A recent Facebook group (Mia for the Big 10 Calendar) has sprung up in support of

The competition is through Campus Girls USA, a website that has been working since 2002 to support Breast Cancer research. There you vote on Mia’s brains, personality, etc. and CampusGirlsUSA will pick twelve delegates (one for each month) once voting is over. [CollegeOTR]

Charges In Duke Student’s Drug Case Dropped

Drug-related charges against senior Eric Halperin were dropped Monday.

Halperin was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of marijuana with the intent to sell Feb. 27 after signing for a package that contained 27 pounds of marijuana at his current residence at 1026 W. Trinity Ave.

“I was really relieved and felt vindicated,” he said. “Now we just want to make sure my name is clear with the right sources.” [Duke Chronicle]

Another State Tries to Lower Drinking Age

Underage drinking, beloved by many college students, may be moving out of dingy basements and into a new venue: the bar.

A bill authored by Rep. Phyllis Kahn , DFL-Minneapolis, would allow 18- to 20-year-olds to drink in bars and restaurants.

The legislation comes in the wake of numerous college-aged binge drinking deaths in recent months. The reasoning behind the legislation, Kahn said, is to move dangerous binge drinking away from dorm rooms and house parties and into a more monitored environment. [MN Daily]

Student Hit By Car, Charged With Jaywalking

A Penn State student was struck by a vehicle Tuesday night after she ran into the street to catch a bus, one of many pedestrian-vehicle accidents that plague the borough each year.

Fernanda Mattozo (freshman - Business Administration) said she was leaving CVS Pharmacy with some friends when she ran in between two parked cabs to catch a Blue Loop bus across the street.

“Apparently my friend screamed, ‘Fernanda, no,’ but I couldn’t hear anything,” Mattozo said. “I was kind of like a deer in the headlights, literally.” [Collegian]