Banned banner

Independent Florida Alligator
University of Florida

Frustrated with the lack of campus support at the University of Florida for U.S. troops, a banner briefly adorned the side of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity's house March 20.

The banner, which read "Phi Sigma Kappa supports the war effort, F-Saddam," hung for only a few short hours before a call informed David Bynes, assistant director of Greek Life.

Gay dorms

The Greyhound
Loyola College-Maryland

If Loyola College administrators accept a proposal for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual special interest housing, Loyola would be the first Jesuit university in the nation to offer this type of community.

"It shows that the university has made that step to realizing there is more to homosexuality than sex," said Peter Marino, director of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual (GLBT) issues for the undergraduate government of Boston College.

Drinking for credit

Cornell Daily Sun
Cornell University

Every Wednesday this semester from 2:30 to 4:25 p.m., more than 800 Cornell University students are getting credit for imbibing alcohol.

No, this is neither an early April Fool's joke nor a cheap trick by the School of Hotel Administration to increase enrollment.

The students are enrolled in the hotel school's two-credit Wine Appreciation class.

The near-capacity class is taught every semester.