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	Date	Outlet
Holiday Trivia	12/31/2007	WKRC-TV
COLLEGE FORECAST: TUITION UP; SO ARE JOBS	01/03/2008	Post-Standard
CHOPPING LUNCHTIME WASTE; MORRISVILLE STATE HOPES TO CUT AMOUNT OF FOOD THROWN OUT	01/03/2008	Post-Standard - Madison County Bureau, The
Mukasey Appoints Durham To Lead Probe Over CIA Tapes	01/03/2008	Wall Street Journal


Holiday Trivia 12/31/2007 WKRC-TV	Return to Top
From WKRC-TV morning broadcast: Time to answer the 7am stumper. This morning we asked in which month the English colonies used to celebrate the New Year? The answer is March. Congratuluations to Phyllis Issacs who was the first correct caller and wins a $25 gift certificate. According to Colgate University professor Anthony Aveni, the Roman appetite for excess left a bad tast in the royal family's mouth. Since the Romans had initiated the custom of eating and drinking to excess on this date in January, England and her colonies continued to designate New Year's Day as March 25, refusing to adopt Jan. 1 until 1752.

COLLEGE FORECAST: TUITION UP; SO ARE JOBS 01/03/2008 Post-Standard James, Rebecca	Return to Top
Here are three stories in higher education that The Post-Standard will be following in the coming year: Will the building boom continue on Central New York campuses? Yes, 2007 was a big year for building on campus, with a new library opening at Colgate University, a new student center at the State University College at Oswego and Wells College's new science building. But on tap in 2008 is Syracuse University's largest construction project ever, a $107 million Life Sciences Complex. Meanwhile, Cornell University, which is in the midst of a $1.6 billion building program, plans to open a $140 million Life Sciences Technology Building and Onondaga Community College is starting a five-year, $129 million building program. Will tuition jump at SUNY campuses or slow down at private universities? A state commission on higher education has said small annual tuition hikes are the best bet for the State University of New York system. SUNY's board is already calling for a 5 percent increase for state undergraduates for 2008-09, but the state Legislature has the final word. Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount in Washington, D.C., to require private universities to slow down rises in tuition by taking money from their hefty endowments. Annual tuition at SU crossed the $30,000 mark this year. Ten years ago, it was $18,440. Will the hiring outlook stay bright for the Class of 2008? Despite signs of slowing in the nation's economy, the job market is predicted to be strong for college graduates. The National Association of Colleges and Employers said its fall survey showed employers plan to hire 16 percent more graduates in 2007-08 than in the previous year and competition is expected to keep boosting salaries. A preliminary report from Cornell said its average salary for 2007 graduates was $50,676.

