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January 1, 2005
| Full January 1, 2005 issue of National On-Campus Report in PDF format … |
| Move Over, Facebook: Here Comes Wirehog A new file-sharing application is coming to campus. Its name (Wirehog) and marketing catchphrase (“This little piggy stayed home”) suggest that it won’t ease campus bandwidth troubles or worries about the Internet’s effect on students’ social lives. Whether it takes off among students, however, remains to be seen. |
| Affirmative Action Fights to Come To no one’s surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2003 Gratz and Grutter decisions haven’t really settled questions about affirmative action’s future and what constitutes legal admissions policy. However, the nature of the fight has evolved. |
| On-Campus Reports Texas District May Bar Sex Offenders; First Major for Personal Trainers; Student Sues Over Note-Takers; No Signing Bonuses for New Graduates; Too-Strict Policies Contributed to Riot; N.C. Group Recommends Criminal Checks; College Republicans Membership Numbers; Depression Strikes Graduate Students, Too; Web Site Can Use President's Name; Obscenity Expulsion Stands; Freelance Flu Clinic Raises Bioterrorism Fears; Boston Students Feed Underground Economy; College Reviews Rape Reporting Procedures; Instructors Challenge 'A for Effort' Grading Policy; Students Donate Application Fees; Admissions Counseling as a Benefit; Band Hazing Continues |
| Follow-ups Partial Settlements in Bonfire Suits; Judge OKs Male Enrollment |
| Resources Social Norms Summer Institute; Trends in College Pricing; Accountability in Higher Education |
