April 9, 2012 - 1:08am

In Other Ivory Towers: Hate crime at OSU

BY RAYZA GOLDSMITH

Hate crime at OSU

“Long Live Zimmerman” was found spray-painted outside the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center at Ohio State University early Thursday morning, The Lantern reported.

April 2, 2012 - 2:20am

In Other Ivory Towers: Harvard's admissions rate 5.9 percent, record low

BY CARLY FROMM

For the seventh year in a row, there has been a decrease in Harvard University’s admission rate as it reached a record low of 5.9 percent, according to a March 29 article in the Harvard Crimson.

March 26, 2012 - 12:28am

In Other Ivory Towers: MSU Police investigate freshman’s death

BY ADAM RUBENFIRE

Michigan State University Police are investigating the death of Olivia Pryor, an MSU freshman who was found unresponsive in her dorm room last Monday the State News reported last Tuesday.

March 19, 2012 - 12:25am

In Other Ivory Towers: Rutgers student found guilty in webcam spying incident

BY KATIE SZYMANSKI

A Rutgers University student accused of videotaping his roommate’s homosexual encounters in September 2010 — an act which led to the roommate’s suicide on Sept. 22 — has been found guilty on several charges, The Daily Targum reported Friday.

February 24, 2012 - 1:34am

Collision on Catherine

BY DAILY STAFF

WHERE: Catherine Street
WHEN: Tuesday at about 9:20 a.m.
WHAT: A two-vehicle accident occured University Police reported. The incident resulted in no injuries and unknown amounts of damage.

Thievery on two wheels
WHERE: 400 S. State St.
WHEN: Tuesday at about 4:15 p.m.

February 20, 2012 - 12:19am

In Other Ivory Towers: TCU students arrested for dealing drugs

BY AARON GUGGENHEIM

Last Wednesday, 16 students at Texas Christian University were arrested by the Fort Worth police on charges of dealing ecstasy, marijuana and prescription drugs, TCU 360 reported on Feb. 15.

February 13, 2012 - 2:04am

In Other Ivory Towers: Misinterpreted fart joke leads to bomb squad dispatch

BY CHANNING ROBINSON

Harold Wayne Hadley Jr., a student at Jones County Junior College in Mississippi, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly writing a note on toilet paper that included the word “bomb,” according to The Huffington Post College.

February 8, 2012 - 12:50am

In Other Ivory Towers: Harvard's Hasty Puddings Theatricals names Jason Segel Man of the Year

BY CHARLENE LERNER

Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation’s oldest theater company, named Jason Segel the Man of the Year at its annual Man of the Year event on Friday, according to a Feb. 4 article in The Harvard Crimson.

January 30, 2012 - 2:38am

In Other Ivory Towers: Yale Daily News opts to not report sexual assault

BY AARON GUGGENHEIM

After reportedly receiving a tip about a sexual assault last November, The Yale Daily News chose not to report the story that implicated Yale football quarterback Patrick Witt as the perpetrator, according to

January 24, 2012 - 1:25am

In Other Ivory Towers: Yale proposes new tailgating policies

BY CHARLENE LERNER

After one death and two injuries before the Harvard-Yale football game last November after a U-Haul truck crashed through a group of fans tailgating, Yale University has taken preventative measures.

December 12, 2011 - 2:25am

In Other Ivory Towers: NYU to hold course on Occupy movement

BY PAIGE PEARCY

With New York University’s proximity to the Occupy Wall Street movement, the university plans to offer an undergraduate and graduate course this spring on the movement through its Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, according to a Dec. 8 article in the Washington Square News.

December 5, 2011 - 2:17am

In Other Ivory Towers: Student’s Confederate flag removed

BY PAIGE PEARCY

A freshman at the University of South Carolina Beaufort was asked to remove a Confederate flag on display in his dorm room window following multiple complaints from students and parents during campus tours, according to a Dec. 1 Associated Press article.

November 27, 2011 - 11:44pm

In Other Ivory Towers: In-class snack requirement axed

BY PAIGE PEARCY

For at least 39 years, George Parrott, a psychology professor at California State University, Sacramento, has demanded that students bring snacks to his classes. But after Parrott walked out of a class last month when students did not bring any snacks, a university dean told him his behavior was not permissible, according to a Nov. 23 article in The Sacramento Bee.

November 21, 2011 - 1:58am

In Other Ivory Towers: Basketball coach killed in crash

BY PAIGE PEARCY

Oklahoma State University’s women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna, along with two other people, died in a plane crash on Thursday, The Daily O’Collegian reported.

The plane went down in an area 45 miles west of Little Rock, according to The Daily O’Collegian.

November 14, 2011 - 12:10am

In Other Ivory Towers: Zuckerberg recruits at Harvard

BY PAIGE PEARCY

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard University — the school he dropped out of when he started developing Facebook — last Monday to recruit new employees for his company, according to a Nov. 8 Associated Press article.