Athlete charged with indecent exposure
(U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Just 11 days after starting offensive lineman Adam Stenavich was taken into custody for disorderly conduct, the University of Michigan football team is dealing with a second - and potentially much more serious - incident.
At about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, redshirt sophomore Larry Harrison was arrested on the 700 block of South Division Street after police say he exposed himself outside a window of a residence on that street.
According police, Harrison was charged with one count of indecent exposure and was released after paying a $500 bond.
Vandalism investigated as possible hate crime
PRINCETON, N.J. (U-WIRE) - Public Safety and Borough Police are currently investigating the vandalism of a student's dorm room door and a shattered basement window, both of which occurred Monday night at Princeton University.
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Public Safety filed a report of a possible hate crime Tuesday morning regarding the vandalism. A swastika had been drawn during the night on a whiteboard outside a senior male's room on the first floor of a residence hall.
UT-Austin loses place as largest U.S. university
(U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas-Austin is not the largest university in the country this semester for the first time since 1997, based on preliminary enrollment data from several schools.
The University of Minnesota at Twin Cities has 50,954 students enrolled for the fall semester, according to its official enrollment data, which is 551 more students than UT-Austin.
Gay fraternity at Syracuse looks to future as chapter
(U-WIRE) SYRACUSE, N.Y. - While always acknowledged as part of the Greek community at Syracuse University, Delta Lambda Phi, the first Greek organization for gay and bisexual men on campus, is about to take the final step toward becoming an officially recognized chapter.
With the induction of four new pledges this semester, DLP now has 11 members, enough to file paperwork with its national foundation to finish out the organizational process that ends with elevation from the status of colony to chapter.
Ball State first university to use hybrid shuttle
(U-WIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State University will become Indiana's first university to use a hybrid-electric shuttle on campus. The services and transportation department purchased a 22 passenger hybrid-electric shuttle to arrive in December.ˇ
Hybrid vehicles combine the combustion engine of a traditional vehicle with the battery and electric motor of an electric vehicle, he said.
The series-hybrid shuttle has a 60-gallon tank that saves fuel by only using 12 gallons of fuel in an entire day. A gasoline-fueled bus burns about 36-45 gallons.
At a cost of more than $200,000, the shuttle bus will service the main campus shuttle route.
Hearings begin in trial of Kansas State professor
(U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. - Prosecutors began presenting evidence at a preliminary hearing Monday against a Kansas State English professor for the murder of his former wife.
Thomas Murray, 48, is charged with murdering Carmin Ross on Nov. 13, 2003, in her Lawrence, Kan., home.
Ross was an attorney, a conflict mediator and was the director of employee relations at Kansas State until 1997.
NYU president to fight 'simplistic thinking'
(U-WIRE) NEW YORK - New York University President John Sexton will publicly campaign against what he called the nation's growing penchant for "simple thought" and the dangers it poses to American universities, he announced at Tuesday's University Senate meeting.
Citing the "shrinking attention span of the American people" Sexton denounced the national trend of "savage simplicity in the face of complicated problems" in both the Bush administration and among the general public.
Carnegie Mellon develops robotic hugging device
(U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH - Robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a pillow that can be used to simulate the presence of a loved one.
The pillow, called the Hug, uses sensing and wireless technology to conduct a phone call and replicate physical contact.
The Hug is about the size of a throw pillow. It has a torso, a small head and two small arms that reach out to give a hug. In addition to its physical element, the hug also provides a direct phone link with relatives, reinforcing the feeling that the loved one is close by.
Rhode Island dining halls hold the tomato
(U-WIRE) KINGSTON, R.I. - Dining Services at the University of Rhode Island has been forced to produce food without tomatoes due to a nationwide shortage.
Roch's Produce, the vendor who supplies URI with all its produce, indicated that before Thanksgiving week, the availability of tomatoes was way down due to the recent natural disasters in Florida. With availability down, demand has increased and the cost of tomatoes went up with it.
Cal State-Fullerton frat gets flag-football funds
(U-WIRE) FULLERTON, Calif. - The California State University-Fullerton Associated Students Inc. Board of Directors voted Tuesday to allocate $2,320 for a fraternity's participation in the National Flag Football Championships.
The 15-member team that will wear Pi Kappa Phi letters at the tournament in New Orleans over winter break includes ASI Vice President of Finance Ross McCollum.
