NU Wrestler Admits Fault In Gay Porn Site Scandal

NU wrestler admits fault in gay porn site scandal

Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletes, senior Paul Donahoe and junior Kenny Jordan, were dismissed from the wrestling team Tuesday afternoon after posing nude for a gay pornography site based in Los Angeles.

UNL officials said the men violated a NCAA rule prohibiting athletes to use their photos for commercial use. Athletes are ineligible for competition if they accept compensation. [Daily Nebraskan]

Invisibility cloak moves from fantasy to potential reality at UC Berkeley

Whispers of a potential invisibility cloak are floating among the labs of Univeristy of California Berkeley researchers, and contrary to notions of fact and fantasy, these are not the ravings of mad scientists.

Recent breakthroughs at campus labs have left scientists considering the possibility of designing cloaking devices that make objects invisible to human sight. They have already engineered remarkable composite materials known as “metamaterials” capable of reversing the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light. [uWire]

Matthew Wilson on 72-Hour Psychiatric Hold

Matthew Wilson, the Rice University student who vanished more than eight months ago, has been found alive more than 2,000 miles from where friends say they last saw the straight-A student studying for final exams.

Wilson, whose car was found parked in Berkeley, Calif., in June, was found just before 7 p.m. Wednesday by the University of California Berkeley Police Department in an academic building at the university, in possession of stolen property and burglary tools, Lt. Doug Wing told ABCNews.com. [ABC News]