College Headlines

Harrison gets life without parole

Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, AZ

5 days ago by Christine Filer

Former UA student Galareka Harrison was sentenced Tuesday to natural life in prison without parole. The sentencing came 14 months after Harrison stabbed her roommate, Mia Henderson, to death in Graham-Greenlee Residence Hall on Sept. 5, 2007.

Harrison was found guilty of one count of first-degree murder as well as three counts of forgery and one count of identity theft Sept.

The dark truth behind the Black Friday death

Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, AZ

7 hours ago by Andi Berlin

The departure of Thanksgiving, thousands of businesses depending on a single day of sales to stay in business, massacres in India - and what was the top story over the weekend? A temp worker was trampled to death at a Wal-Mart in upstate New York. The story is almost as horrifying and compelling as the death itself is meaningless and arbitrary.

Police Beat

Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, AZ

1 hour ago by Heather Trujillo

Police were dispatched to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house Nov. 17 at 10:34 p.m. in reference to a live band playing at the house.

Police made contact with a man in the fraternity, who said he and his band members were practicing in his room, but they stopped playing about one hour before police arrived.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR visits McCallum Nov. 28-30

The Chaparral, College of the Desert, CA

1 day ago by Breona Ortega

One of the most popular and enduring works ever created for the musical theatre is coming to the Coachella Valley. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will be playing at the McCallum Theatre on Nov-ember 28-30.

Starring Ted Neeley (Jesus), Cristina Sass (Mary Magdalene), and Craig Sculli (Pon-tius Pilate), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR tells the story of the final seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

Editorial Cartoon

University Journal, Southern Utah University, UT

3 days ago by Christian Perkins

Second-half slump costs T-Birds final '08 game

University Journal, Southern Utah University, UT

5 days ago by Tim Chappell

The SUU football team exchanged punches with No. 4 Northern Iowa in the first half, but The Panthers dominated the third quarter and won 34-24 in the T-Birds' final game of the season.

The T-Birds (4-7, 1-3 Great West) and Panthers (10-2, 7-1 Missouri Valley) battled to a 17-17 tie in the first half before UNI junior running back Derrick Law ran untouched up the middle for a 17-yard touchdown, capping off a nine-play, 80-yard drive to start the second half, and giving the Panthers a 24-17 lead.

Center offers Spring Break service options

University Journal, Southern Utah University, UT

1 hour ago by Ellen Rowley

SUU students will be splitting up to help in two needy areas this Spring Break with the Service & Learning Center.

Service Leaders' President Marianne Palmer said the center brings service-minded students together.

"Everyone has their niche on campus and this is ours," Palmer said.

Power-point has become a crutch for professors

Coyote Chronicle, California State University, San Bernardino, CA

5 days ago by Elena Martinez

The other day I was snoozing in class, um I mean sitting, when I realized that I was actually paying for the professor in front of me to waste both of our time as she read PowerPoint slides to us off of the big screen.

I began to wonder, do our classes going high-tech really positively influence our learning at all?

I mean, think of all of the technologies that our classes utilize.

CSU declares systemwide impaction

Coyote Chronicle, California State University, San Bernardino, CA

3 days ago by Lauren Padia

Current students may meet a frustrating fate with possible prolonged graduation times looming in the not-too distant future.

The California State University Board of Trustees met on Wed., Nov. 19 and declared a system-wide impaction, meaning thousands of qualified applicants will be denied admittance to the CSU this year.

Where are Passos and Neal now? Get out your passports

The Round Up, New Mexico State University, NM

6 days ago by Korey Middleton

After "Pomp and Circumstance," after you get the piece of paper that says you graduated, after the charming yet unoriginal "We Did It, Guys" speeches from people you don't know, most graduates move on to their career fields and raise families, take out mortgages and buy minivans.