Mercer University's Board of Trustees voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to maintain the institution's ties with the Georgia Baptist Convention as long as the board retained control of Mercer's governance. Harvard students voted narrowly on Wednesday to restore grapes to their dining-hall menus. A student at the Rochester Institute of Technology was arrested Tuesday on charges of making counterfeit money with personal computers on the campus and at his home. More than 100,000 university students rallied in major cities across Germany on Thursday to demand more money for the nation's higher-education system. The rallies, the largest in a series of protests that began last month, were the biggest such demonstrations in at least 20 years.
Archivists discuss the preservation of the government's electronic documents.
The Mars Pathfinder mission last summer gathered data that provided clues to the planet's geology, weather, and chemical makeup, and the seven reports in this issue provide the first peer-reviewed presentation of that information. The mission's small rover, Sojourner, roamed an area of about 250 square meters to collect much of the data. Other reports examine findings on the Martian atmosphere, geology, and weather, as well as the chemical composition of the planet's soil and rocks. Another essay describes the images beamed back to Earth by Pathfinder's camera. The collective-bargaining congress of the American Association of University Professors takes place today through Sunday in Washington.