An amendment to Senate Bill 218 may allow India to share surplus cadavers with other states. The Indiana Anatomical Education Board—which distributes to the entire state—currently has a surplus of cadavers, while other states are experiencing shortages. After educational use, the cadavers are cremated, then returned to relatives of the deceased or buried in an Indianapolis cemetery.
In response to an announcement that some varsity sports programs would be dropped next year, MIT students kidnapped the school mascot last Saturday. The kidnapping occurred during a school athletic activity, and the student inside the mascot costume was released unharmed. Students responsible for the kidnapping have demanded a guarantee that no varsity sports will be cut next year in exchange for return of the costume.
Facebook use is related to lower GPAs, according to an Ohio State University researcher. The study utilized both quantitative and qualitative data from over 200 Ohio State students. Although it may lead to later at findings, at this point there is nothing more than a correlation.
Ongoing research by a University of Rhode Island professor suggests that chewing gum may aid in weight loss. The idea from the current study came from research on rodents showing that act of chewing sent nerve signals decreasing appetite and increasing fat-burning rates. The same effects on fat-burning in humans have not been demonstrated, but so far it appears that chewing gum does suppress appetite and increase metabolism.
Students at Cornell University claim that a dairy lobbying group, Dannon International, was influential in the discontinuation of a course on vegetarian nutrition. At the time the course was removed from the curriculum, the department director—who makes the final decision on the course catalog—had been a consultant for Dannon International. The current department head stated that the dairy lobby had not influenced the courses offered.
Using data from over 250,000 applications, researchers at Princeton found that eliminating SAT scores as a factor in admissions increases student diversity. Their analysis suggested that at schools where submitting SAT scores was optional there was greater racial and socioeconomic diversity. While high school GPA has been found to be more predictive of success in college, researchers cautioned that removing SATs from admissions might have unanticipated effects.
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