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News Editor: Matthew Hart Telephone: (209) 278-5735. News THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Monday, January 27,1997 National Campus News Digest "Your link to students and campuses across the nation.' Utah students' grades no longer mailed SALT LAKE CITY (CPS>- University of Utah students no longer have to bite their finger¬ nails waiting for their grades to come by "snail mail." Instead, with a few clicks of the computer mouse, students can find their grades on the in¬ ternet. " Starting this winter quarter, the 147-year-old college will stop mailing report cards. Students can either check their grades in cyberspace, or they can place a phone call to the university. "It's a convenience to the stu¬ dents." said Ralph Boren, uni¬ versity registrar and director of admissions. "Their grades are more readily accessible." The website also will allow students to add/drop courses, register for classes, check their progress toward graduation and monitor grade changes. The university will save a bundle — close to $8,600 each quarter — by abandoning the Postal Service, although stu¬ dents can receive a printed copy if necessary, Boren said. Students need an identifica¬ tion number and a password to access their grades. The new system is "probably as secure or more secure than paper copies of report cards," Boren said. Pay later...or pay now? MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CPS)—Students who overload their credit cards with charges are more likely to load up on drinks and cigarettes, too. a new study has found. ^^ Researchers at University of Minnesota's Boyton Health Center found that students with high credit card debt were more likely to drink, smoke, get poor grades and suffer from depres¬ sion. Nearly 550 students were sur¬ veyed for the study. The survey found that students with high debt were three times more likely than students with low or no debt to use tobacco. Students with high debt also were more likely to drink. Those with no or low debt consistently reported higher grades than those with high debt. Depression also was linked to the level of credit card debt. The survey found that less than 2 per¬ cent of those with no or low debt reported taking medication* for depression, compared to nearly 9 percent of those with high debt. Two female cadets transfer to U$C COLUMBIA. S.C. (CPS)— Two female cadets who left the Citadel after, they said they were repeatedly hazed have started classes at the University of South Carolina. Kim Messcr and Jeanie Mentavlos. two of the first four women who enrolled at the Citadel after the military college dropped its all-male policy last summer, transferred to USC just days after announcing they had dropped out of the Citadel. » "Wc did expedite the (applica¬ tion) process somewhat due to the circumstances," said USC spokes¬ person Russ McKinney. The two women claim that male cadets beat them with rifles, lit their clothes on fire and sexually ha¬ rassed them. At USC. where the student en¬ rollment is close to 27.000. students reacted positively to the news of the cadets' transfer. Susanne Newman, a USC sophomore and student government member, said she thought 1t was "pretty neat" the former cadets had chosen USC. "I'd love to talk to them, and hear about their experiences. "\he said "I've dated guys who went to the Citadel, and I know how awful the hazing is." Eleven cadets have been charged with school v iolations in the alleged hazing, the Citadel said. Yale student arrested for computer fraud NEW HAVEN. Conn. (CPS>— A Yale University student pled guilty Jan. 8 to committing com¬ puter fraud by creating a software program that let him access America Online for free. Nicholas Ryan, known online as "Happy Hardcore." faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Prosecutors said Ryan, a junior computer science major, cre¬ ated "AOL4FREE" in June 1995 and used it for six months. Also. Ryan let other AOL users know about the software by talk¬ ing about it in AOL chat rooms. That's what eventually tipped AOL off. officials said. The company estimates that in a single day, nearly 2.000 people used the program to log onto the system, bypassing AOL's hourly rate. "I just thought he was some computer geek, but I never thought it would lead to something like this," Michael Kestenbaum. Ryan's former suitemate. told the Yale Daily News; A0L officials heralded the case as the first successful prosecution of computer fraud involving an online network. The case "serves a warning to any would-be hackers that AOL has zero tolerance for this kind of be¬ havior," said Tatiana Gau, an AOL vice president, in a news release. Penn State acquires law school UNIVERSITY PARK. Pa.