National College and University News

University of California- Berkeley

People at University of California- Berkeley are sick and tired of the ringing during classes. On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the university senate will vote on a bill to end cell phone disruption in the school's classrooms. If the bill is passed, a letter will be sent to ., Chancellor Robert Berdahl. This letter will basically ask for professors to request that there students turn off their cell phones and the pagers before they enter a classroom. While these cell phones annoy the professors, it is not the only argument that bas been expressed. On Tuesday, Jan. 30, there was a meeting in the public safety building showing students the dangers of cell phone use. Libby Kelley, director of the Nevato-based Council on

Wireless Technology Impacts, shared that cell phone use can cause what is known as "radio wave sickness." This sickness can bring on things like memory loss and dizziness. Not only are these students being told to turn their phones off before entering school, they're also being told they may want to shut these phones off for good.

Boston University

Many students have taken books to the bookstore at the end of the semester and been told that their books cannot be bought back. Jenelle Radosta decided to take action. Radosta, a junior at Boston University, founded the Students Helping Educate Less Fortunate Schools, also known as SHELFS, last semester. This is a program where students can donate their left over books that were not bought back to countries that are in need of these books. In the first semester of this program, they received a total of 35 full boxes of books and plan to have even more people donate. Radosta plans to send the books they have received so far to Latin America. Donating will not only be a way to give to the less fortunate, but it will also stop all the frustration with the bookstores.

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth's campus is pretty shaken up. On Saturday, Jan. 27, professors Suzanne and Half Zantop were murdered. The bodies were found in the couple's study. Investigators have not ruled out any possibilities; they have also not released a cause of death. Students and friends of the Zantop's have no