The hospital has been renamed Fairview-University Medical Center. President-elect promises a new era of excellence Mark Yudof, executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin, will become the 14th president of the University in July. The University named former Kansas head coach Glen Mason its new football coach on Dec. 14, ending weeks of speculation that followed former coach Jim Wacker's Nov. 12 resignation. It's not unusual for students to celebrate the end of finals week by imbibing vodka, whiskey or rum. But this time, the University Police supplied the booze.
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Controversy, job demands lead to small regent pool Serving as a member of the Board of Regents can be a thankless task. No pay, long hours, and an endless barrage of criticism makes the job unattractive to many. A multimillion-dollar federal program created to save the lives of wild horses is instead channeling them by the thousands to slaughterhouses where they are chopped into cuts of meat.