A dozen Klansmen protested a football game at the University Of Mississippi for not playing "Dixie" at the game. There were also plans to protest the black athletes, but the KKK had money riding on the over.

There's a new kind of DWI, driving while intoxicated by your cell phone. People talking on their cells are almost completely oblivious to what goes on around them, according to a new study from Western Washington University. Researchers used a clown riding a unicycle past participants to test the awareness of nearly 350 pedestrians. When asked if they saw the clown, 71% of those walking with a friend remembered the clown, as did 61% of those listening to music. But shockingly, only 25% of the cell phone users remembered seeing a clown on a unicycle. "If people experience so much difficulty performing the task of walking when on a cell phone, just think of what this means when put into the context of driving safety," says psychology professor Ira Hyman.  ***MARLAR: I’m not sure this is a fair analysis.  Couldn’t it be that we just see clowns on the road so often that we’re just desensitized to them?

On Thursday, November 12, the New York Daily News reported that City University of New York (CUNY) has a math problem.  Reports show that during their first math class at one of CUNY’s four-year colleges, 90% of 200 students tested couldn’t solve a simple algebra problem and only a third could convert a fraction into a decimal.

How embarrassing to have a 90% failure rate!  That’s like almost 8 out of every 5 people!

 

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This same university conducted a similar project on the Clinton presidency.   Of course, Clinton's oral history focused on Monica Lewinsky.

A study by Britain's University of Durham found that the key to happiness is to be self-employed. On average, entrepreneurs work longer hours than corporate employees, make less money and worry more about the future. However, that is more than offset by their independence, flexibility of hours and time spent with their families, so they have greater job satisfaction and are less likely to want to retire in their 60s. ***MARLAR: Why retire when you're already sitting at home in your underwear all day?

Has anyone ever told you how much you and your mate look alike? Chances are it's because you really do. Researchers from the University of Liverpool, in conjunction with the University of Durham and the University of St. Andrews, have determined that the longer we're with someone, the more we grow alike in appearance.  ***MARLAR: I’d like to apologize now for the way my wife is eventually going to look. 

A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend sex-toy parties.

The Rev. Joe Vetter, director of the Duke Catholic Center, condemns the study, saying that it excludes men and, thus, fails to promote relationships… between priests and young boys! 

Ticking someone off could get you a ticket in one Michigan City. The Brighton City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance allowing police in the Livingston County community to ticket and fine anyone who is annoying in public "by word of mouth, sign or motions.” The first people fined by the city council were the University of Michigan’s football team. As Brighton City Councilman Peter Murphy said, “They deserve it. I'm annoyed every time I watched them play.”

Bobby Knight has declined an invitation to attend his induction into the Indiana University Hall of Fame. He became disinterested when he realized all seats for the event would be bolted down.