Higher Ed. Notes

Cadet expelled for harassment at the Citadel

The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., dismissed one cadet for a minimum of one year and punished nine others for harassing female cadets, The New York Times reported yesterday.

The Citadel's top official, Gen. Roger Poole, said he hoped the incident is now settled.

The female cadets left The Citadel prior to the beginning of this semester. The names of the cadets were not released.

Dartmouth rejects rankings

Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering has decided to withhold information from U.S. News and World Report for the magazine's annual rankings of colleges and universities, The Chicago Maroon reported.

Thayer School Dean Elsa Gamire called her refusal to fill out the magazine's entire survey a "protest" against misinformation and misrepresentation.

Gamire said the magazine unfairly compared the school with larger institutions that have different focuses and structures, which resulted in unfavorable rankings.

Professor caught selling gleaned gold from his lab

Dr. Edward Kostiner, a professor at the University of Connecticut, turned himself in to authorities last month for selling stolen gold.

He was charged with larceny for selling gold he gleaned from laboratory experiments at the university, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

Police began investigating when officers noticed the selling of odd shaped 23- and 24-karat gold pieces at local pawn shops.

Police traced the gold to the university and later found $12,000 of precious metal in Kostiner's desk.

Berkeley plans to install condom machines

In an effort to encourage students to practice safer sex, the University of California at Berkeley will install condom-dispensing machines in three residence halls, The Daily Californian reported.

The halls will pay $130 each for the machines. Other halls on campus are considering similar proposals.

UC-Berkeley previously had condom machines in the late '80s but removed them after extensive vandalism.

Pledge dies at Clarkson

Police have charged 12 men, several of whom are members of the Theta Chi fraternity, in the death of a 17-year-old pledge at Clarkson University, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

The pledge, Binaya Oja, was found dead in the upstairs of the fraternity house after a party with 21 other pledges. The pledges were competing to see who could drink the most alcohol without vomiting, according to local police.

The university has suspended the fraternity's charter, and the national fraternity revoked the campus charter.

- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Chris Metinko from U-wire reports.

03-12-97

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