SNIPPETS

NOVEMBER 21,  2009

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.  Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community.

At least they're taking action.  Now our colleges need to take action about the problem of intellectual obesity among some faculty members.  Lots of fat, little substance.

NOVEMBER 20,  2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A New York city councilman is encouraging women to snap cellphone pictures of subway gropers.  Councilman Peter Vallone said women have been helping police by snapping pictures of subway gropers and he encouraged school-aged girls to carry cellphones with built-in cameras on the subway, the New York Post reported Thursday.

This is the dumbest piece of advice I've seen an officeholder give recently.  Right.  Go ahead.  Push a camera in the groper's face.  Provoke a guy who is already a pervert.  The usual police advice:  Report the criminal quickly, but do not engage him unless defending yourself.