 |
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
"Many, many years ago one of my English TA officemates noticed that a student wrote 'writhing' instead of 'writing.' We spent the rest of the afternoon inserting 'writhing' into textbook titles ('Writhing with a Purpose') and other phrases like 'technical writhing.' My favorite: 'writhing across the curriculum.'” --peg
Herding the 'Escape Goats': Contest Sends Up Epidemic of Student Howlers
Judge Overturns Florida's Ban on Academic Travel to Cuba
The judge rules that states may not interfere with federal foreign-relations powers and may not regulate travel financed with private funds.
U. of Central Arkansas President Resigns Amid Furor Over Secret Bonus
Lu Hardin, a former state senator, will receive a buyout of $700,000.
Herding the 'Escape Goats': Contest Sends Up Epidemic of Student Howlers
The annual Times Higher Education competition honors students’ biggest and most unintentionally amusing writing blunders.
University in India Takes Steps to Set Up Shop in the United States
The institution has bought a former corporate headquarters for its first American venture.
Iraqi University President Is Accused of Ties to Al Qaeda
The president is accused of helping terrorists by providing them with weapons, but his defenders say Shiite forces arrested him only because he is a Sunni.
New Mexico State U. Threatens to Revoke Fired Professors' Degrees | 69
Drinking-Age Campaign Binges on Big Names, Big Media | 68
Obama Labeled 'Elite' as He Continues to Collect From Professors | 68
Herding the 'Escape Goats': Contest Sends Up Epidemic of Student Howlers | 54
Professor Who Flew to Deliver Guest Lecture Bills Stanford for Carbon Offset of Travel | 54
Athletics
Community Colleges
Government & Politics
Information Technology
International
Money & Management
Northern Illinois
Research & Books
Short Subjects
Students
The Faculty
Prior days' news: By date | Search
This week's print issue
Back issues: By date | Search
February 6, 2008
Tornado Damaged 80% of Dormitories at Union U., Its President Says
More details emerged today about the tornado that devastated Union University last night and the remarkable fact that no one was killed on the Tennessee campus. The storm system that swept across the South last night killed more than 50 people elsewhere.
According to the Associated Press, the Baptist university’s main complex of 13 dormitory buildings was damaged irreparably. Twenty-five students were stuck or even pinned in the rubble, but all were rescued — in some cases, by a backhoe that dug a path to them. About 50 students were hospitalized, but only nine suffered serious injuries.
The university’s president, David S. Dockery, told the AP that emergency planning and broadcast warnings in this tornado-prone region helped prevent fatalities. In a message posted on a UUEmergency Web site, Mr. Dockery said 80 percent of the dormitories suffered severe to devastating damage, and academic and administrative buildings were wrecked as well. He said classes would be canceled until February 18.
The Web site also announced the creation of a disaster-relief fund for the campus. It was not immediately clear where the displaced students would live while the campus rebuilds. About a third of the university’s 3,200 students live on the campus. —Andrew Mytelka
Posted on Wednesday February 6, 2008 | Permalink |
Previous: U. of Wisconsin May Consider a Second Transcript for Students
Next: Regulation of College Endowments Has Support in House