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Officials work out kinks at Lambuth campus
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by Christopher Whitten
University of Memphis

Students at The University of Memphis' Lambuth campus may be getting less bang for their buck.

While students on the main campus pay a $40 student activity fee plus $17 for health services and $25 for recreation, Lambuth students pay the same $82, but under the umbrella of a single student activity fee. The Lambuth campus, however, does not yet have a health center or recreational facility, according to Jeannie Smith, assistant vice president for finance.

"I don't know how the student fees are being...

SGA imposes new voting system
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by Christopher Whitten
University of Memphis 

Last year's University of Memphis general election for the Student Government Association saw infractions concerning misplaced campaign material, misappropriation of funds and misconduct by student candidates. This year, SGA President Tyler DeWitt plans to eliminate that behavior by implementing a new system, which will reduce the percentage of overall votes received by the party in violation.

"Under this system, candidates are held directly accountable for their actions by a penalty that is enforceable,"...

Not off the hook yet
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by Christopher Whitten
University of Memphis 

Halfway into Student Government Association President Tyler DeWitt's term, the 21-year-old graduate student accounting major said he considers his time in office to have been a success "so far."

While DeWitt said some of his campaign promises were fulfilled, including updating the SGA website in a timely manner and extending students' ability to use the HOPE scholarship during the summer term, he's failed to deliver on one.

Student activity fees pay the tuition of SGA officers, a topic that...

Debate surrounds harassment allegations
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by Beth Cooper
edited by Chelsea Boozer 
University of Memphis 

When Beth Cooper, Daily Helmsman news reporter, heard rumors of sexual harrassment and employee  mistreatment by a supervisor in The University of Memphis' Physical Plant department, she couldn't get any complainants or those against whom charges were alleged to talk to her -- so she turned to documents.

After reviews of several employee files, complaint records and employee evaluation forms, she was able to get the facts and bring light to a larger problem: that administrators...

SCSU administration bound by roadblocks preventing disclosure in the Saffari situation
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by Molly Willms
St. Cloud State University 

The administration calls it frustrating.

Depending on to whom you talk, the Saffari issue is varying degrees of confidential.

In a half-hour meeting last week, President Potter released few details – he is limited by his position as a state employee, he says, and can’t discuss personnel matters with anyone.

“Let me ask a question first: What is not clear about our statement that I can’t discuss his personnel matters?” Potter said.

In this follow-up to The University...

Out of Office: Trustees close chancellor’s office, skip official review process
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by Michael Auslen
Indiana University 

Last spring, in an action that has drawn criticism from current and former student leaders, the IU Board of Trustees closed the office of University Chancellor Ken Gros Louis, a senior administrator whose primary role was working with student leaders.

Members of the board said the decision was made because Gros Louis’ initial five-year appointment as chancellor, a position he occupied without pay, was set to expire.

However, Gros Louis’ occupation of the University chancellor’s office would be reviewed...

Nine Animals Died in Harvard-Affiliated Laboratories
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by Nathalie Miraval
Harvard College 

Two sisters, one in pink and one in purple, held a sign twice their size as cars passed by in Harvard Square. The poster showed two monkeys in a cage, holding each other tight, and a slogan demanding an end to animal testing.

“This is what they do to animals in laboratories,” their mother explained to the girls.

The family was participating in a protest against Harvard laboratories on Sunday. Other protesters held similar signs in Southborough, where Harvard Medical School’s New...