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Texas Ready to Allow Concealed Weapons on College Campuses
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsTexas legislators are poised to pass a bill allowing college students and professors to carry guns on campus. More than half the members of the House have co-signed the legislation. The state Senate passed a similar bill in 2009, and Gov. Rick Perry has said he supports the idea, The Associated Press reports. Those in favor of allowing concealed weapons at colleges say it would allow students and professors to protect themselves in the event of a campus shooting, like the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. In September, a University of Texas student went on a shooting rampage on campus before ...
Study: Flashy Car May Mean Sex in Overdrive
By Paul Kix - AOL News
(Dec. 5) -- Another day, another academic study, and further confirmation that everything a man does, everything he achieves, is really just about having sex. Jill Sundie, a marketing professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, co-authored a wildly enjoyable study, to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, on something she's calling "conspicuous consumption." Basically, she wants to know why men buy expensive, flashy, frivolous things. What she found is that ... bling attracts the ladies. Porsche Not every man thinks driving a Porsche will attract women, a ...
Study: Obese Americans Suffer 'Body Size Misperception'
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 21) -- For all the talk about a war on obesity, few battles are being won -- and researchers suspect it might have something to do with self-image and how those warned about their weight see themselves. In an evaluation of 2,056 people, all of them with body mass indexes that exceeded 30 -- the benchmark for obesity -- researchers determined that 8 percent of participants lacked an understanding of healthy body weight. After seeing nine images of different bodies, ranging from thin to obese, participants were asked to choose the image that best reflected an ideal weight and another ...
Rinderpest Virus Eradicated: How to Knock a Virus Into Nonexistence
By Katie Drummond - AOL News
(Oct. 15) -- It's been more than three decades since the World Health Organization declared that mankind had "won freedom from smallpox," a devastating virus that once killed millions of people each year. Now rinderpest, a virus that afflicts cattle, has become the second virus ever declared fully eradicated by scientists, according to the United Nations. Originating in Asia, rinderpest spread worldwide centuries ago, as humans migrated -- bringing livestock with them -- to different continents. And the virus is remarkably deadly to cattle. With symptoms that include diarrhea and ...
Study: US Food Waste Is a Huge Energy Drain
By Hugh Collins - AOL News
(Oct. 2) -- Forget drafty windows and aging cars -- a new study says one of the biggest wastes of energy in America could be the food in your garbage can. Every rotten tomato or unwanted chicken wing represents wasted energy, since the calories in the food are never consumed. And the energy that went into growing the food, processing it, packaging it and transporting it to the consumer is also wasted. Each year, American food waste represents the energy equivalent of 350 million barrels of oil, according to new research from the University of Texas. That's enough to power the whole ...
Prior to UT Shooting, Gun Rights Advocate John Lott Was Scheduled to Speak
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- As police authorities continue to investigate the frightening events involving an armed gunman that occurred this morning at the University of Texas, the Surge Desk has learned that University of Maryland researcher John Lott, a gun rights advocate and author of "More Guns, Less Crime," was scheduled to speak today at the UT Law School. Read full coverage of the shooting from AOL News here. According to StudentsForLiberty.org, a coalition of student groups including the Libertarian Longhorns, the UT Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, the UT Objectivism Society and the UT ...
University of Texas-Austin Shooting: Latest Developments
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- The University of Austin-Texas campus was struck by a seemingly random shooting by an armed gunman this morning. Surge Desk is gathering reports from the scene and anywhere else that seems to be providing solid information. Follow along with live video and live blogs, but be aware that information is changing rapidly. Last Update: 4:35 p.m. EDT Suspected shooter identified by Austin Statesman's The Blotter: An official with the Travis County Medical Examiner's office has confirmed that Colton Tooley, 19, was the gunman involved in the incident at the University of Texas ...
Officials: Lone Gunman in UT Shooting Was Student
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Sept. 28) -- The gunman who opened fire today at the University of Texas' Austin campus before killing himself was a 19-year-old student, officials said. The suspect was identified as Colton Tooley, a sophomore math major from Austin, university spokesman Don Hale told AOL News in a phone interview. The suspect was wearing a ski mask and suit and carrying an AK-47 as he ran through the campus this morning, firing randomly before he went into the library and shot himself to death, according to officials and a witness. No other injuries were reported, but police locked down the sprawling ...
Shocking Study Result of the Year: Men Look at Faces to Find a Wife, Bodies to Find a Date
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- It's no surprise that a man who checks out a woman's body but pays little attention to her face probably isn't after a serious relationship. But now, there's science to prove it. According to new research out of the University of Texas, most men look at women's bodies to choose their short-term partners. Only if they're interested in making a commitment do they focus on the face. The Telegraph reports that the study suggested that men may have "a condition-dependent tendency to prioritize facial cues in long-term mating contexts, but shift their priorities to bodily cues in ...
University of Texas Board Rechristens Dorm Named After Klan Organizer
By Linda Jones - AOL NewsAUSTIN, Texas (July 15) -- A University of Texas residence hall named after a Ku Klux Klan organizer is getting a new identity. This undated photo shows William Stewart Simkins as a cadet at The Citadel. The school's Board of Regents unanimously decided today that Simkins Residence Hall -- named for William Stewart Simkins, who taught at the School of Law for 30 years -- will instead be called Creekside Residence Hall. "The history behind the name is not in line with today's University of Texas and its core values," said Board of Regents member Printice Gary, who made the motion to ...
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