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Some Thai university students have sex with their lecturers, pay them bribes, and throw parties to secure better grades, according to a poll conducted by a state-run educational institute. In addition, 16 percent of the 900 students questioned in the poll had witnessed grade buying.

"Some students agree to throw birthday parties for teachers, sponsor trips, or even let teachers sex-
ually harass them," pollster Sukhum Chaloeysap said. The survey even found such practices occurring on the campuses of those who conducted the polls. They refused, however, to comment on whether they had accepted any favors.

Do not feed the animals

A 27-year-old German man was found mauled to death by lions at a Nuremberg zoo in what police described as an apparent suicide. When workers entered the zoo on Fri., Oct. 16, they reported that they saw "a male lion sitting on top of the mutilated corpse while three female lions sat nearby."

Police said the man, who bled to death from his wounds, had stripped down to his undershirt outside the cage, crossed a water divide, and then climbed over a fence to get into the enclosure, leading them to conclude that it was an act of suicide.

Authorities would not comment on exactly what drove the man to kill himself, but one policemen speculated, "We're German. We're never happy." Case closed.

Dominatrix begs for slap on wrist

Terri-Jean Bedford, 39, known in the Toronto area as Madame de Sade, was fined 3,000 Canadian dollars for "offering sex for money" in her rented bungalow. The prosecution had sought a nine-month jail term, but soon
retracted, fearing that the bars and isolation would not really be a
punishment.

The judge justified the sentence by noting that Madame de Sade had earned over one million Canadian dollars in her long career at the "House of Erotica."

--Compiled by Andrew Swan from the Bangkok Post and Reuters
News Service

YALE INDEX
1. Percent of world population that is Canadian	0.504
2. Percent of Yale undergraduates who are Canadian	1.60
3. Percent of Yale men's ice hockey players who are Canadian	41.9
4. Percent of Brown Bears men's ice hockey players who are Canadian	37.9
5. Percent of Vancouver Canucks ice hockey players who are Canadian	40.0
6. Percent of Vancouver Grizzlies basketball players who are Canadian	0.0
7. Percent of Stanley Cup Championships won by Canadian teams	69.8
8. Winning percentage of Yale men's ice hockey, 1997-1998	65.7
9. Winning percentage of Brown men's ice hockey, 1997-1998	45.5
10. Winning percentage of Vancouver Canucks, 1997-1998	30.5
11. Winning percentage of Vancouver Grizzlies, 1997-1998	23.2
12. Any questions?	0.0

—Compiled by Sharon Lin and Anne Kinderman

Sources: 1) 1997 CIA World Factbook; 2) Richard Albert, BK '00, President of Yale College Canadian Club; 3) Yale men's ice hockey media guide; 4) Brown men's ice hockey media guide; 5) Vancouver Canucks media guide; 6) Vancouver Grizzlies media guide; 7) 1998 Information Please Almanac; 8) Angela Campbell, CC '99, manager of Yale's men's ice hockey team; 9) Steve Grillo, head coach of Brown's men's ice hockey team; 10) Vancouver Canucks media guide; 11) Vancouver Grizzlies media guide; 12) SLAK Almanac

JOHN YI/YH TAKING A STAND: Students rally for increased affirmative action awareness on Thurs., Oct. 22, on Cross Campus.

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