CHOPPING LUNCHTIME WASTE; MORRISVILLE STATE HOPES TO CUT AMOUNT OF FOOD THROWN OUT 01/03/2008 Post-Standard - Madison County Bureau, The Potrikus, Alaina	Return to Top
On a recent Wednesday, the menu at Morrisville State College's Seneca Dining Hall included beef and chicken gyros, eggplant parmesan, barbecue pulled pork and french fries, made-to-order deli sandwiches and a taco bar. The garbage cans contained all that, and more. This month, the college staff offered students some lunchtime lessons in wastefulness, standing at the garbage disposal and collecting food that students didn't eat. At the end of each Wednesday's lunch period, they weighed the edible waste to see how much was thrown out. The first week, 561 students created 177 pounds of waste. A secondary lesson came in the amount of food that went untouched: bagels with cream cheese, entire burritos, chicken sandwiches and cookies were separated from the half-eaten hot dogs and mountains of french fries to show. "I think we just don't think about it," said Shannon Richard, director of human resources and administrative services for Morrisville Auxiliary Corp. Next semester, the college might try taking trays away from students in the dining hall, to see if they will throw away less if they have to carry their food from the cafeteria line by hand. Officials also are studying if the waste could be composted, or used as fodder for the college's methane digester, rather than sent to the landfill. "It's certainly not an overnight thing," Richard said of the effort to be more environmentally friendly. "It will just take a little time." The exercise has raised awareness on campus. As they brought their trays to be cleared on the third Wednesday, many students were conscious about how much was left on their plates. Some brought just sandwich crusts and scraps; others came carrying multiple plates and 12-ounce glasses filled with soda. Craig Smith, a senior diesel technology student from Boonville, said he ate a turkey sandwich and taco salad. "I don't choose something I can't eat," he said. "I don't come in here unless I'm hungry." "I'm a farm boy," agreed J.D. Pankow, a second-year mechanics student from Castile after finishing two soft tacos and a plate of pork. "I just usually eat everything off my plate. I'm usually pretty hungry." Most students agreed that the all-you-can-eat atmosphere at the dining hall makes it easy to take too much. The cafeteria's beverage options alone are formidable - 16 spigots dispense soda next to juice and milk bars with five options each and a coffee station. But some students say they can handle all the options. Freshman Kyle Roberts said he eats three meals a day at the dining hall. On the third Wednesday of the program, the 21-year-old from Whitesboro said he ate a deli sandwich, a chicken gyro, a barbecue pork sandwich, mixed vegetables and a bowl of Rice Krispies. "I eat everything, unless I don't like the food," he said. Roberts said he didn't know if taking trays away would help cut down on waste. "I think people will just keep going back up for more," he said. The stats The Morrisville State Auxiliary Corp. has been encouraging students to throw away less food by weighing their waste weekly at Seneca Dining Hall. Here's a look at the results of the environmentally friendly experiment: WeekNo. studentsFood wasteLiquid waste 1 561 177.3 lbs. 11 gallons 2 554 133 lbs. 12 gallons 3 531 153.4 lbs. 13 gallons On the Web Staff videographer Peter Chen created a video presentation of the weigh-in process that can be viewed at blog.syracuse.com/video/. The Morrisville Auxiliary Corp. is also keeping a running tab on its blog, complete with photos of each week's waste. See it at morrisvilleauxiliary.blogspot.com/. Other takes on waste When State University College at Oswego closed for winter break last week, college officials donated leftover perishables to the Salvation Army. "When you go from serving 7,000 meals a day down to zero, you inevitably have certain amounts of perishable products," said Craig Traub, director of resident dining. Dara Seidl, a Colgate University student enrolled in a class, "Leadership: How to Change the World" taught by psychology professor Caroline Keating, will work next semester to raise student awareness about wasteful consumption on campus. His pilot program, "It Makes Sense," will use sensory techniques - taste, touch and smell - to give students an idea of the waste they generate. The photography club will take pictures to illustrate wasteful campus practices; a "Scrape the Plate Day" is planned for the dining hall; and a display will be set up where students can sample scents such as "The Legend of the Landfill" and "Ode to Keystone" from fancy cologne and perfume bottles. Two months ago, Syracuse University began composting edible waste leftover during the food preparation process, like lettuce cores and tomato ends, said Mark Tewksbury, who oversees the dining halls and Carrier Dome. The university also provides students with reusable bottles and take-out containers to cut down on Styrofoam waste. Researchers at State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry are using cooking oil recycled from dining halls to fuel their fleet with biodiesel. At Wells College, Sodexho Dining Services sells mugs that students can reuse for refills of coffee and soda. The company donates 15 cents from each mug sold to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Since the program started in 1993, more than 800,000 cups have been sold and over $126,000 donated to the nonprofit, according to the college. Cornell University is expanding its reusable drink container program in January, selling students 16-ounce stainless steel mugs that can be refilled for the price of a small coffee. The cups will bear the logo, "Caution: Planet May Be Hot" to get students thinking about conservation. The college also turned one of its dining halls into an all-vegetarian venue, serving Moosewood soups, sandwiches and vegetarian recipes, and giving diners plates and utensils made from biodegradable corn plastic. The residential dining halls also compost food waste, and students who dine at a la carte facilities will soon be expected to separate plastic and metal from food and paper so the latter items can be composted.

Mukasey Appoints Durham To Lead Probe Over CIA Tapes 01/03/2008 Wall Street Journal Lattman, Peter	Return to Top
For Department of Justice watchers wondering whether Michael Mukasey would be a “loyal Bushie” or independent from the White House, there's some evidence today that would point to the latter. The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation and appointed an outside prosecutor to handle the probe into the CIA's destruction of video tapes showing detainee interrogations. Mukasey said that a joint preliminary inquiry by the DOJ's National Security Division and the CIA's inspector general determined "there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter." Meet John Durham, the first assistant U.S. Attorney in Connecticut, who has been appointed an Acting U.S. Attorney to lead the investigation. He will report directly to the deputy attorney general. The probe would normally be handled by the U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia, where the CIA headquarters are located, but the office recused itself. Mukasey said the move was made "in order to avoid any possible appearance of a conflict with other matters handled by that office." Durham played baseball at Colgate University — Go Red Raiders! — and received his J.D. from Connecticut Law. He worked first as a local prosecutor in Connecticut before moving to the DOJ's organized crime strike force, which was later folded into the local U.S. Attorney's offices. His current boss, Connecticut's U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor, has been nominated for the job of associate AG, the No. 3 slot at Justice. This isn't Durham's first high-profile assignment. In 1998, then-AG Janet Reno appointed Durham to explore allegations that FBI agents and police officers in Boston have been in bed with the mob. Click here for a hagiographic 2001 profile of Durham from the Hartford Courant. Said Boston lawyer Anthony Cardinale of Durham: "I've been up against them all over the country and I'd put him in the top echelon of federal prosecutors. He's such a decent guy you can't hate him." Said an FBI agent: "There is no more principled, there is no more better living, there is no finer person that I know of or have encountered in my life."