International students' enrollment still strong
Surveys in the Institute of International Education’s 2005 “Open Doors” report show hope for increased international student enrollment in American universities,...
House cuts $14 billion in student aid
If the United States Senate confirms $50 billion in spending cuts, students can expect to pay an average of $5800 more for their college loans. In addition...
KDKA airs report on showing of Pirates; students react strongly
CMU made a cameo appearance last Tuesday night on local CBS affiliate KDKA in a special investigative report titled “CMU Showing XXX Movies on Campus.”...
SUNY-Albany returns activities fee to students
A New York university must refund two students’ activity fees after they sued the school over the way the money was allocated and spent, a federal judge...
Tulane students return home for spring
Three hours into their arrival at Tulane University and brimming with excitement, first-year students Kate Frankola and Arthur Leslie were asked to leave....
CMU establishes grad school in Australia
The Heinz School of Public Policy and Management is establishing its first branch in Adelaide, Australia in 2006. The plan is to offer two graduate degrees...
Media policy to go into effect
Last Thursday, Student Senate passed a campus events media policy — one of the first of its kind in the country. The policy “grants student media unrestricted...
Final results in weekly nuclear awareness column
70 percent of Carnegie Mellon students who responded to my surveys agreed that the single most serious threat to U.S. national security is nuclear weapons...
Statistically Speaking
As foreign car manufacturers continue to grow, are American companies starting to run on empty? Chrysler’s net income for 2002:$5 billion Chrysler’s...
Crime and Incident
Theft 19 November 2005 at 17:16 A complainant notified police his wallet was missing after it was taken out of his pants pocket while he was in the...
Executive Privilege
On April 10, 2004, I walked home to Neville Street with one ear to a cell phone, my old suitemate Bradford on the other end in Boston. Two years beforehand,...
Holiday events on campus provide service, music, and flu shots
There may only be two weeks left before the end of the semester, but there are still plenty of holiday events to participate in. So take a break from...