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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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New Allegations in Admissions Controversy at U. of Illinois Suggest Ex-Provost Played a Role
Linda P.B. Katehi, the incoming chancellor of the University of California at Davis, has insisted she knew nothing of the admission of politically connected applicants at Illinois.
Sonoma State U. Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member
The foundation will be forced to issue fewer scholarships in the 2010-11 academic year because of a diminished endowment, a university official said.
Court Overturns $2-Million Verdict for Former Coach at U. of Louisiana-Lafayette
The coach, one of the few African-Americans in big-time college football, was fired after three losing seasons. He sued, saying he had been dismissed because of his race.
The notorious vermin have forced Colorado State University at Fort Collins to cancel its annual Great Sofa Roundup, which allows students to donate unwanted couches.
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August 9, 2006
Pioneering Astronomer, James Van Allen, Is Dead at 91
James A. Van Allen, a pioneering scientist in space exploration and a physics professor for 35 years at the University of Iowa, died this morning at the age of 91. A news release on the university’s Web site did not state a cause of death.
Mr. Van Allen is most noted for his discovery of bands of intense radiation that encircle the Earth, trapped by its magnetic field. The existence of the bands, later named in his honor, was confirmed by Explorer I and other early satellite missions, in which Mr. Van Allen was involved. He later found similar radiation belts around other planets, and some of his graduate students have continued to play key roles in NASA missions.
He was an outspoken critic of the manned space program and how it drained resources that would otherwise have flowed to robotic missions that he felt were much more cost-effective means of space exploration.
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