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Stop monkeying around; The naked truth; The new ideas network?; About that letter; Madison voters backed gun rightsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:07AMPaul Kaufman's defense of animal research ( "Man Over Monkey," 7/16/10 ) suffers from glaucoma of the mind. Has he really needed to imprison, mutilate and casually kill countless monkeys over some 35 years to come up with the profound observation that "monkeys are not us"?

Topeka hosts Underground Railroad scholarsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:02AMTOPEKA — Professors and historians are doing more than spotlighting on a national level Kansas' contributions to the freedom movement.

SDSU prof’s firing sparks controversyFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:31PMThe dismissal of a South Dakota State University insect expert who a colleague says refused to change his recommendations on pesticide spraying has prompted a protest from a national group of scholars.

UGA previews livestock farm for neighborsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:22PMATHENS, GA. — After years of planning, construction nearly is complete on a new farm for the University of Georgia's livestock herds on a slice of land near the border of Oglethorpe and Clarke counties.

Groves Appointed WKU Distinguished ProfessorFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:58PMDr. Chris Groves, an internationally renowned expert in hydrogeology and water resources, has been appointed as University Distinguished Professor at Western Kentucky University.

Chris Kromm: Blacklash Grows Against BP Efforts to "Buy Up" Gulf scientistsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:51PMBP's efforts to "buy up" scientists in Gulf states was first revealed by Ben Raines of the Mobile Press-Register. It's still unclear how many researchers are being paid by BP.

Govt notifies payment of revised UGC scalesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:15PMThe long wait is over now. The state government has notified payment of revised UGC scales to the teachers of universities and colleges with effect from January, 2006.

Scare stories are bad for our healthFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:04PMAre you a cowering, diet-obsessed wreck, meticulously measuring your carbs and counting out individual salt granules on to your plate? Headlines like "Tackling the obesity epidemic", and "Food additives murdered my horse" (OK, we made the second one up) can't help to steady your stress levels.

FIRST-PERSON: Must counselors affirm homosexuality? Kelly BoggsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:03PMALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--Must students affirm a behavior they believe is morally wrong in order to achieve a counseling degree? At least two public universities say yes and a federal judge agrees.