2A - Monday, January 7, 2008 THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Explained Before You Were Here Can science be se Harvard University psychol- ogy professor Marc Hauser recently assigned his students the task of mak- ing science sexy. "In many people's eyes, science is not hip," Hauser told the Harvard Crimson. "The idea I had was to put together a class of undergrads and try to see in whatnways we can change the face of science." The students formed an organiza- tion dubhed The Zing. As part of their efforts, they're sponsoring a contest to find the best T-shirt designcthat fea- tures the phrase, "Science is Sexy." The group will also host a Valen- tine's Day "LoveFest" that explains the science of attraction. The students hope that by linking the day of love with science, people will think of the suhject as less geeky. A CHEATING MESS Shauna Moffitt, wife of University of South Florida linehacker Ben Mof- fitt, said she wrote several papers and took online classes for her husband - a violation of university and NCAA regulations, The Tampa Tribune reported. Her claims were made pub- lic alongside the announcement that she and her husband have been sepa- rated since Nov. 11. Ben Moffitt calls the allegations "hearsay," while the athletic depart- ment declined to comment, calling it an academic issue. If Moffitt is found to have cheated, the university could be subject to an NCAA investiga- tion. On Friday, Shauna Moffitt was served with divorce papers that also asks a judge to restrain her from all contact with anyone in her husband's acquaintance, saying she is "slander- ing him and greatly damaging his relationships." REFORMING COLLEGE SPORTS E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University, said colleges should work to contain college athlet- ics spending. Ohio State has the larg- est athletichbudget in the country with 36 varsity teams. Gee was previously CAM] president of Vanderbilt University, where he merged the athletic program with the division of student affairs. Gee claims athletics has turned into an arms race, and athletics should be more integrated into the program. But will this upset Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel? "If Coach Tressel steps down, I'm stepping down with him," Gee said. JAPANESE TREATS REPTILE HEIST' r Seven rare albino alligators were : stolen last week from the Federal University of Mato Grosso in Cuiaba, Brazil, VOA News reported. The ani- mals were stolen from the university's zoo.Animal smugglers are believed to have taken the reptiles to sell them abroad. . Authorities estimate the two-year-f old creatures to be worth $10,000 each and unable to survive in the wild because their white coloring makes it SAM WOLSON/D. difficult to hide from predators. 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