(CPS)—Pennsylvania State University plans to welcome its first law class in the year 2000. Penn State announced Jan. 13 that it would merge with the Dickinson School of Law. "This will bring to Penn State the one major professional school which it has lacked." said Penn State President Graham Spanier. "This is an exciting and historic moment for the university." The law school. located in Carlisle. Pa., would be renamed The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University on July I and would merge offi¬ cially in 2000. The Dickinson law school tra¬ ditionally ranks first among the state's seven law schools in the per¬ centage of graduates who go on to pass the Pennsylvania bar exam. After the schools merge, law stu¬ dents will have access to Penn State resources, such as its library and technology. Graduates would be eligible to join the Penn State Alumni Association UNI punishes student ri¬ oters CEDAR FALLS. Iowa(CPS>— The University of Northern Iowa has announced sanctions against students who were arrested during a homecoming nut last fall. In October, celebrations after UNl's homecoming football victory turned ugly when a crowd of about 1,000 people tipped over cars, smashed the windows of a conve¬ nience store and knocked down traffic signs. Several police offic¬ ers were injured when people threw bricks and beer bottles. In all, 14 UNI students were ar¬ rested during the disturbance UNI announced Jan. 15 that two of the 14 students have been sus¬ pended until next fall. Three students were placed on probation' and four students re¬ ceived disciplinary warnings Three students were not pun¬ ished, and another has since left the school. UNI said. "Individual decisions were made in each case, in relation to the ex¬ tent the student's behavior contrib¬ uted to an unsafe situation." said Tom Romanin. associate vice presi¬ dent for educational and student services. The university denounced the students' action as "reprehensible." Salinger to publish an¬ other book WASHINGTON (CPS>—J. D. Salinger, the reclusive author of "Catcher in the Rye," will publish his first new book in 34 years, the Washington Post reported. "Hapworth 16. 1924" will be printed in February by Orchises Press, a small press in Alexandria run by George Mason University English professor Roger Lathbury. the Post reported. Lathbury would not tell the Post how he had gotten the approval df the author, who reportedly is so se¬ cretive that he once had his agents throw away hundreds of letters he wrote. The story first appeared in the New Yorker in 1965. It revolves around the character Seymour Glass, whose suicide is a notable moment in Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish." Between 1951 and 1963 Salinger, who is now 78 and lives in New Hampshire, published four books: "Catcher." "Nine Stories." "Franny and Zooey" and "Raise High the Roof Beam. Carpenters." Lathbury wanted to stay mum about the nook's publication, but his plan was foiled when a Salinger fan noticed a listing for the forthcom¬ ing book in an online bookstore, the Post reported. The'book is expected to hit the bookstores in March. New news for SAD suffer¬ ers • EVANSTON, III (CPS►—Expo¬ sure to extra light, even during the day. can help fend off the blues for those who suffer from seasonal af¬ fective disorder, or SAD. scientists say. The depression is associated with the dark, shortened days of winter A team of Northwestern Univer¬ sity scientists used hamsters to show that exposure to light even during the brightest part of the day will work for SAD sufferers "Our findings indicate SAD is not simply caused by a lack of light, but by the changes that light brings on serotonin metabolism." the study's co-author. Phyllis Zee. wrote for the British journal Nature. