Wire 03-27-2008 (Cornell Daily Sun) (UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Remember James Frey? He's the jackass who tried to pass off his book A Million Little Pieces, a tale of addiction and recovery, as a true-to-life memoir. At one point, the book soared to #1 and Frey ...
FILM REVIEW: Don't run from 'Fatboy'
Mar 27, 2008; ... Tripp Laino University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Diamondback) (UWIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Let's be honest - if you were to scout Shaun of the Dead for the lead actor in a film titled Run Fatboy Run, the odds are that the choice would not be the stick-skinny Simon Pegg, but his portlier ...
Northeastern U. students pass 'The Hours' with Michael Cunningham
Mar 27, 2008; ... Chelsea Reil University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Northeastern News) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer-prize winning author of "The Hours," spoke to an audience of about 45 Northeastern University students at Blackman Auditorium Wednesday night. Writers Rambling, a ...
FILM REVIEW: 'Games' unique horror remake
Mar 27, 2008; ... David Hohwald University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Villanovan) (UWIRE) VILLANOVA, Pa. -- "Funny Games" may be in the running for the strangest remake of all time. For one thing, the movie it remakes is only 10 years old - hardly an age to make something obsolete. Even odder, ...
University to improve Greek Row
Mar 27, 2008; ... Luke McCormick University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Egyptian) (UWIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- There have been some unwelcome guests on Greek Row as of late, most notably some unsightly mold. The mold has been joined by a broken ceiling, a failing roof and flooding of carpets and ...
CD REVIEW: Snoop Dogg goes 'Ego Trippin'
Mar 27, 2008; ... Matt Lindberg University Wire 03-27-2008 (University Daily Kansan) (UWIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- He may have bragging rights with a successful television show, porno (Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle) and at least a dozen hit records, but rapper Snoop Dogg's ninth album, Ego Trippin', might ...
COLUMN: Assisted suicide a bonafide American right
Mar 27, 2008; ... Hannah Shtein University Wire 03-27-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- Oh, the Ninth Amendment - the rights "retained by the people." What does that mean, exactly? I ask this question in response to a recent mention of the Ninth Amendment by Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he ...
Early sweep gives Longhorns softball hopes for conference trophy
Mar 27, 2008; ... Laken Litman University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas women's softball team is in the hunt for a Big 12 title. The team kicked off conference play this past weekend, sweeping away the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a two-game series. The Longhorns ...
Bowen sports new hairdo for Cyclone football team's Pro Day
Mar 27, 2008; ... Tommy Birch University Wire 03-27-2008 (Iowa State Daily) (UWIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Alvin Bowen has a new haircut and a fresh outlook on his future. Sporting a dreadless hairdo, the former Cyclone linebacker took part in a series of drills before NFL scouts Wednesday during Iowa ...
Tough schedule takes toll for PSU men's gymnastics
Mar 27, 2008; ... Andrew J. Cassavell University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the last two weeks, a difficult schedule turned into a brutal one for the Penn State men's gymnastics team. After back-to-back losses to Cal and Oklahoma, the nation's No. 4- ...
CD REVIEW: Crows go out on 'Saturday Night'
Mar 27, 2008; ... Kelli Hart University Wire 03-27-2008 (Arizona Daily Wildcat) (UWIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Counting Crows keep their days of the weekend straight and separate. Saturday nights are heavy, high energy, invincible and even boastful. Sunday mornings are light, reflective, hopeful and ...
We all witness discrimination, says U. Utah speaker
Mar 27, 2008; ... Jonathan Ng University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (UWIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- By willing to be active witnesses and confront discrimination when they see it, people can help combat discriminatory attitudes, said Ishu Ishiyama, a professor of counseling psychology at the ...
U. Texas-Arlington speaker discusses 1960s activism
Mar 27, 2008; ... Marissa Hall University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Shorthorn) (UWIRE) ARLINGTON, Texas -- From the moment Winifred Breines stepped up to the podium, No. 2 pencil in hand, she had the audience's attention. Drawing on her personal experiences as an activist in the 1960s, Breines spoke ...
Calorie counting, cocktails a dangerous mix
Mar 27, 2008; ... Robin Carol University Wire 03-27-2008 (Tufts Daily) (UWIRE) MEDFORD, Mass. -- A can of Budweiser contains 145 calories, about half as many as a slice of pizza. A shot of vodka? Sixty-five calories, equivalent to the amount in a fresh Gala apple. These types of calculations ...
