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• FIRE highlights UGA's 'Scootergate' in new video

  FIRE •January 13, 2011

  When a UGA student emailed the school about a lack of places on campus to park his scooter, he had no idea that his e-mail would lead to formal charges from the university.

• Univ. of Oregon student senate: $40,000 for sustainability coordinator

  Rockne Andrew Roll - SFPA Member •January 13, 2011

  The student president views the funding of the sustainability coordinator as “the creation of a really exciting, beautiful project.”

• Synthetic marijuana may be outlawed in Indiana

  Vince Zito - Indiana Daily Student •January 13, 2011

  Users of synthetic marijuana, which is commonly sold by many names including Spice and K2, should have all eyes and ears on Indiana’s Senate Bill No. 57.

• At the center of a raucous event, an unexpected grace note

  Justyn Dillingham - Arizona Desert Lamp •January 13, 2011

  It’s hard to imagine another president in this situation responding by calling on his listeners “to expand our moral imaginations.”

• Vanderbilt changes nursing application requirements, after complaints

  College Fix Staff •January 13, 2011

  The application had required Women's Health applicants to agree to participate in abortion procedures before the changes.

• UC Berkeley Chancellor blames Arizona shooting on 'hateful speech'

  FIRE •January 13, 2011

  Yesterday morning, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau emailed the campus community with regard to the horrendous mass shooting in Arizona.