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Boulder 4/20 Preview

Boulder has been a well-known host to the 4/20 marijuana-smoke-out for the past decade. While acting as a host for the events, the University has played an uninvolved role in the celebration in years past; neither condoning or halting the activities. Around 8,000 people showed up last year,...

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Students Arrested For Protesting On UT Campus

Seventeen students were arrested yesterday on the University of Texas-Austin campus for staging a non-violent protest of the university’s endorsement of Nike. Members of the Make UT Sweatshop Free Coalition staged a sit-in at the University and were arrested for trespassing.  The...

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Ron Paul Is Coming To URI

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will be coming to The University of Rhode Island tomorrow, Wednesday, April 18th at 6:30pm. It will be taking place in the Keaney Gymnasium. This event has been organized by the URI and national Youth for Ron Paul organizations.What's cool about this event...

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Major Chemical Spill In Fairfield: Everyone Will Probably Become Zombies

Just when I though the end of the semester was getting tough, the universe had to just toss me a massive middle finger. News Channel 8 and The Connecticut Post has reported that there is a "Major Hazmat Situation" on BlackRock Turnpike that is causing the area to be evacuated. Apparently, some...

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Missing BC Student Franco Garcia Found Dead

Missing Boston College student, 21-year-old Franco Garcia, was found dead floating in Chestnut Hill Reservoir yesterday. Garcia was last seen at Mary Anne’s bar on the night of February 22, around midnight. He was supposed to be going home with his friends, but never made the trip back. Boston.com...

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No One Is Safe: TSA Agent Charged With Child Pornography

Watch out kids, apparently the Boston area is prime real estate for child pornographers to hide out. This past week cops cracked down on 55 Massachusetts men in a sweeping multi-agency child pornography crackdown. What’s not so surprising is that of these 55 men, one was a worker of the...

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BU Investigates Tragic Suicide

  A Boston University doctoral candidate committed suicide in her apartment in the South End on Monday. She was found lying in the doorway “breathing sporadically and semi-conscious.”  After police found “what appeared to be” a suicide note and word from her relatives saying she was...

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NH Inmate Accidentally Freed, Immediately Commits Robbery

They should make a ballad about this guy, his story is so epic.  James Rand was accidentally paroled from prison a few days ago in Concord.  According to the Concord Monitor, "Prison officials said Rand, who was most recently in prison for forgery, should have been paroled to the county...

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Occupy SF Activists Raise The Stakes By Taking Over A Building

This Monday, San Francisco Police arrested almost 80 Occupy SF protesters whom had occupied a vacant building in protest of the unused and wasted space with the belief they should be used as a site for health and education. It appears the protesters were planning on staying for some time until the...

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Breaking News: Five Dead In Oakland School Shooting

Oakland police have responded to reports of a gunman firing shot at Oikos University this morning. According to police, the gunman fired multiple shots in the school at 10:33 a.m. No official body count has been released but aerial video from the crime scene shows five bodies laid out under sheets...

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