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that affects moods and thought Prozac, a well-known anti-depres¬ sant, also works in treating SAD by interfering with serotonin metabo- lisrfi. The findfhgs might possibly lead to the use of light as a "drug" to al¬ ter the brains neunvhemical activ - ity. Zee said. Police post composite of serial rapist on Web ATHENS. Ga. (CPS)—Police in Georgia and Florida have placed a composite sketch on the Internet in an effort to track dow n a serial rap¬ ist believed responsible for six at¬ tacks at two major universities During the past two years, the same man has raped at least four University of Georgia students in their apartments, police said. An¬ other victim was a University of Florida student, who was on a jog¬ ging trail near the Gainesville campus when she was attacked. The level of violence has es¬ calated with each attack, from blows to the head and face to choking if the victim cries, po¬ lice said. Authorities placed a compos- ite sketch of the rapist at www.ps.uga.edu/pd/ suspcct.htm. and have offered a $10,000 reward for his convic¬ tion. The description of the suspect is the same in both locations: a white male between 25 to 40 years old. with a slim, wiry build. Victims said he is tall, be¬ tween 6" to 6'5", with light brown or dirty blond hair and a Southern accent The most distinguishing characteristic mentioned by all the victims are his eyes, de¬ scribed as very bright light blue. The Florida student said that the eyes were the first thing she no¬ ticed. The University of Georgia and Georgia authorities have tornied a rape task force lo >-i> ordinate the investigation Textbook causes con¬ troversy at Scranton U. SCRANTON. Penn (CPS)—A Universnv ol Scranton donor said he will not give money to the university again until it stops using a text¬ book that discusses abortion For more than a year. Jim J Clauss. a Scranton alumnuv and donor, and the Pennsylvanians for Human Life has campaigned , for the Roman Catholic school to drop a textbook from its medi¬ cal ethics course The book. "Health Care Ethics Principles and Problems," includes a chap¬ ter about why womeVc^oose abortions. Last semester, about 150 stu¬ dents and professors held a rally in response to the campaign At the rally, one of the book's author. Harold W. Baillie. who also is a philosophv professor at Scranton. said it was important to distinguish between medical philosophv and theological phi¬ losophv Administrators have supported the nghi to use the hook in the course However. Clauss has called this stance hypocritical "It is not an acceptable moral philosophy that they're teaching." he said To dale, administralors have supported the instructor's right to use the text in the course 'Stones compiled from Tri¬ bune Media Senices fmm col¬ lege campus newspapers across the country.
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Title | January 27, 1997, Page 5 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1997 |
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Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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Full-Text-Search | News Editor: Matthew Hart Telephone: (209) 278-5735. News THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Monday, January 27,1997 National Campus News Digest "Your link to students and campuses across the nation.' Utah students' grades no longer mailed SALT LAKE CITY (CPS>- University of Utah students no longer have to bite their finger¬ nails waiting for their grades to come by "snail mail." Instead, with a few clicks of the computer mouse, students can find their grades on the in¬ ternet. " Starting this winter quarter, the 147-year-old college will stop mailing report cards. Students can either check their grades in cyberspace, or they can place a phone call to the university. "It's a convenience to the stu¬ dents." said Ralph Boren, uni¬ versity registrar and director of admissions. "Their grades are more readily accessible." The website also will allow students to add/drop courses, register for classes, check their progress toward graduation and monitor grade changes. The university will save a bundle — close to $8,600 each quarter — by abandoning the Postal Service, although stu¬ dents can receive a printed copy if necessary, Boren said. Students need an identifica¬ tion number and a password to access their grades. The new system is "probably as secure or more secure than paper copies of report cards," Boren said. Pay later...or pay now? MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CPS)—Students who overload their credit cards with charges are more likely to load up on drinks and cigarettes, too. a new study has found. ^^ Researchers at University of Minnesota's Boyton Health Center found that students with high credit card debt were more likely to drink, smoke, get poor grades and suffer from depres¬ sion. Nearly 550 students were sur¬ veyed for the study. The survey found that students with high debt were three times more likely than students with low or no debt to use tobacco. Students with high debt also were more likely to drink. Those with no or low debt consistently reported higher grades than those with high debt. Depression also was linked to the level of