Student Assembly and the College's Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program are looking for students to design a poster that outlines the risks of mixing energy drinks and alcohol. In light of recent incidences in which college students throughout the country became dangerously intoxicated after drinking Four Loko alcoholic energy drinks, College administrators worry that students do not realize the hazards of consuming such drinks, according Cyrus Akrami '11 and Max Yoeli '12, the co-chairs of the Assembly's Committee on Alcohol Harm Reduction. The student who submits the winning poster will receive a monetary prize, they said.
Michigan's Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell has lost his job for being openly hostile to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor student body president Chris Armstrong, the Ann Arbor News reported. Shirvell was banned from the campus in September for his actions and appeared before the attorney general's staff on Nov. 8 to defend his behavior. Shirvell appeared at several public events and at Armstrong's home to verbally attack the student for promoting a "radical homosexual agenda," according to the News. Shirvell said his actions were protected under the First Amendment, but the claim was rejected by the state attorney general, who said that they no longer fell under free speech and bordered on criminal stalking.
Over the past year, the number of first-time international graduate students attending American universities has increased by 3 percent, Inside Higher Ed reported Tuesday. This increase follows 2009, a year that did not see growth in foreign student enrollment for graduate schools. The largest gains were observed in those studying physical and earth sciences, according to a report released by the Council of Graduate Schools. The statistic is crucial in predicting long-term trends in international graduate enrollments because most graduate programs last for longer than one year, according to the report. China continues to send large numbers of students to the United States with the number increasing 20 percent over the past year though the numbers from India and South Korea have dropped. While members of the council were encouraged by the overall increase, concerns arose regarding the potential reliance on a single country, China. If China expands its graduate offerings, it may draw Chinese students away from American universities, according to the report.