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Argentine icebreaker ablaze in South Atlantic, 296 rescued after abandoning ship
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A raging fire aboard an Argentine navy icebreaker forced all 296 people aboard to abandon ship in the South Atlantic, where they spent hours in lifeboats awaiting rescue by an oil tanker and fishing vessels, the military said Wednesday.
ASCSU drafts Shared Governance Proposal for Penley
Plan keeps students informed
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In an informal meeting Wednesday, ASCSU Vice President Sadie Conrad and four student senators brainstormed ideas for a "Shared Governance Plan." According to the plan, university administration would inform and allow the input of the ASCSU regarding major decisions being made about the university.
Biofuel brains discuss findings
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By Emily Polak The Rocky Mountain Collegian Top professors in the area of biofuels research discussed their findings, goals and future projects Wednesday to an electric audience of fellow scientists and global-conscious bystanders. "This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in solving an important social problem," said Ken Reardon, a CSU chemical engineering professor and leader in research.
Bill to divert death-penalty funds to cold cases wins approval
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DENVER - The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would reduce the number of prosecutors working on death penalty cases and use the savings to solve old cases, including 1,200 unsolved homicides since 1970. Rep. Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville, said the state could save millions of dollars yearly that is spent prosecuting and defending death penalty cases.
Cost of life in dorms rises
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Living on campus will cost 10 percent more starting this fall and Housing and Dining Services wants students to know about it. "We need to give people a heads up and get rates out," said James Dolak, executive director of HDS. After students expressed concern about the lack of awareness regarding a potential tuition increase late last month, HDS wants to let students know exactly what they are planning for fall.
Prosecutors drop charges in Duke case
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina's top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a "tragic rush to accuse." In a blistering assessment of the case, Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped all charges against the players, all but ensuring that only one person in the whole scandal will be held to account: Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong.
18 percent of deployed Fort Carson troops suffered brain injury
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FORT CARSON - A 22-month study of Fort Carson soldiers returning from the Middle East found that nearly 18 percent suffered from at least a mild form of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, which can be caused by close calls from explosions. Of 13,440 soldiers examined since June 2005, 2,392 exhibited some of the symptoms associated with mild TBI which include headaches, memory loss, irritability, difficulty sleeping and balance problems, Col.
Greeks tame plastic bull for charity
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Paul Travis hung on for dear life to a bucking bull for four seconds before succumbing to the steer and falling hard off the beast. "I went for at least six seconds, maybe," said Travis, a junior biology major who claimed he was going to go to bull riding school.
McCain assails Democrats on war in Iraq
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LEXINGTON, Va. - Republican presidential contender John McCain on Wednesday called the four-year Iraq conflict "necessary and just" and accused anti-war Democrats, including the party's top White House candidates, of recklessness. Struggling to reinvigorate his troubled campaign, McCain reiterated his longtime criticism that President Bush initially went to war without a plan to succeed.
Woman dies after party
Meningitis claims UNC student after PIKE party; health alert issued
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A woman died of meningitis after attending a PIKE-hosted theme party last week, prompting university officials on Wednesday to issue a health alert to partygoers. Sierra Krizman, 20, died of bacterial meningitis Tuesday at the McKee Medical Center Intensive Care Unit.
MSNBC drops Imus simulcast amid furor over racial comments
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NEW YORK - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage over the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team. "This decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension.
Navajo weaver found dead in Colorado home
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CORTEZ - A Navajo weaver known for her award-winning rugs has been found shot dead in a home south of Cortez, the Montezuma County Sheriff's Department says. The death of Anita Tsosie, 48, is being investigated as a homicide. Deputies have been seeking her estranged husband, Herman Tsosie, 53, who was last seen driving a white four-door pickup truck.
CSU proposes 175 percent increase in parking permit costs
The extra money would pay for a parking garage
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Parking permits will cost 175 percent more over three years for students - to $234 per year from $85 now - if a proposal announced Wednesday night is approved. Dave Bradford, commander of CSU Parking Services, presented plans at the Associated Students of CSU meeting for an official proposal that would also increase the cost of parking in metered spots to $1 per hour by July 2008 from the current 50 cents.
1 year after arrest, AP photographer still held without charges in Iraq
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NEW YORK - One year after his arrest, an Associated Press photographer is still being held at a prison camp in Iraq by U.S. military officials who have neither formally charged him with a crime nor made public any evidence of wrongdoing. Bilal Hussein was taken prisoner in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on April 12, 2006.
Too much slam for a man
CSU hosts lesbian artists to promote awareness
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The female-dominated crowd that gathered in Lory Student Center's Sunken Lounge Wednesday night proved CSU is far from the stereotypical agricultural school. Gay students' cheers outnumbered the straight students' when welcomed by poet Andrea Gibson's joke, "you had to be queer to get in," and who cut the air with pointedly pro-lesbian lyrics.
Group tackles CSU free-speech policy
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A national watchdog group that looks for First Amendment violations on college campuses has called on CSU administration to correct three "restrictive speech codes," including the university's hate incidents and free-speech zone policies. On Wednesday, Associated Students of CSU debated a free-speech resolution and the CSU Libertarians held a three-person rally on the West Lawn of the Lory Student Center, making a point free speech could be conducted anywhere on campus, not just the Plaza.
Ritter revises plan to freeze tax rates for school districts
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DENVER - Gov. Bill Ritter is revising his proposal to block an expected decline in property-tax rates for school districts after lawmakers questioned whether it is constitutional. His new plan would reduce property-tax rates in 33 districts while locking rates at current levels in the remaining 145 districts.
Pentagon makes active-duty Army troop tours in Iraq 15 months instead of 12
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WASHINGTON - Beginning immediately, all active-duty Army soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will serve 15-month tours - three months longer than the usual standard, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. It was the latest move by the Pentagon to cope with the strains of fighting two wars simultaneously and maintaining a higher troop level in Iraq as part of President Bush's revised strategy for stabilizing Baghdad.
CSU free to increase out-of-state tuition
Joint Budget Committee gives Colorado's colleges the authority to increase out-of-tuition to "reflect market conditions" of peer institutions.
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Lawmakers gave CSU and other state colleges the authority to raise tuition for out-of-state students on Wednesday. CSU and the University of Colorado-Boulder are limited to increasing tuition to 7 percent this year, but that cap will now only apply for in-state students.