credit card debt. The survey found that less than 2 per¬ cent of those with no or low debt reported taking medication* for depression, compared to nearly 9 percent of those with high debt. Two female cadets transfer to U$C COLUMBIA. S.C. (CPS)— Two female cadets who left the Citadel after, they said they were repeatedly hazed have started classes at the University of South Carolina. Kim Messcr and Jeanie Mentavlos. two of the first four women who enrolled at the Citadel after the military college dropped its all-male policy last summer, transferred to USC just days after announcing they had dropped out of the Citadel. » "Wc did expedite the (applica¬ tion) process somewhat due to the circumstances," said USC spokes¬ person Russ McKinney. The two women claim that male cadets beat them with rifles, lit their clothes on fire and sexually ha¬ rassed them. At USC. where the student en¬ rollment is close to 27.000. students reacted positively to the news of the cadets' transfer. Susanne Newman, a USC sophomore and student government member, said she thought 1t was "pretty neat" the former cadets had chosen USC. "I'd love to talk to them, and hear about their experiences. "\he said "I've dated guys who went to the Citadel, and I know how awful the hazing is." Eleven cadets have been charged with school v iolations in the alleged hazing, the Citadel said. Yale student arrested for computer fraud NEW HAVEN. Conn. (CPS>— A Yale University student pled guilty Jan. 8 to committing com¬ puter fraud by creating a software program that let him access America Online for free. Nicholas Ryan, known online as "Happy Hardcore." faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Prosecutors said Ryan, a junior computer science major, cre¬ ated "AOL4FREE" in June 1995 and used it for six months. Also. Ryan let other AOL users know about the software by talk¬ ing about it in AOL chat rooms. That's what eventually tipped AOL off. officials said. The company estimates that in a single day, nearly 2.000 people used the program to log onto the system, bypassing AOL's hourly rate. "I just thought he was some computer geek, but I never thought it would lead to something like this," Michael Kestenbaum. Ryan's former suitemate. told the Yale Daily News; A0L officials heralded the case as the first successful prosecution of computer fraud involving an online network. The case "serves a warning to any would-be hackers that AOL has zero tolerance for this kind of be¬ havior," said Tatiana Gau, an AOL vice president, in a news release. Penn State acquires law school UNIVERSITY PARK. Pa.(CPS)—Pennsylvania State University plans to welcome its first law class in the year 2000. Penn State announced Jan. 13 that it would merge with the Dickinson School of Law. "This will bring to Penn State the one major professional school which it has lacked." said Penn State President Graham Spanier. "This is an exciting and historic moment for the university." The law school. located in Carlisle. Pa., would be renamed The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University on July I and would merge offi¬ cially in 2000. The Dickinson law school tra¬ ditionally ranks first among the state's seven law schools in the per¬ centage of graduates who go on to pass the Pennsylvania bar exam. After the schools merge, law stu¬ dents will have access to Penn State resources, such as its library and technology. Graduates would be eligible to join the Penn State Alumni Association UNI punishes student ri¬ oters CEDAR FALLS. Iowa(CPS>— The University of Northern Iowa has announced sanctions against students who were arrested during a homecoming nut last fall. In October, celebrations after UNl's homecoming football victory turned ugly when a crowd of about 1,000 people tipped over cars, smashed the windows of a conve¬ nience store and knocked down traffic signs. Several police offic¬ ers were injured when people threw bricks and beer bottles. In all, 14 UNI students were ar¬ rested during the disturbance UNI announced Jan. 15 that two of the 14 students have been sus¬ pended until next fall. Three students were placed on probation' and four students re¬ ceived disciplinary warnings Three students were not pun¬ ished, and another has since left the school. UNI said. "Individual decisions were made in each case, in relation to the ex¬ tent the student's behavior contrib¬ uted to an unsafe situation." said Tom Romanin. associate vice presi¬ dent for educational and student services. The university denounced the students' action as "reprehensible." Salinger to publish an¬ other book WASHINGTON (CPS>—J. D. Salinger, the reclusive author of "Catcher in the Rye," will publish his first new book in 34 years, the Washington Post reported. "Hapworth 16. 