COLLEGE SHORTS

Author: THOMAS C. DReSCHER

The Marijuana Policy Project Foundation (MPP) recently launched a fundraising campaign targeted at fraternities and sororities in an effort to battle what many could be considered to be excessively harsh weed legislation - legislation which, asserts the MPP, is especially damaging to college-age Americans.

"Students suffer needlessly in the name of America's futile, failed war on marijuana," said Rob Kampia, executive director of MPP in Washington, D.C. "Under federal law, conviction for mere possession of a joint can cost a student his or her financial aid, damaging careers and futures for no good reason. It's time to stop this madness, and we're asking fraternities and sororities, whose members are directly affected, to join the fight."

FBI statistics reveal that over 330,000 Americans aged 18 to 22 were arrested on drug charges in 2003; that nearly half of all drug arrests involve marijuana; and that 88 percent of marijuana arrests are for simple possession, not sale or cultivation.



Playboy releases college sex survey

Playboy Magazine recently released the results of an "unscientific sex survey of 101 college coeds" in an apparent effort to enlighten college-age males on the intricacies of the female libido. The survey covers a rage of sex-related topics, from hooking up to bedroom tricks and the truth about cheating.

Thirty one percent of those polled said they had made a sex tape, while a whopping 98 percent of females asserted that they would watch porn with a guy if he asked. Predictably, 57 percent of respondents named Angelina Jolie as the female celebrity they would most like to have sex with; Brad Pitt topped the list of male celebrities with 54 percent. Seventy percent also admitted to having a one night stand.

Complete survey results can be found in Playboy's October issue.

-U-wir



FBI announces formation of Higher Ed Board

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert S. Muller, III, announced last week the formation of a National Security Higher Education Board in an effort to strengthen relations between higher education institutions and the FBI. The Board, which will serve as an advisory body to the FBI, is comprised of presidents and chancellors from 15 colleges and universities, including Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Board will advise the FBI on the culture of education, including traditions of openness, academic freedom and international involvement, according to FBI spokesperson William Carter. "It's an opportunity for both the FBI and the academic world," he said.

According to PSU President and Board Member Graham Spanier, there has long been a distrust of the FBI by the academic world, and in recent years there has been a strong desire in the U.S. government to make higher education part of the solution to national challenges.

Members of the Board were chosen largely on the basis of whichuniversities received the largest research grants from the federalgovernment.

-The Cavalier Daily