By JOHN STAED, Scripps Howard News Service

A 1-pound rodent with a brain the size of a walnut is causing a lot of grief at Clemson University.

Too many Eastern gray squirrels apparently are running amok on campus, killing trees and costing the university $100,000 a year in tree damage.

CLEMSON, S.C. - Algae could have had a lot to do with the extinction of dinosaurs and other species, two Clemson University scientists report.

And that could bode ill for present species if the Earth's temperatures are rising, as many scientists have reported.

Among the nearly 2,000 graduates of Clemson University on Friday will be one whose journey took her over more than a few bumps in the road.
More like a few mountains, and then some.
After two years of therapy and relearning everything from speech to basic math and walking, Meredith Harper will walk across the stage and graduate.