Universities are not there to spoon-feed

"The assumption that lies behind the contact hours issue is a deeply mistaken one. It is that universities are a simple extension of school, and that as at school, students should be given as much attention as possible. University is emphatically not about spoon-feeding and...

Blasts rock Pakistan university, 4 Dead

It is always too early to quit, that is what is visible in case of Taliban. When the NATO force thinks the Game is about to be over, on that very moment they make you feel that it is just a beginning. Last week is...

Uk University Vice Chancellors unhappy with the Government

News 09 10 2009: New students still without funding. Up to 175,000 students (16%) in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />UK may still be waiting to receive their student loans and grants, a week after most courses started. The Student Loans Company (SLC) blamed late...

British Scholar Encourages Colleagues To Enjoy Female Students

University of Buckingham vice-chancellor Terence Kealey is encouraging his male colleagues to enjoy the curves of their female students - but to look, not touch. Kealey wrote an article on lust in the Times Higher...

Helicopter Joins Search For Missing Penn Student Joe Dado

Penn State freshman Joseph "Joe" Dado, 18, went missing after a Phi Gamma Delta fraternity party on Burrowes Road in the University Park area of Pennsylvania. He was seen walking towards his dorm at Tener Hall around 3 am on Sunday morning, but never reached his room. He has...

New Steel Hook And Loop Fastener Challenges Velcro

German scientists have developed a steel hook and loop fastener that is strong enough to support 35 metric tons. The invention, called Metaklett, can withstand over 1,500 degrees fahrenheit (800°C) and is...

Teen wanted to 'catch a body,' jury told

On July 10, 2007 in Castor Gardens, Philadelphia on the 1300 block of Greenby St. a man, Kwok Wai Ho, 69 yrs. old died from a head injury at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital after he was beaten and "robbed" by...

Firas Alkhateeb Is Obama Joker Poster Artist

Firas Alkhateeb created the now infamous poster of Barack Obama with make-up like the Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight, famously played by Heath Ledger. The 20-year-old history major at Univeristy of Illinois...

Carleton professors call for reinstatement of colleague accused o

"OTTAWA - Sociology and anthropology professors are demanding that Carleton University reinstate accused terrorist and fellow lecturer Hassan Diab. “The senior administration has a chance to do the right thing....

Tehran's streets erupt after a key cleric speaks

Protests in Iran will accomplish little or nothing but Rafsanjani is a power in Iran.  When he speaks people in Iran, including the government and clerics.  His words can not be dismissed like...

Democrats Push Public Healthcare Option in House and Senate

Health care reform is indeed needed but is should not be rushed through,  It needs to be duscussed and checked out before being passed "That fight, of course, is over whether healthcare reform should include...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

Does Local Texas News Play Favorites & Refuse to Report Story?

     In regard to a NowPublic story about alleged physical abuse, forced wage-cuts, non-payment of overtime wages, discrimination, retaliation, and more, supposedly done against...

Social Security Number Code Cracked, Study Claims

Researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh could able to predict the social security numbers based on personal data like birth date. " For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there's a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure...

Siberian Tiger Nearly Extinct: Effective Wild Pop. Less Than 35

Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered that the Siberian tiger, the world's largest cat, has an effective wild population of less than 35. The Siberian tiger, which is also known as the...

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