It looks like the questionable actions of the RIAA in its attempt to curb internet file-sharing have drawn two more critics.

Harvard Law School Professor Charles Nesson and Wendy Seltzer, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, co-authored this article, which addresses the role which institutions of higher learning should play in working with the RIAA and the outdated notion of copyrights in society today. The article was published in The Harvard Crimson student newspaper on May 1, 2007.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) announced Tuesday that it has cast aside the sweeping changes to the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) set to take effect this September.

The Princeton Township, New Jersey-based testing company along with Graduate Record Examination Board citied an inability to accommodate enough test-takers at its current testing facilities, among other reasons for the change of course. Nearly 600,000 students attempt the GRE annually.

Imagine seeing this on "craigslist":

For lease:

- 4-person apartment in Chaffin Place, Vanderbilt Campus (10-15 minute walk to most classes).
- +/- 600 square feet
- 2 double bedrooms, 1 small bathroom.
- Built in 1977, has not been completely renovated
- Small kitchen has linoleum floors, laminate counters and cabinets, low-end electric stove and small fridge. No dishwasher, laundry facilities within a 3 minute walk outside.
- Bedrooms have shared closets, industrial carpeting, paper-thin walls, and include crappy dorm furniture at no additional fee.
- Heat on first floor does not work (sorry!)
- Roof in living room leaks during heavy rain (sorry!)
- Bathroom features sink that doesn't drain properly, moldy ceilings, hot water at some times, cracked and mismatched tiles
- Classy fluorescent lighting throughout. Trash cans included!
- Small balcony with rusty railing and wasp infestation. Great view of weedy, overgrown grounds and noisy neighbors!
- Weekly bathroom cleaning on some weeks.

The annual U.S. News and World Report's Graduate School Rankings are not available until tomorrow at the earliest, but leaks of the rankings have been available since early this week on numerous pre-law, pre-med, pre-business, and other discussion boards and websites.

Overall, Vanderbilt programs faired well in the latest set of rankings by the New York-based magazine.

Zalmay Khalilzad.

Khalilzad, a native of Afghanistan, is the current United States ambassador to Iraq. He previously served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan. In February of 2007, Khalilzad was nominated by President George W. Bush to the post of United States ambassador to the United Nations, a post vacated by John Bolton. During most of the 1990’s, Khalilzad worked at the RAND Corporation, helping to establish the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. In 1998, the ambassador participated in and signed “The Project for the New American Century,” a think-tank and organization forwarding a “neo-conservative” foreign policy agenda. Other signatories included Richard Armitage, William J. Bennett, Jeb Bush, Dick Cheney, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz.

There may not be any union rallies or tables on the wall advocating for them, but student workers deserve a raise, too.

Earlier this month, The Vanderbilt Register reported on a deal struck between union members and University administration over pay increases:

The party of choice and women’s lib. is now the party of the children.

It was a strange sight on television, but it made for some of the best photos Washington has ever witnessed. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the incoming Speaker of the House and second in line to the President, surrounded by a score of children during the passing of the gavel ceremony from House minority leader John Boehner (R-OH). Then came sound bites about how Pelosi had single-handedly broken the “marble ceiling” of politics for young girls and how the Congress would now focus all of its attention on the children of America.

In the realm of campus planning, Harvard continues to show vision while Vandy’s campus bears the scars of poor decisions.

Harvard University released a 50-year “Institutional Master Plan” involving the expansion of its campus by nearly 250 acres south of to the south of the Charles River into Boston’s Allston district this week. The plan focuses on a new science and research center, though it also includes museums, parks, housing, and other facilities. While some donors remain skeptical, the University’s $30,000,000,000+ endowment should make their concerns less significant. The first 20 years of projects along could total 5 million new square feet of space.

It's either too hot or too cold. You're always fearful, always worried, and always hungry. You're packed in with thousands of people. You're alone. There is nothing to do but wait. There is nothing to do today and there won't be anything to do tomorrow.

If you were still wondering whether a public/private, multinational, politically involved and massively subsidized company could succeed in today's marketplace, then you clearly haven't been paying attention to the latest round of astonishing developments by Airbus Industrie.