There’s a rabid bat warning in Prince George’s County.
Courtesy of livinginperu.com
You heard right. In August, nine Prince George’s County bats tested positive for rabies. One person was bitten. Health officials are warning locals to bat-proof homes so they don’t come after you next. Claudia Coffey of FOX DC reports:
Prince George’s County Health Officer Dr Donald Shell says these rabid bats will be acting out of the ordinary.
“We have found that if a bat is flying in the daytime, if a bat is inside your home, is flying in your room or if a bat is laying on the ground, then that bat is probably sick and if that bat is sick then that is probably a rabid bat that has rabies.”
Scared yet? Maybe this will do the trick – David Leonhardt of the New York Times claims that public universities are responsible for the the financial crisis, along with Wall Street and the Big Three.
At its top levels, the American system of higher education may be the best in the world. Yet in terms of its core mission — turning teenagers into educated college graduates — much of the system is simply failing.
The United States does a good job enrolling teenagers in college, but only half of students who enroll end up with a bachelor’s degree. Among rich countries, only Italy is worse. That’s a big reason inequality has soared, and productivity growth has slowed. Economic growth in this decade was on pace to be slower than in any decade since World War II — even before the financial crisis started.
And as we all know, once you make it out into the real world, it gets worse. The starting salaries of recent college graduates have taken a hit, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. Sara Murray (a University of Maryland and Diamondback alum) reports:
Those who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in 2009 received a $48,633 average starting salary offer, down 1.2% from last year, according to a survey of 140 college and university career-services offices. It is a stark change from 2008, when the average starting salary was 7.6% higher than those offered to the class of 2007.
A preview of 2010 shows next year’s graduates may face similar hardships.
But there is a ray of sunshine in all this darkness: the Washington area has just been ranked the fourth-best area in the nation to attend college, says a story in the Washington Post. So hop on the Metro, head to D.C. and forget your worries. Just watch out for bats.
What’s happening today
- The Study Abroad Fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Grand Ballroom in Stamp.
- An internship and part-time job fair will held at the same time and place tomorrow