Record numbers apply for U. South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (U-WIRE) - More than 13,000 students, an all-time high, applied this year for 3,500 spots in the University of South Carolina fall 2005 freshman class.
In-state students are expected to comprise 75 percent of the class.
University improvements, including the Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center, a renovated Russell House and the Greek Village have contributed to recruitment, as well as the expansion of scholarship programs.
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Bill may ban smoking in all Princeton dorms
PRINCETON, N.J. (U-WIRE) - Smoking may become illegal in all Princeton University dorms next year if a bill to ban smoking in college dormitories passes in the New Jersey State Assembly.
The State Senate passed the bill unanimously last week.
Earlier this year, the University enacted a smoking ban in undergraduate dorm rooms that will take effect this fall. The proposed law would extend the smoking ban to the graduate college.
The bill would not affect University employees, who are already forbidden to smoke on the job except in designated areas.
Princeton group tasked with helping arts program
PRINCETON, N.J. (U-WIRE) - Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman has established a faculty task force to examine the future of arts programs at the university in an effort to make it an international leader in the creative and performing arts.
The committee began meeting last month. It has no set agenda, members said, but it expects to report to the president in June, a schedule Stanley Allen, dean of the School of Architecture and chair of the task force described as "very aggressive."
Four Oklahoma students charged in alcohol case
NORMAN, Okla. (U-WIRE) - Cleveland County District Attorney Tim Kuykendall filed felony charges Tuesday against four University of Oklahoma students as a result of the investigation into the death of OU freshman Blake Adam Hammontree.
Hammontree died of alcohol poisoning Sept. 30, 2004, at the Sigma Chi fraternity house after a Big Brother-Little Brother celebration.
John Abbott Frame, John David Hall, Jordan Scott Mitchell and Raymond Henry Davis face felony charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor. All men are Sigma Chi members.
If convicted, each defendant could face up to five years in prison.
'Camp-in' protests use of sweatshop goods
IOWA CITY, Iowa (U-WIRE) - Students Against Sweatshops members huddled under a red all-weather tent Tuesday, vowing to spend the night to protest what they described as the University of Iowa's slow movement on creating a purchasing code of conduct, which would outline the university's expectations for companies it does business with.
The group hopes the measure would encourage Coca-Cola, the university's official beverage distributor, to stop alleged human-rights abuses.
Last month, group members asked administrators to draft a code by March 21.
Students accused of raping 13-year-old girl
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (U-WIRE) - Two Arkansas Tech University students have been arrested by Russellville police, accused of raping a 13-year-old at a Russellville playground adjacent to an elementary school.
The students, both of Russellville, are accused of having sex with a girl Feb. 24 at a public playground. Police believe the girl met with the men after engaging in conversation with them via an Internet chat room.
Both are free from jail after posting 10 percent of $20,000 commercial bonds set by District Judge Don Bourne last week. Bourne also determined probable cause existed to detain the men. The students are scheduled to be arraigned March 21.
Study finds licorice may counteract herpes virus
NEW YORK (U-WIRE) - The substance responsible for the sweet flavor in licorice may help fight a rare strain of herpes, a group of New York University researchers discovered.
Dr. Ornella Flore, associate professor of microbiology and dermatology, and her colleagues presented their findings in the March 1 edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. They showed that the substance Glycyrrhizic acid, or GA, also found in other licorice-containing products like gum, cough syrup, herbal suppressants and soft drinks, kills latent cells infected with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus.
