Massachusetts Institute of Technology

An engineering student was arrested at the Boston airport two weeks ago when security officials thought she was carrying a bomb, the Boston Globe reported.

The student was wearing a sweatshirt attached with a circuit board that had neon LED lights and wires connected to a small battery. The back of the sweater said “socket to me” and “Course VI,” which refers to the electrical engineering and computer science program at MIT.

An employee asked the student about the sweatshirt, but she did not initially respond, prompting police officers to surround her and arrest her for disturbing peace.

“I’m shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of device to an airport,” Maj. Scott Pare of the Massachusetts State Police told the Globe. “Thankfully, because she followed our instructions, she ended up in our cell instead of a morgue.”

Delaware State University

Classes resumed this week at Delaware State University after a shooting last Friday that raised fears of another Virginia Tech-like massacre.

The shooting, which occurred early Friday morning, left two students wounded. School officials quickly posted bulletins on the school Web site, advising students and employees not to come to the campus.

The gunmen still has not been apprehended. According to the Washington Post, the shooting seemed to have occurred after an altercation at a nearby student café.
Loyer D. Braden, the gunman responsible for shooting two of his classmates on Sept. 21, was expelled this week.

Braden was charged by authorities with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, and various other felonies.

University of Florida

Student-run newspaper the Rocky Mountain Collegian is under fire after publishing an obscene word last week, the Fort Collins Coloradoan reported.

The Collegian published an editorial that read, “Taser this... FUCK BUSH,” referring to the incident at University of Florida earlier in the week when a student was subdued by police officers using a taser gun at a political speech.

The editorial cost the newspaper an estimated $30,000 in advertisement revenue, after many companies decided to withdraw from publishing their ads.

According to the paper’s editor, J. David McSwane, the seven-member editorial board decided to publish the article after a split vote.

After the editorial was published, McSwane said the editors’ intentions “were not to cause harm, but rather to reinforce the importance of free speech.”