Frat house shooting ends with one dead, 11 injured

A shooting at a Youngstown State University fraternity ended with one student dead and 11 injured, reported the Wall Street Journal.

Two men, who were not students of the university, have been arrested in connection with the shooting and charged with aggravated murder, 11 counts of felonious assault and one charge of shooting into a residence.

The shooting happened at approximately 3:30 a.m. Sunday after one of the suspects had gotten into a dispute with fraternity members inside the house. Youngstown police chief Jimmy Hughes said the suspects were ushered out of the house by the members, after which they returned to the house armed with handguns and began shooting through the open door.

Jamail E. Johnson, 25, was identified as the victim killed in the shooting. Five of the other victims were students of the university.

Egypt university office trashed by police

Offices of the American University in Cairo (AUC) Press were raided by police amidst demonstrations in Egypt on Friday, reported Inside Higher Education.
The offices were located close to Tahrir Square, which has been the centre of ongoing protests. Neil Hewison, editorial director of the press, described the event in his blog, where he wrote that the AUC offices were “trashed” by police wanting to use the roof of the building to fire at protestors, saying that shotgun cartridges were found on the roof after they left.

He also said that drawers and files appeared to be rifled through and windows in the office were smashed.

No staff were injured in the incident, and they are now working to clean up the office and return to normal operations.

Glee-style singing groups pop gain popularity

Youth choirs are popping up all over the San Francisco Bay Area, with almost 40 children’s choirs starting up in the region, according to the New York Times.
Three of the groups recently received international recognition, placing in the prestigious “Let the People Sing” choral competition.

Much of the increasing growth of youth choirs can be attributed to the popularity of shows such as Glee, which music teachers say have encouraged students to join.

Many programs are struggling to deal with cuts to music education in the public school system and are now being placed under extra pressure to accommodate a revived interest in singing, with some choruses seeing the number of students auditioning double since five years ago.