Israeli diplomat warns of Iranian nuclear strength
Mar 27, 2008; ... Ilya Sabnani University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Daily Princetonian) (UWIRE) PRINCETON, N.J. -- Sallai Meridor, Israel's ambassador to the United States, warned of Iran's growing nuclear threat in a lecture entitled "U.S.-Israeli Relations and the Middle East Peace Process," which was ...
Virginia softball takes two games in doubleheader over Patriots
Mar 27, 2008; ... Meredith Hulley University Wire 03-27-2008 (Cavalier Daily) (UWIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Virginia softball took both games of a doubleheader against George Mason Wednesday. The Cavaliers looked strong in the first game, battling back twice to take the game by a final score ...
Illini basketball coach shows confidence in leaders for next season
Mar 27, 2008; ... Jeff Labelle University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Illini) (UWIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bruce Weber ran off a list of names in one breath Monday at the team's season-ending press conference, his usual stream-of-consciousness rant, when asked what players he thought could effectively ...
UF offers free program to end employee smoking
Mar 27, 2008; ... Jami Baker University Wire 03-27-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For UF employees trying to kick their smoking habit, UF now offers a free program to help them quit. The Student Health Care Center is inviting employees to take part in a ...
Kowalczyk: Warden's firing will not affect fee proposal
Mar 27, 2008; ... Aaron Hedge University Wire 03-27-2008 (Rocky Mountain Collegian) (UWIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Two days after student leaders learned the Athletics Department would request a two-month-late student fee increase, the department announced that Kristen Holt would replace Jen Warden as ...
Film Festival showcases local talent at LSU
Mar 27, 2008; ... Blake Stephens University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Daily Reveille) (UWIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Outhouse Film Festival is a chance for amateur independent filmmakers to convince others that their films do not belong in the outhouse. The Outhouse Film Festival, which started in ...
NU gymnastics team looks to exceed postseason expectations
Mar 27, 2008; ... Jordan Demmel University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- It's unfamiliar territory for the Nebraska women's gymnastics team to not be the top-ranked team in the Big 12 Conference. The Cornhuskers are 14th, behind No. 9 Oklahoma. And because of ...
FILM REVIEW: '21' is a bust
Mar 27, 2008; ... Sam Potter University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (UWIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- OK, I think we get it. Las Vegas is by and large a facade full of glitz and glamour, a cesspool of hedonistic pleasures to which people think they can escape but will ultimately bite them in the ...
Asian Pacific American Awareness Month launches
Mar 27, 2008; ... Lien Hoang University Wire 03-27-2008 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (UWIRE) NEW YORK -- Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, Helen Zia said at the launch of Asian Pacific American Awareness Month Wednesday night, she has had a new word to describe herself: "Evil, evil, evil." In the eyes ...
Slam lifts Lions softball
Mar 27, 2008; ... Patrick McDermott University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Down by three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Penn State appeared to be headed toward an upset loss at the hands of St. Francis in Game 1 of the teams' doubleheader. However, ...
Huskers basketball hope for tourney success next season
Mar 27, 2008; ... Michael McHale University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- TV cameras couldn't avoid him -- the resting feet, the gazing eyes, the still uniform. Ryan Anderson got plenty of face time as he watched the minutes tick away from Nebraska's season Monday ...
Carolina Service Council hosts event to educate students on world hunger realities
Mar 27, 2008; ... Cassity Brewer University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Daily Gamecock) (UWIRE) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The University of South Carolina's Carolina Service Council hosted the 13th annual Hunger Banquet for Oxfam America in the Russell House ballroom last night to promote awareness towards ...
TV REVIEW: 'High School Confidential' shows teen life
Mar 27, 2008; ... Paula Spiletycz University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Targum) (UWIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The Women's Entertainment Network always seems to fly under the radar, failing to get public attention. This is a stigma they hope to change with their revolutionary new show, "High School ...
Texas State women's golf finishes strong despite difficult weather
Mar 27, 2008; ... Javier Gonzalez University Wire 03-27-2008 (The University Star) (UWIRE) SAN MARCOS, Texas -- The Texas State women's golf team finished a tournament in the top five for the second time this season. Individually, Linn Gustafsson, undecided freshman, also finished among the top five ...
Frosh reading project focuses on Civil War
Mar 27, 2008; ... Brian Karlovitz University Wire 03-27-2008 (Cornell Daily Sun) (UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Next year's New Student Reading Project book is Garry Wills' Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Michele ...
