Baylor to host president's international summit
Waco, Texas (U-WIRE) - President Bush will hold a summit on the Baylor campus on March 23 with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin.
This is not the first time Baylor has served as a host institution for Bush. The president held an economic forum on campus in August 2002, which involved many Cabinet members and business people from several states.
"We have experience in working with the White House and hosting events," said Larry Brumley, vice president of external relations.
Oregon community still lacks public transportation
Eugene, Ore. (U-WIRE) - Members of the University of Oregon community scrambled to find alternative means of transportation Tuesday as the Lane Transit District strike rolled into its second day.
Bus drivers voted to strike Sunday, following 10 contentious months of contract negotiations between Amalgamated Transit Union District 757, which represents the drivers, and the transit district.
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The strike has completely suspended bus services in Lane County.
The transit district's surveys indicate more than 10 percent of University students ride the bus on a daily basis.
MLK's niece speaks out against Roe v. Wade
College Station, Texas (U-WIRE) - Roe v. Wade will be overturned, and the hearts of the people will be changed, said Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., Tuesday night at the Coalition for Life Benefit.
King was the keynote speaker at the annual benefit called Breakthrough held to raise money to peacefully and prayerfully end abortion in the Brazos Valley, according to the coalition's mission statement.
King said she underwent two abortions in the early 1970s, one voluntary, one involuntary. She said the convenience of Roe v. Wade made choosing to have an abortion too easy, but there is now a strong outcry across nations for life.
Stanford 'die-in' seeks to raise Darfur awareness
Stanford, Calif. (U-WIRE) - Commonly known as the "intersection of death," the corner of the quad by the clock tower earned its name Monday as Stanford students participated in a "die-in" protesting the crisis in Darfur.
Known for the frequency of bike accidents, the busiest intersection of the University was covered by more than 50 students sprawled on the ground between 10:50 a.m. and 11 a.m. as their peers went to and from class.
Sophomore Elissa Test, one of the co-founders of Stanford's chapter of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, or STAND, said the protesters wore black at the event and throughout the day to raise awareness about the crisis in Sudan.
Man sentenced in slaying of Ball State student
MUNCIE, Ind. (U-WIRE) - A Muncie man who was involved in the 2004 shooting death of Ball State University student Karl Harford was sentenced Friday to 85 years in prison.
Damien Sanders will serve consecutive sentences - 65 years for a murder charge and 20 years for an armed robbery charge, Chief Deputy Prosecutor J.A. Cummins said.
Sanders pleaded guilty to murder and armed robbery in January.
Sanders and two other men involved stole $2 from Harford before shooting him, according to police documents.
Israeli journalist speaks on Israeli withdrawal
Ithaca, N.Y. (U-WIRE) - Renowned Israeli journalist Michael Tuchfeld spoke Tuesday on the complexities of Israel's plan for disengagement in Anabel Taylor Hall at Cornell University.
The lecture provided students with an intricate look at both sides of the disengagement debate. Tuchfeld briefly explained the disengagement plan as the complete evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, as well as four settlements in the West Bank. The result would be an exodus of nearly 8,000 Jewish settlers, as well as the removal of the Israeli military forces that are stationed there, he said.
