College Clips
Published April 27, 2007
Shoes offer drink-smuggling compartment for LSU students
Many Louisiana State University students have experienced the feeling of panic and fear on game days that police might find the Ziploc bag of lukewarm whiskey taped to their thigh as they enter LSU's Tiger Stadium.
But flip-flops that hold 1 ounce of liquid in each shoe are now available, easing the smuggling for determined drinkers.
The flip-flop, manufactured by the surf and sandal company Reef, also comes with a miniature funnel and measuring bar.
"It's been probably one of our most popular flip-flops this year," Reef spokesman Michael Matthews said.
He said the flip-flops have a flask built into the sole that holds the ounce of liquid inside.
"You know how the Nike Air shoe has air in the bottom of the heel, it's similar to that," he said. "It has a cap you can remove, and you can unscrew and pour liquid out of it."
— The Daily Reveille
(Louisiana State University)
San Diego State holds I Love Consensual Sex Day
The San Diego State University chapter of the National Organization for Women is sponsoring I Love Consensual Sex Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Free Speech Steps in Aztec Center.
The purpose of the event is to educate everyone about what consensual sex really means.
"Consent must be a verbal 'yes,' and it must be sober," said Valerie Winstrom, a health educator on campus who teaches a class called Frat MANers. "In the state of California, there's a lot of rapes that go on, and they're intoxicated rapes. If she's too intoxicated to fully give consent, that could be considered rape."
Winstrom said to check out www.wastedsex.com to learn more about what sober, consensual sex means.
— The Daily Aztec
(San Diego State University)
GWU e-mail alerts increase after tragedy
Subscribers to a university text message alert system grew 10 percent last week in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, said John Petrie, assistant vice president for Public Safety and Emergency Management.
The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management and the University Police Department sent a campus-wide e-mail Tuesday night informing students and faculty to sign up for Alert DC, the text-message based alert system, to check Campus Advisories and gave instructions about how to be safe.
In the case of an "active shooter," the e-mail advised students to leave buildings where a shooter might be, call UPD to describe the situation and to take shelter in another building. or in a "shelter-in-place."
Petrie said the e-mail was sent because he wants to give students the tools necessary to handle an emergency.
"(We want) to empower people with information that isn't coming into them in a way that frightens them about the situation that they're in," Petrie said.
— The GW Hatchet
(The George Washington University)
