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Vultures Flock to College, Decline Invitations to Leave
Do birds know something people don't? Students and staff at Texas State University at San Marcos hope not.
More than a hundred vultures have invaded the campus, roosting on the administration building and the coliseum, and occasionally unnerving school officials.
The carrion-eating birds, larger than chickens and far more sinister, sit by the dozens on window ledges and roofs. They feast on roadkill from the nearby interstate and stare down office workers lucky enough to have a window, said Jayme Blaschke, a school spokesman.
University officials tried frightening them with rubber chickens painted black and hung upside down, but the vultures merely moved to another building. No more drastic measures have been taken because no one has been injured.
University spokesman Mark Hendricks told the Austin American-Statesman he saw one hovering outside his window when he was having a bad day. "Had that glass not been there, I'm sure I would have smelled his breath," he said. "I looked out there and said, 'You know something? I wish it was time to go home.' "
-- Sonya Geis
Medical Marijuana Approved, Supply Issue Left to Patients
Rhode Island joined the medical marijuana bandwagon last week with the passage of a law allowing patients who suffer from chronic illness, or cancer or AIDS to possess the herb.
But where to score the supply?
The new law does not answer the question. Pharmacies do not carry marijuana, leaving doctors, patients and caregivers to assume they can knock on the door of their neighborhood dealer.
