If you knew someone was stalking your family, would you post a sign in your yard that said "This house is a gun-free zone?" With policies that ban carrying concealed weapons on campus, universities are doing essentially the same thing, said the author of "The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard about Gun Control is Wrong" in a speech last night.
The textbooks students cannot sell back may seem worthless to some, but this semester those used books can be pulled out of the garbage and put into the hands of students overseas. The Center for Community Outreach is partnering with International Book Project Inc.
ALUMINUM FACTS n Recycling aluminum saves 95 percent of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore. n Recycling one can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours. n Empty aluminum cans are recycled and returned to store shelves as cans in as little as 60 days.
Donation to fund global design contest The UK Board of Trustees is expected to accept more than $5.5 million at its board meeting today for a proposed international design competition to be housed at the UK College of Design. The donation, from the Curry Stone Foundation, would be presented to the university over 10 years and would also establish a chair in the field of contemporary design, according to Michael Speaks, dean of the College of Design.