College Briefs

Student endures 171 piercings OMAHA, Neb.
“”mdash; On Friday, 21-year-old Matt Brown received a few sharp
sticks ““ 171 to be exact, to try to achieve a new world
record for the most piercings in a single sitting, according to the
University of Nebraska, Omaha’s The Gateway. This was not his
first piercing experience; previously, he has had as many as 31. By
the time of the event, he was down to a mere five piercings. For
the world record, he had 10 placed along his collarbone and the
rest in both arms. His collarbone and arms were red, puffy and
swollen with what looked like welt marks. Guinness has yet to
assess Brown’s bid for the book.

Smart sperm a hot item in demand STANFORD,
Calif. “”mdash; “Stanford student wanted for sperm donor. $15k
offered. Intelligent, good looking, over 6ft. tall. No history of
self or family addictions.” This is not the sort of
advertisement readers usually expect to find in the Palo Alto Daily
News classified section, according to the Stanford Daily. But the
ad has appeared there for the past two weeks, placed by a
Burlingame woman who hopes to find a sperm donor. The 33-year-old
woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she specifically wants
a Stanford University student because she assumes the donor will
have a high level of intelligence. As for her other requirements,
she said she will decide when she meets the donor. “Intellect
is a given if they go to Stanford,” she said. “And if I
meet them and I like them, I’ll choose them.” Her
unconventional approach to having a child stems from her
frustration with the dating scene, she said.

Stanford professor sells strip clubs STANFORD,
Calif. “”mdash; Stanford University Medical School professor Simon
Stertzer, a pioneer in balloon angioplasty, recently sold three
strip clubs he originally purchased to help fund his research,
according to the Stanford Daily. The decision to sell them was
based on negative publicity Stertzer has received from both the
university and private sector since acquiring the clubs in
September. According to Stertzer, the strip clubs were purchased
because they had high potential for generating profits.

Searching for an answer to cloning STILLWATER,
Okla. “”mdash; U.S. scientists’ recent cloning of a six-cell
human embryo has left Oklahoma State University professors and
students searching for a balance between medical breakthroughs and
preservation of life, according to the Daily O’Collegian. The
Associated Press reported the company that cloned the cells,
Advanced Cell Technology, is not trying to create people but to
make cells for research and possible medical treatments. Two OSU
professors saw the merits of researching cures for diseases but
advocated regulations on cloning.

“Shop “˜til you drop” act not
okay UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. “”mdash; As officials urge
Americans back to the malls to revive an ailing economy this
holiday season, one social activist organization has not relaxed
its annual call to drop the incessant shopping the Friday after
Thanksgiving, according to the Daily Collegian at Pennsylvania
State University. For nearly a decade, Adbusters Media Foundation
has relied on a network of local organizers and its own bimonthly
magazine to spread the word about Buy Nothing Day, which falls each
year on the first day of the holiday shopping season. On the
surface, activists invite people to refrain from commercial
consumption by keeping their wallets shut and credit cards idle for
a day. Activists said the alternative holiday also speaks to larger
dilemmas about excess in America.

Reports from Daily Bruin wire services.