A group of Princeton University students spent the weekend lending a hand to their families who suffered from Hurricane Georges, The Daily Princetonian reported.
The storm left Princeton students from San Juan and Louisiana worried about their families and friends' safety.
Students from Puerto Rico said they tried to get in touch with their families via cellular phone and were unsuccessful.
Several groups on Princeton's campus have joined forces to collect food and clothing for the storm victims.
School officials are encouraging instructors to stay in the classroom during exams in order to prevent cheating.
Kentucky is urging its professors to talk to their students about the consequences of cheating and plagerism. At Kentucky the minimum penalty for these academic offenses is failure in the course.
A second offense results in suspension for one semester.
The presidents of the state's six public universities urged for a 4.5-percent faculty pay increase.
The proposals are an 18.2-percent increase in salaries over the last two-year period.
The six schools are seeking an $8-million increase for recruitment in order to mantaiin quality of faculty.
After the 1996 Hopwood ruling, which ended affirmative action in Texas colleges and universities, the committee is concerned with maintaining the diversity of the student body in state schools.
Rep. Henry Cuellar said he is worried that the exam's structure is racially biased and does not fairly measure academic skills.
Cuellar said the LSAT should not be a part of the admission's decision as it currently is in most law schools.
Vanderbilt was ordered to by $4.36 million to the woman's widower and her estate.
The American Red Cross begins a three-day blood drive on the Vanderbilt campus today, and the non-profit organization will have an HIV detection system in place.
- Compiled from University Wire reports by Daily Staff Reporter Susan T. Port.
09-30-98
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