What's in a name? Student newspaper titles: from history to humor Balam's Ass is no more: Union Theological Seminary (N.Y.) decided to revamp the venerable student newspaper and change its name to Unitas. The change, however, piqued National On- Campus Report's interest in other unique student newspaper titles. A review of them turned up some amusing names. Many newspapers, for instance, have chosen a nautical theme: There's the Wrecker's Debris at Florida Keys Community College, the Periscope at - Shorter College, the Binnacle at California Maritime Academy, the Harbor Tides at Los Angeles Harbor College. Chrikopher Newport College publishes the Captain's Log, everyone reads the Helm at Maine Maritime Academy, the Lighthouse at Lake Land College, and the Mooring Mast at Pacific Lutheran University. Several professional and medical colleges inject a little humor into their presses: Students, faculty, and staff read the,Backtalk at Cleveland Chiropractic College, the Reflex at Southern California College of Optometry, and The Cadaver at Medical College of Georgia. Miami-Dade Community College Medical Center prefers The Antidote. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy readers get what they need from The Dispenser, and the Southern College of Optometry looks to the Evil Eye. Many newspaper have names rooted in the history or geographic characteristics of their regions. In the Southwest, for example, there's the Gila Monster (Eastern Arizona College). College of the Canyons proclaims the Canyon Call, Cochise College runs with The Apache, and Central Arizona College reads the Cactus. Here's an interesting one: Pay Dirt, quarried by Western New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Retaining a sense of history, Patrick Henry State Junior College likes The Patriot, John Brown University promotes The Three-Fold Advocate, George Washington University uses The Hatchet, Monroe Community College follows the Monroe Doctrine, and Lincoln College looks to The Emancipator. Other school newspaper prefer the no non-sense approach: several simply publish The Paper, The Reporter, or The News. The College of Notre Dame publishes th enews As-It-Is, Bethany Bible College has always had the Inside Story, the California College of Podiatric Medicine backs the First Amendment, while Stark Technical College urges readers to Pass-It-On. Many unique titles don't fit into any categories: The U.S. Military Academy's Slum and Gravy (recently renamed The Pointer), The Muddraker (Harvey Mudd College), Palm Beach Junior College has The Beach Comber . Many students find the Loop-Whole at The Loop College, the Dixie Drawl at Pearl River College, the Bulldog Barks at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior Colege, and The Good 5-Cent Cigar at the University of Rhode Island. Reprinted from the On-Campus Report Racy T-shirts have been banned by Boston's Tufts University. Officials have created T-shirt zones on campus - such as classrooms and the commons areas of residence halls - where T-shirts bearing raunchy messages must be covered. Students may still wear the shirts in the privacy of their dorm rooms and on campus lawns. The new rule came after a male student marketed 200 shirts that gave 15 reasons "Why Beer Is Better than Women at Tufts" - all disparaging to women. Utah students have one year to prove that their student-run radio station will work. University of Utah officials have agreed to allow a Radio Council - made up of students, faculty members, and radio professionals - to try to successfully run the station during the coming academic year. If they fail, officials will consider granting permanent oversight of the station to a university agency. An Alumna won a case by default against her former Penn State instructor. Kathleen o"Connor sued Lorna Rasmussen in small claims court for unjustly giving her a D in a television class - which prevented her from graduating in May 1988. O"Connor later retook the class with a different instructor and received an A. She won the court decision when the university failed to attend a scheduled hearing. PSU has appealed, saying the court has no jurisdiction in a grade dispute. Student government back in position. After a two-month absence, the student government at Arapahoe Community College is back in place, with one major change: It doesn't have the authority to allocate student fees. President James Weber banished the organization in May, claiming that the bickering among the senate had paralyzed it and kept it from allocating funds. Now, a student government advisor will take over that responsibility. Armed with vacuum cleaners, a woman's group at Vassar College visited the "disgustingly sloppy" campus women's center recently to clean it up - literally. The new club, the "Future Housewives of America" - which hopes to gain official campus recognition this fall - is also interested in cookbooks and dating services. In fact, it already has a professor lined up to speak on "The Impact of Tupperware on U.S. Society." 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The society sent members out on a scavenger hunt last April; They returned with valuable campus art, photographs, and various signs. While the school recovered most of the lot, one of the most valuable items taken - a $12,000 painting - was returned with a scratch. It's a different kind of financial aid. Southern Arkansas University has decided not to increase tuition this fall, opting instead to cut money from equipment, travel and other budgets. "This is a trade-off between getting as much quality as we can afford and keeping students here who might drop out," said President Harold Brinson. A Soviet-American student magazine will be available on campuses in both countries next year. Pepperdine and Stanford students teamed up to establish the publication with Soviet officials and a student at Moscow's Bowerman University. Students Protest Dismissal A group of Clayton State College students met with the school's president to voice their objections over the firing of a journalism instructor. They claimed the instructor was fired because she refused to censor several student newspaper articles - based on student and faculty polls - that critized a school policy. 2 Th ki9 ) .l ) 3 el RESTAURANT Air Conditioned Cable Television Reasonable Rates 717-944-4895 Energetic person to be a Representatives for Coppertone Springbreak trips to Cancun, Daytona, Nassau and Jamaica. Best programs available ANYWHERE. Great incentives and free trips possible. Call for more information.... 1-800-222-4432 ask for Bruce or Brenna. the country LOUNGE • MOTEL 1115 West Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057 Ethnic Studies PH.D. First in Nation A University of California-Berkeley woman became the first person to earn a doctrate in that field. Judy Antell has done research focusing on the l;ives of three Native American female activists - a novelist, a social activist of the 1960 s and a tribal leader. Do The Under-21 Drinking Laws Work? On the contrary, according to a survey done by a sociologist at the State University of New york-Postdam. In an article published in Psychological Reports, evidence from 3,375 American college students supports the "reactance theory," which states that when people are told they can't do something, they do it anyway, sometimes to excess. The researchers say that drinking has actually increased for those under 21, and the new laws may be a reason. Unfair Journalistic Practices? That's what Brown University's dean of student life said of the student-run Issues magazine. Each controversial issue has targeted the university with a piece of investigative journalism, embarrassing the administration with quotes from confidential memos. 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