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UConn student Peter Kyle James, 22, died Feb. 14, six weeks after being struck by a car in Massachusetts, according to The Boston Globe. According to an e-mail sent to students by Vice President for Student Affairs John Saddlemire, James was a junior majoring in urban and community studies. (0) comments
Although there were less people than expected, more than 100 came to the Women's Clinic at Student Health Services Wednesday to get a new vaccine that guards against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that causes both cervical cancer and genital warts. The vaccine, Gardasil, is intended for women between the ages of 9 and 26, and protects against four types of HPV, according to an informational handout from drug manufacturer Merck, which was given to the recipients of the vaccine. (0) comments
The floor of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) wrestled with recent on-campus pedestrian accidents and focused on the safety of students at Wednesday's meeting. "There will be a traffic analysis done soon on North Eagleville Road," said Andrew Marone, an 8th-semester political science major and USG president. (0) comments
In the now famous film "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore declares that "There are good people in both [political] parties that hold [global warming] at arm's distance because if they recognize it then the moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable. (0) comments