College Clips
Published Nov. 10, 2006
Conservative writer attacked with pie, pizza
Conservative activist David Horowitz encountered numerous protests to his on-campus speech on Nov. 8. He was welcomed with a 50-foot "not welcome" sign, 15 cheese pizzas and nearly a cream pie in the face, for which the thrower was arrested.
Director of Public Safety Gene Burton noticed junior Cassandra Reed running at Horowitz with the pie and got between the two to prevent the pie from hitting Horowitz. It was Burton who ended up receiving the brunt force of the attack. Horowitz said he hoped the culprits were punished.
In addition to the cream pie, Horowitz's speech also saw the arrival of another type of pie. Someone placed a fake order for 15 pizzas under Horowitz's name to be sent to the site of the speech. The assistant manager of the Pizza Hut that received the orders said that the order of about $230 worth of pizzas and breadsticks had to be thrown away.
Despite the incidents, Horowitz's speech about resumed on schedule.
— The Daily News (Ball State University)
Male professors make more at Princeton
According to an October report, female professors at Princeton University are paid less than their male counterparts.
The American Association of University Professors' report on Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006 studied salary figures from more than 1,445 institutions. The data, which was collected from surveys administered by both the U.S. Department of Education and the AAUP, showed that at the full professor rank, women earn 94.1 percent of what men earn.
Psychology professor Joan Girgus said the study fails to consider issues like age, degree or department, all of which affect pay.
"This is something that Princeton worries about a lot, and we will continue to track it closely," Girgus said.
Girgus also said that though the raw data is not necessarily incorrect, using it as the only determining factor for gender equity is irresponsible because it doesn't accurately reflect the intricacy of salary allotment and the history of female employment.
— The Daily Princetonian (Princeton University)
Harvard studies Ecstasy's effects on cancer
Though the drug Ecstasy is usually associated with glow sticks, trance music, pacifiers and wild gyrations, one Harvard researcher thinks the drug could benefit cancer patients.
The study will involve cancer patients who have been diagnosed as having less than one year left to live and who have failed to respond to or refuse to take anti-anxiety drugs. The study aims to determine if a controlled dose of Ecstasy will reduce anxiety and improve the overall quality of life of the patients.
Harvard, which discontinued research involving psychedelic drugs nearly 40 years ago, has recently received the necessary amount of the drug to start the study.
— Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida)