The Daily Iowan (U. Iowa)
by Emileigh Barnes, Terry McCoy, & Danny Valentine in National News
IOWA CITY, Iowa (U-WIRE) - Police confirmed that a van found in a single-fatality crash on I-80 belongs to Steven Sueppel, whose family was found killed this morning in Iowa City. Authorities reported finding four children and one woman, Sueppel's wife Sheryl, at their 629 Barrington St.
The Daily Campus (U. Connecticut)
by Michelle Firestone in National News
STORRS, Conn. (U-WIRE) - Students will experience what it's like to live on welfare by participating in UConn's first annual Food Stamp Challenge. The challenge is sponsored by the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) as part of their Hunger and Homelessness campaign.
The Tartan (Carnegie Mellon U.)
by Akanksha Vaidya in National News
PITTSBURGH (U-WIRE) - In today's demanding lifestyle, not being able to answer a phone call does not simply mean a "missed call." It can be the source of great personal and professional inconvenience. However, a new study suggests that sometimes a ringing cell phone has to be ignored.
The Lantern (Ohio State U.)
by Tim Hoffine in National News
COLUMBUS, Ohio (U-WIRE) - Sophomores slumping and muddling through their second year has long been a topic of discussion -- even during Ohio State University President Gordon Gee's college days.
But now some higher education experts said a lack of university support could be partly to blame for sophomores underachieving or not eventually graduating, creating what they call a "lost year.
The Daily Cardinal (U. Wisconsin)
by Staff Reports in National News
MADISON, Wis. (U-WIRE) - Two female UW-Madison students fended off a potential thief on West Mifflin Street in the early hours of March 18.
Police said the two 21-year-old victims were walking on North Broom Street just after 2 a.m. when a man approached them as they got to the 400 block of West Mifflin Street.
Washington Square News (NYU)
by Rachel Smith in National News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (U-WIRE) - Wesleyan University freshman Laura Heath was trying really hard not to get arrested last week.
What would happen if she had? "Tuition removal," she said with a shrug. "Or car removal," a nearby friend added.
So goes the life of the college activist.
Daily Titan (Cal State-Fullerton)
by Erika Carmona in National News
FULLERTON, Calif. (U-WIRE) - It was an awful job experience after graduation that inspired two former business students from California State University at Fullerton to create Jobstapler.com.
About a year ago, Jobstapler.com was merely the vision of Joseph Raffiee-Shirazi, 23, the company's CEO.
Daily Collegian (Penn State)
by Allison Jackovitz in National News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (U-WIRE) - What some scientists refer to as "viral sex" has been found to be the cause of many flu epidemics through research conducted at Penn State.
Interaction between two viruses leads to the development of new viruses, which contribute to influenza outbreaks, said Martha Nelson, a graduate student in the department of biology and the lead author of the study.
Kansas State Collegian (Kansas State U.)
by Whitney Hodgin in National News
MANHATTAN, Kan. (U-WIRE) - Dave Thompson said he is surprised at what Kansas State University students don't know about sex.
"I've had students in my class who didn't think STDs existed at K-State because it was located in such a rural area," said. Thompson, instructor of human sexuality.
Kansas State Collegian (Kansas State U.)
by Elise Podhajsky in National News
MANHATTAN, Kan. (U-WIRE) - Say goodbye to that pesky backpack, guys. Many men on Kansas State University's campus are trading in their bulky backpacks for a more stylish and convenient tote -- the messenger bag. Though there are different reasons they think an over-the-shoulder bag is better than one worn on the back, these guys agree they'll never go back to the pack.
Minnesota Daily (U. Minnesota)
by Riham Feshir in National News
MINNEAPOLIS (U-WIRE) - 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 civil engineering sophomore and Iraq War veteran is protesting in hopes for an end to the war.
Cornell Daily Sun (Cornell U.)
by Emily Cohn in National News
ITHACA, N.Y. (U-WIRE) - Along with the mid-semester grind of prelims, problem sets, presentations and papers, this semester some Cornell students faced an unprecedented stress -- the threat of bacterial meningitis. In the week prior to spring break, two students were hospitalized with the rare, yet potentially fatal disease that kills approximately 100 to 125 college students per year.
Daily Nebraskan (U. Nebraska)
by Jamie Klein in National News
LINCOLN, Neb. (U-WIRE) - 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 of Nebraska-Lincoln post evidence of a crime on their Facebook profiles, they could be in trouble with the cops here, too.
Daily Nebraskan (U. Nebraska)
by Jenna Gibson in National News
LINCOLN, Neb. (U-WIRE) - Princeton University announced two years ago they would not be using the software Turnitin to catch student plagiarism. The founder of the company that sells the program, John Barrie, told a reporter at Princeton's student newspaper that this was a sign that the university was soft on cheating.
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