Elementary Schools Weighing Students

In Georgia, a new state law is requiring schools to weigh students twice each year, track their body mass index, and post the information on their websites in an effort to try to get a control over childhood obesity. Some people feel that this is an invasion of the children’s privacy and could be traumatic for the kids.

Woman Arrested Wearing Fake Bomb at Airport

In Boston a woman, named Star Simpson, was arrested at gunpoint after she walked into Logan International Airport wearing a fake bomb strapped to her chest. The fake bomb was made out of a computer circuit board, wiring, and Play-Doh putty.

A Massachusetts Port Authority official notified the police and troopers tracked Simpson down outside of Terminal C. She was arrested and it was determined the bomb was fake. Simpson is a 19 year old sophomore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Study Says Video Games Cause Lower Grades

A recent study has show that video-game systems in dorms cause students to study less and have lower grade-point averages. A study done at the University of Western Ontario found that video-game systems in the dorms led to 40 minutes less time of studying and GPAs 0.241 points lower than average. The students participating in the study tracked their studying, sleeping, partying, working, gaming, and other activities. In the end they found that more studying equals higher grades.

Student Tasered at John Kerry Speech

Watch the video of a student that was tasered at a John Kerry speech. Click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAVvlyVbag

Snake Wanders Into Classroom and Bites Student

It is reported in Denver that a nonpoisonous bull snake wondered into a classroom at Colorado State University and bit a student in the hand. The Instructor was into his lecture when students saw the snake slithering near the doors of the classroom. The student that was bitten was trying to remove the snake from the classroom. Another student put the snake in his backpack and took it outside. The school officials believe that the snake was brought into the building by a student.