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Wednesday,
November 28, 2001 News |
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| CAMPUS AND LOCAL | ||
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Possible
tuition hike to mirror economic trends Calculations
show tuition will increase $900 to $1,200 per year for students
on the flat rate plan and $25.20 to $33.60 per credit hour for other
students, based on 2001 tuition rates, if a 6 to 8 percent tuition
hike is instituted. |
Owner
of local hang-out loved students, music TCU students
and friends have fond memories of Jon Stern Meyerson, owner of Jons
Grille, the near campus hang-out where they have written their names
on the wall and eaten hamburgers since 1989. Meyerson was died Saturday
at his home in South Fort Worth. |
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| Campus Briefs |
UT
Austin hoping to host the Bush library AUSTIN (U-WIRE)
— University of Texas President Larry Faulkner wants the University
to be the first in the country to house two presidential libraries.
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| NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL | ||
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More
students are cheating in school PHILADELPHIA
(U-WIRE) — Writing a term paper usually involves jamming a
semester’s worth of research into one week, writing 15 pages
in a night and emerging from a computer lab with bloodshot eyes
and a stack of empty coffee cups. But for a few students, the task
is hardly this draining. All it takes is a click of the mouse. |
Ashcroft
says more than 550 still detained WASHINGTON —
Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Tuesday his department
continues to detain more than 550 people on immigration violations
or other federal charges in the terrorism investigation, and some
are believed to be members of Osama bin Laden’s network. |
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Worried
mother pulls teen from high school CHARLESTON,
W.Va. — A high school student who was suspended last month
for her anti-war, pro-anarchy stances has been pulled out of school
by her mother because of safety concerns. |
Drinking
viewed as part of college life ANN ARBOR, Mich.
(U-WIRE) — Any student passing through four years of college
inevitably will be faced with social settings centered around alcohol.
For many, drinking beer and downing shots can become as much a part
of their college experience as writing papers and taking exams. |
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Major
airlines plan to keep fuel surcharges NEW YORK —
Most major airlines plan to maintain a fuel surcharge of $20 on
each one-way ticket even though the price of jet fuel has dropped
by half during the past year. |
U.S.
ground troops patrolling southern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan
— More Marines poured into Afghanistan Tuesday, and Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said America was “tightening the
noose” around Osama bin Laden and his Taliban allies. Taliban
control in their southern stronghold appeared to be crumbling. |
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Authorities
charge girl in shooting plot BOSTON —
A 17-year-old girl who authorities say agreed to take part in a
Columbine-style massacre at her school but spilled the secret by
warning her favorite teacher that the woman was in danger was charged
Tuesday with conspiracy to commit murder. |
Bush
administration yet to respond to Iraqi defiance WASHINGTON —
Faced with fresh Iraqi defiance, the Bush administration kept mum
Tuesday about what it will do about Baghdad’s refusal to allow
weapons inspectors into the country. |
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