After collaborative research, the students across MAC schools are paying millions of dollars to fund athletics and chances are they're not aware of such charges to their tuition bill. Based on the athletic budgets from schools that were willing to comply, they could total the percent of the budget from student fees. They also took the budgets and recorded the amount paid by students to the athletic department per credit. Of all the MAC schools interviewed, only the University of Buffalo displays athletic fees as a line-item on tuition bills.

Colorful pie charts and graphics are used strategically to attract the readers eyes and educate students with a visual image. Computer programs are used to create a visual picture in the confusing lists of numbers. A video produced by the students highlighted the procedure and conflicts with the investigation. The students also used the Internet to search contact information for the schools involved.

Valeriy Tolmashev, from Kazakhstan, held a nail file to an air hostess' neck demanding the plane be diverted to Tripoli, Libya, USA Today said.

All 131 passengers aboard the flight were safe upon arrival into Rome on Sunday evening, Alitalia said in USA Today.

Tolmashev's motives are not known, according to Italian investigators. He had no known links with international terrorism, Herald Sun said, and a lack of a police record.

Larry Marek and his brother, Mike, had just finished a project in the mine when the tunnel ceiling collapsed. Mike Marek escaped, according to The New York Times. After a week of rescue missions, the family was informed of the change to a recovery operation.

No cause has been established since Hecla Mining Company shut down production to focus search efforts. Rescue workers are blasting rock to reach Marek's last known location, the Associated Press said.

The last death at the mine occurred in 1986 and no contact has been made with Larry Marek since the day of the collapse, The New York Times said.

At the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City a neuroscientist, Charles Mobbs, first did a study using mice. He found that dietary intervention alone is enough over an eight week span, BBC News said.

This diet of 87 percent fat is brutal and recommended only for those who are desperate, The Bellingham Herald said.

It is questionable whether the diet used would be sustainable for humans until clinical trials are performed, BBC News said.

The unknown male attacker assaulted the victim at about 5:30 a.m. on a walking path on the northeast side of Markgrafs Lake Park, according to police and Pioneer Press. (*note: spell check for Markgrafs in Star Tribune)

Sgt. Neil Bauer of the Woodbury Police Deptartment said the woman could not identify her attacker. They are asking the public for leads to the isolated incident, according to Star Tribune.

The woman suffered some physical injuries and was treated at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, then later released said Bauer in the Pioneer Press.

Kimberly Yeong Sil Hull, 25, was traveling to campus as she entered the intersection of Fourth Street and 15th Avenue Southeast, according to police. The truck driver hit her while taking a right onto Fourth Street, The Minnesota Daily said.

Minneapolis police Sgt. Steve McCarty told The Minnesota Daily that traffic accident investigators are doing preliminary work to determine the speed of the semi-truck.

Within the last week in Minneapolis, this is the third deadly crash involving pedestrians or bicyclists, according to Pioneer Press.

Hull is remembered by friends for her spunk, upbeat personality and passion for filmmaking. She was planning to graduate in two weeks, The Minnesota Daily said.

It took a seventh air traffic controller to fall asleep on Wednesday for the Federal Aviation Administration to understand that the current schedules were failing in their design, NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman told USA Today.

Within the nation's air-traffic system fatigue has become a major issue, but U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told The Washington Post that he has no tolerance for sleeping on the job.

There are currently 15, 475 controllers nationwide and it may take till the end of the week before the new rules take full effect, according to The Washington Post.

The garbage burner has supplied not enough information in the past, and legislators understand that an EIS will detail the consequences of large projects, County Commissioner told Star Tribune.

An EIS is the most expensive environmental study that can be done, but would finally allow the public and concerned people to have a long conversation on the issue, Star Tribune said.

The plant has requested to operate at capacity, which would add as much as 200 tons daily to the total garbage burner downtown, Star Tribune said.

Near the intersection of Fifth Street and 12th Avenue Southeast, Joe Bailin, his girlfriend Katelynn Hanson and their friend Sarah Bagley were heading west before the wrong-way driver knocked all three to the ground, Minneapolis Sgt. Stephen McCarthy said.

The car continued to travel on the sidewalk and hit Benjamin Van Handel, leaving him in critical condition. He is being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, according to Pioneer Press.

The students were out celebrating their acceptance into graduate architecture school over drinks at the Kitty Cat Klub, The Minnesota Daily said.

Originally advised to stay at home, women continue to go against Islamic law after the verbal attack and degrading by their ruler, according to CNN International.

Saleh met with women leaders to explain the misunderstanding of the "encouragement, care, and support provided by the president to women in the country," CNN International said.

Mohammad Sabri commented on the lack of respect by the regime for the rights of expression. It appears that they want women to be lead by men at all times, according to CNN International.

The death toll is expected to rise as search-and-rescue units search the rubble left from tornadoes, flash floods, and hail. Families were killed while sleeping in their homes during the past few days, NY Daily News said.

A state of emergency was declared in North Carolina after an unusual number of supercell tornadoes touched down in the same area, totaling 62, according to CNN U.S.
The storm claimed lives in Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina, according to NY Daily News.

Federal support is necessary and will be given as the number of reported storm-related incidents continues to rise from this epic storm, according to CNN U.S.

With the war and uprisings in the Middle East, the treatment of women and their role among men is seen predominantly for what it really is. Women are usually silenced and hidden behind their clothing, but lately some women have found the courage to step out and defend themselves. The Saudi Women's Revolution is demanding equality and a society driven by male's who view women as property.

Several examples of women in the Arab news are mentioned within the commentary and allow the reader to view the incidents as stepping stones to a change that may take quite some time. No numerical data is available, but rather accounts of rape victims or deaths made in the light of a suicide by the Arab government.

The 21-year-old student, Leah Rogotzke, is a member of the Advocates for Human Rights Group and a Global Studies major. She has specialized some of her studies to the treatment of women in Arab countries and the cuts that Muslim governments have made to programs that offer support. She is disturbed by the events occurring in the news, but appreciates the efforts to publicize what is happening to the suffering race of women.

Jumping 19 cents over the past three weeks, the average gallon of gasoline is 91 cents higher that this time the previous year, reported Star Tribune.

Prices are prompted by a number of variables, reported Kane County Chronicle. "The ongoing tragedy in Japan, unrest in the Middle East, war in Lybia, weakness in the U.S. dollar and economic volatility in the U.S. and Europe," said Patrick DeHaan, a petroleum analyst.

Prices are expected to drop as the demands for high fuel prices and economic recovery cool down within weeks, rather than months, DeHaan told the Kane County Chronicle.

The All Life Is Valuable (ALIV) is being denied permission by school administrators because the group does not "support the student body as a whole," reported The Minnesota Independent, and finds it an issue that only some clubs are granted access.

This type of governmental discrimination is prohibited under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The group would like to talk freely about topics such as abortion, abstinence, and politics, reported Star Tribune.

Chuck Shreffler, the student group's attourney, has stated that there are factual disagreements based on a statement by Superintendent Marcia Ziegler. She said the club could meet, despite their claims made, reported Star Tribune.

Fire Marshall Steve Zaccard said a 7-year-old girl was plugging in an electric heater when it sparked and ignited the child's bed, reported Star Tribune, and suffered only a minor burn on her finger.

The mother called 911 to report the fire and then quickly fled the home with her children. The father, Tik Soukchaleum, was arriving home at that time and attempted to stop the fire with the use of an extinguisher, reported Star Tribune.

They lost almost everything they owned within the rental home, totaling $20,000, reported Pioneer Press, and the Dayton's Bluff Community Council is currently collecting money for the family.