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WVU suspends fraternity

West Virginia University banned its chapter of Omega Psi Phi from campus for four years last week after Morgantown, W.V., police charged 10 of the fraternity's members with hazing a first-year student.

The student told police he was beaten, whipped and deprived of sleep on two separate occasions. The attorney prosecuting the case said the student might suffer "some degree of hearing impairment" and have to drop out of school because of the beatings.

The members accused of the beatings will be tried by a university judicial board in addition to the criminal proceedings. The chapter has been suspended by its national office.

WCC will offer cyberclass to students

Washtenaw Community College will offer a new automotive technology course over the Internet beginning April 1.

Students taking the course will never have to set foot on campus. They will communicate with the instructor via e-mail messages and an electronic conference group. The assignments for the course will be posted on a home page, along with instructor's comments.

The Ford-UAW staff has helped WCC put together instructional materials for the course and the school's computer experts have been translating it into an Internet-readable language.

UG pharmacy students make house calls

First-year students in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia are participating in a new program this semester that matches them with community members.

The community members serve as clients for the students throughout the semester. The students visit their clients once a month and monitor their medication use and storage.

UG Prof. Lee Reese said he hopes the program will help students realize there is more to being a pharacist than standing behind a counter.

The program is free to the clients. Participating students receive a lab credit for the project.

University of Iowa gets new student club

Students at the University of Iowa recently formed a new campus club -- the University of Iowa Cigar Society.

The club began to hold meetings in January after it received student-club status from UI's student government association. Currently, the group has 40 members, including one woman.

Membership materials say the club's goal is to create "an enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere in which connoisseurs may gather, share and further their knowledge on the essence of cigars."

-- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Jennifer Harvey.

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