Thursday, May 7

Speaker to discuss Afghan democracy

Faizullah Zaki, a member of the Afghan parliament who fled the country in 1991 to escape the Taliban, said he recalls a time when the Afghani people were denied basic rights and women were banned from going to school. Read more...




Shooter, 23, identified

Following Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech ““ the deadliest such incident in the nation’s history ““ students at the Blacksburg, Va., campus mourned as details of the events became clearer. Read more...



Students relying on study aids

Halfway through a dull book for his history class, Ruben Dominguez decided to stop reading. But, unwilling to accept a failing grade on his quiz, he reviewed the rest of the book using SparkNotes and passed his quiz. Read more...


Students aim to trim Hill’s waste

Volunteers donned aprons and plastic gloves and ventured to a place few students have ever been: the kitchen behind the De Neve Commons dining hall. The students were conducting the “Waste Watchers” program, which sought to measure how much waste De Neve Commons dining hall produced in one full day. Read more...