1924" will be printed in February by Orchises Press, a small press in Alexandria run by George Mason University English professor Roger Lathbury. the Post reported. Lathbury would not tell the Post how he had gotten the approval df the author, who reportedly is so se¬ cretive that he once had his agents throw away hundreds of letters he wrote. The story first appeared in the New Yorker in 1965. It revolves around the character Seymour Glass, whose suicide is a notable moment in Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish." Between 1951 and 1963 Salinger, who is now 78 and lives in New Hampshire, published four books: "Catcher." "Nine Stories." "Franny and Zooey" and "Raise High the Roof Beam. Carpenters." Lathbury wanted to stay mum about the nook's publication, but his plan was foiled when a Salinger fan noticed a listing for the forthcom¬ ing book in an online bookstore, the Post reported. The'book is expected to hit the bookstores in March. New news for SAD suffer¬ ers • EVANSTON, III (CPS►—Expo¬ sure to extra light, even during the day. can help fend off the blues for those who suffer from seasonal af¬ fective disorder, or SAD. scientists say. The depression is associated with the dark, shortened days of winter A team of Northwestern Univer¬ sity scientists used hamsters to show that exposure to light even during the brightest part of the day will work for SAD sufferers "Our findings indicate SAD is not simply caused by a lack of light, but by the changes that light brings on serotonin metabolism." the study's co-author. Phyllis Zee. wrote for the British journal Nature. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that affects moods and thought Prozac, a well-known anti-depres¬ sant, also works in treating SAD by interfering with serotonin metabo- lisrfi. The findfhgs might possibly lead to the use of light as a "drug" to al¬ ter the brains neunvhemical activ - ity. Zee said. Police post composite of serial rapist on Web ATHENS. Ga. (CPS)—Police in Georgia and Florida have placed a composite sketch on the Internet in an effort to track dow n a serial rap¬ ist believed responsible for six at¬ tacks at two major universities During the past two years, the same man has raped at least four University of Georgia students in their apartments, police said. An¬ other victim was a University of Florida student, who was on a jog¬ ging trail near the Gainesville campus when she was attacked. The level of violence has es¬ calated with each attack, from blows to the head and face to choking if the victim cries, po¬ lice said. Authorities placed a compos- ite sketch of the rapist at www.ps.uga.edu/pd/ suspcct.htm. and have offered a $10,000 reward for his convic¬ tion. The description of the suspect is the same in both locations: a white male between 25 to 40 years old. with a slim, wiry build. Victims said he is tall, be¬ tween 6" to 6'5", with light brown or dirty blond hair and a Southern accent The most distinguishing characteristic mentioned by all the victims are his eyes, de¬ scribed as very bright light blue. The Florida student said that the eyes were the first thing she no¬ ticed. The University of Georgia and Georgia authorities have tornied a rape task force lo >-i> ordinate the investigation Textbook causes con¬ troversy at Scranton U. SCRANTON. Penn (CPS)—A Universnv ol Scranton donor said he will not give money to the university again until it stops using a text¬ book that discusses abortion For more than a year. Jim J Clauss. a Scranton alumnuv and donor, and the Pennsylvanians for Human Life has campaigned , for the Roman Catholic school to drop a textbook from its medi¬ cal ethics course The book. "Health Care Ethics Principles and Problems," includes a chap¬ ter about why womeVc^oose abortions. Last semester, about 150 stu¬ dents and professors held a rally in response to the campaign At the rally, one of the book's author. Harold W. Baillie. who also is a philosophv professor at Scranton. said it was important to distinguish between medical philosophv and theological phi¬ losophv Administrators have supported the nghi to use the hook in the course However. Clauss has called this stance hypocritical "It is not an acceptable moral philosophy that they're teaching." he said To dale, administralors have supported the instructor's right to use the text in the course 'Stones compiled from Tri¬ bune Media Senices fmm col¬ lege campus newspapers across the country. |