Universities Sign Cola Contracts

Like movie theaters and professional sports teams, many universities are signing exclusive contracts with Cola companies, according to the Chronicle of Higher Ed. Oregon State has signed with Coke. Penn State has signed with Pepsi.

Universities have extracted several concessions from the bottlers, including donations. Companies see the colleges as ways to expand the business, and increase the bottom line.

Stanford Divided By Remarks

Remarks by a professor of political science have sharply divided students at Stanford.

The Chronicle of Higher Ed reported this week that Stephen Krasner called white Christians "underrepresented" and Jews and Asians "overrepresented" on the Northern Californian campus.

Krasner, who is Jewish, made his remarks during a meeting of the Faculty Senate. The professor said he wanted more frank discussion of affirmative action.

"Without more information, it is impossible to know what an affirmative action program means," Krasner said.

Liberals at Stanford claim that the administration is moving to the right. Yale professor Stephen Carter, a critic of affirmative action, has already been invited to speak at Stanford's Commencement in June.