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Spring break hero: U. Texas senior saves UGA student from drowning

March 17th, 2008 by Teresa Mioli
Source: The Daily Texan

A University of Georgia student broke his neck when he dived into the water just moments before. The student’s friends initially thought he was joking when he was lying in the chilly water, history senior Martin Newman said. Sawyer said he helped bring the student to shore and administered CPR.

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Firebombs Thrown at Brown U. Hillel staffer’s house

March 17th, 2008 by Max Mankin And Michael Skocpol
Source: Brown Daily Herald

In an attack early Saturday morning, improvised explosives were hurled at the off-campus apartment of Yossi Knafo, an emissary from the Jewish Agency for Israel employed by Brown University/RISD Hillel. Knafo was home at the time but unharmed by the attack.

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Hotel fire strands Penn State students in Mexico

March 17th, 2008 by Danielle Vickery
Source: The Penn State Collegian

When Devon Herrick, a junior, awoke to screams of ‘fire’ early Sunday morning, she said she thought that it was just drunk people messing around. But when she got up to check on the situation after the screams got louder, she was amazed by what she saw. ‘The rooms were completely clouded in smoke. People were jumping off balconies,’ Herrick said.

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Student drowns in UCLA campus pool

March 14th, 2008 by Jessica Roy
Source: Daily Bruin

Elias Ibrahim drowned early Friday morning in the Sunset Recreation Center’s lap pool, according to university police.
Ibrahim was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and was set to graduate this spring with a degree in physiological science.

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Suspect in U. Arkansas student’s murder nice, normal, friends say

March 14th, 2008 by
Source: Arkansas Traveler

Friends and coworkers of Zachariah Marcyniuk were shocked to hear about his arrest Sunday evening in connection with a murder.

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U. Rhode Island dean of students defends committee meeting closure

March 13th, 2008 by Andy Blais
Source: The Good Five Cent Cigar

The Good Five Cent Cigar filed a complaint with the Rhode Island attorney general against the University of Rhode Island dean of students, alleging she violated open meetings law by removing a reporter from a committee meeting.

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