COLUMN: Facebook 2.0 makes stalking even easier
Mar 27, 2008; ... David Studinski University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily News) (UWIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Stalk team, assemble. Facebook is currently experimenting with a redesign that will add some radical changes to profile pages as we know them. Via a Facebook Pages account the company is taking ...
COLUMN: Gay marriage is required by the Bible, the Constitution
Mar 27, 2008; ... Joseph Audette University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Maine Campus) (UWIRE) ORONO, Maine -- Our society is marred by questions that smack of heresy to religious scholars across the country. Issues like gay marriage feature prominently on America's political landscape. Men like the late ...
TV REVIEW: 'John Adams' makes for compelling historical drama
Mar 27, 2008; ... Zach Cannon University Wire 03-27-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It's easy to find at least some relevance to modern times in HBO's historical drama John Adams. Though the events took place well over two centuries ago, there's something vaguely ...
CD REVIEW: Panic's newest less 'Odd'
Mar 27, 2008; ... Holly Robertson University Wire 03-27-2008 (Badger Herald) (UWIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- Straying far from the eccentric, lyrically jammed sound developed on A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic at the Disco releases a brighter sophomore album titled Pretty. Odd. After retiring the ...
FILM REVIEW: Soundtrack depicts life of Bob Dylan
Mar 27, 2008; ... Justin Rodstrom University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Villanovan) (UWIRE) VILLANOVA, Pa. -- The soundtrack to "I'm Not There" establishes and maintains the theme of the many faces of Bob Dylan, with two discs spanning Dylan's 40-plus years of work as told by an odd lot of ...
Pinsky leads Penn tennis win
Mar 27, 2008; ... Liz Freidman University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Pennsylvanian) (UWIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- "Come on! Right here!" Jason Pinsky yelled to himself when a break point presented itself in the second set. The senior captain, playing at No. 1, was up 6-3, 3-3, before winning that point ...
INTERVIEW: 'Stop Loss' stars speak about new film
Mar 27, 2008; ... Justine Lopez University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Titan) (UWIRE) FULLERTON, Calif. -- Ryan Phillippe and co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt talk about "Stop Loss," their new film about soldiers who have fulfilled their military contracts but are called back to duty. The actors talk about ...
BSU volleyball prepares for Penn State's quick-tempo offense
Mar 27, 2008; ... Vinnie Lopes University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily News) (UWIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Regardless of the practices and film sessions, coach Joel Walton said he knows the No. 7 Ball State University men's volleyball team will not be fully prepared for No. 1 Penn State University's offense at ...
NFL scouts visit Rutgers to evaluate Rice, others
Mar 27, 2008; ... Matthew Stein University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Targum) (UWIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Scarlet Knight fans got their wish Wednesday when Ray Rice returned to Piscataway, running, lifting and doing drills in the Rutgers practice bubble. Too bad it was only for the one ...
CD REVIEW: Counting Crows play safe on new 'Saturday,' crash anyway
Mar 27, 2008; ... Robert Hilson University Wire 03-27-2008 (Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- First, the rationalization. Though gaining exposure during the 1990s "alternative" craze, the Counting Crows are about as alternative as the Wichita Adult Mixed ...
Islamic call to prayer to be played weekly from U. Miami clock tower
Mar 27, 2008; ... Farah Dosani University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Miami Hurricane) (UWIRE) CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Muslims students at the University of Miami have organized for the Islamic call to prayer, broadcasted each Friday afternoon this month from Richter Library's clock tower in commemoration of ...
COLUMN: Some truth in Obama pastor's words
Mar 27, 2008; ... Hosie Neal University Wire 03-27-2008 (FSView & Florida Flambeau) (UWIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- So, here we go again trying to make Sen. Barrack Obama out to be an Anti-American Black Supremist. This comes after the words of Obama's pastor, Rev Jeremiah Wright became public ...
Next season to start in Alaska for Northeastern hockey
Mar 27, 2008; ... Jonathan Raymond University Wire 03-27-2008 (The Northeastern News) (UWIRE) BOSTON -- The Northeastern men's hockey team will open its 2008-09 season in an interesting way, as the University of Alaska-Anchorage (UAA) announced recently that the Huskies will be one of four ...
COLUMN: Don't sacrifice book tradition for tech convenience
Mar 27, 2008; ... Amanda Patterson University Wire 03-27-2008 (Daily Texan) (UWIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- More and more Web users are catching on to a new technological gadget called the Amazon Kindle, which Internet juggernaut Amazon.com welcomed it's growing empire in 2006. The Kindle, a new wireless ...