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campus stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - An opulent, rent-free mansion complete with staff is one of the perks of the job for many university presidents but the luxury is beginning to grate on financially strapped campuses, the Boston Globe reports. A chorus of complaints can be heard on campuses hit by layoffs, and universities like Harvard... More »

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MIT • Harvard • universities • campus • mansion • Harvard University

Undead Take Over College Campuses

'Humans vs. Zombies' role-play lets students 'act like kids again'

Apr 28, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zombies are a growing scourge on college campuses, but fear not: They can be stopped with Nerf guns, pool noodles, or rolled-up socks. The game Humans vs. Zombies—“tag” for the 21st century—began at a college near Baltimore and has spread to some 50 campuses. “It really... More »

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college • game • campus • role playing games

(Newser) - A Virginia college has a missing library book back—145 years after a Union soldier stole it during the Civil War. An Illinois man who inherited the book from friends tracked down the original owner and returned it to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, reports the Washington Post. The... More »

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Virginia • soldier • Civil War • campus • Washington and Lee University • library

opinion

 The Twilight of Students' 
 Radical Reading 

What happened to Sylvia Plath and Allen Ginsberg?

Mar 8, 09 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A few decades ago, college kids turned to radicals to satisfy their literary thirst, but on today’s campuses, “you're more likely to hear a werewolf howl than Allen Ginsberg,” writes Ron Charles in the Washington Post. Other than Barack Obama’s tomes, the bestselling books among college... More »

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literature • college • radical • student • student activism • campus • Twilight

Want to Get Into College?
Try These Student Tips

College freshmen share their lessons about admissions success

Nov 30, 08 9:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Applications continue to flood into top US colleges despite the economic slowdown. With admissions as competitive as ever, the Wall Street Journal talks to six people who know—college freshmen—and asks for their advice:
  • Don't let naysayers deter you from your dream school: "It pays off to
... More »

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college admissions • college • university • campus • college applications • students

Debate Allows Host Ole Miss to Show Progress on Race

Great strides since deadly '60s riots, but students say university remains divided

Sep 25, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Assuming the presidential debate happens tomorrow, host University of Mississippi gets to show the nation it’s moved beyond its racially tinged past, the Los Angeles Times reports. The school, known for deadly riots when the first black student enrolled in the 1960s and controversy over Confederate flags at football... More »

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presidential debate • race relations • segregation • University of Mississippi • campus • South • Dixie

College Peddles Bike Program
to Go Green

Wis. school offers freshmen free cycles
for no-car pledge

Aug 28, 08 8:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incoming freshmen are jumping on a Wisconsin college’s offer of a brand-new bike in return for leaving their cars at home, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Ripon College aims to save parking spots, and perhaps the planet, with its Velorution Project. The initiative, one newly minted student cyclist says,... More »

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Wisconsin • college • bikes • campus • cars • Ripon College

 Harvard Probes Racism Charges Against Its Cops

Blacks say they're targeted by security

Aug 27, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard University is reviewing its security procedures after black students and professors charged that they're being unfairly targeted, the Boston Globe reports. A six-member committee will review the campus force following a number of incidents, including one in which a black professor was stopped when he was mistaken for a... More »

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discrimination • racism • Harvard • campus • campus security • students

Campuses Shift to Middle
as 'Radical Profs' Retire

Liberal legacy waning with new generation

Jul 3, 08 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - University campuses all over the country are becoming less passionate and more businesslike as liberal '60s professors retire, the New York Times reports. The process is expected to accelerate over the next decade as Baby Boomers hired in the great '70s expansion of  higher education move on, to be replaced... More »

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baby boomer • higher education • professor • universities • 1960s • colleges and universities • campus • 1970s • culture wars

U. Washington Students Push for Bruce Lee Memorial

School balking over statue of ex-student

Dec 27, 07 6:27 PM CST
(Newser) - University of Washington students are petitioning for the right to build a statue of Bruce Lee, the film icon who studied at the university for three years and offered martial arts classes at the student union. Students argue the statue would be step toward better artistic representation of the school's... More »

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University of Washington • statue • martial arts • Bruce Lee • public art • campus • martial arts movies

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