Medical student about Kindle: those once 40-lb volumes are now in the pocket of my white coat

A medical student emailed the Kindle team: "What you have here is a great product. I am a third year medical student out of New York, and have loaded a bunch of my textbooks onto the Kindle. Those once 40lb volumes of ill-fated tree trunks, are less than a pound, and now in the pocket of my white coat. Really a great asset!"

A former law student commented: "If I had a Kindle in law school, I think I would be 2 inches taller, and not need glasses..."

Nursing student successfully challenges dissmissal from school because of Facebook photo

A Kansas college is facing a legal challenge over its dismissal of a nursing student who posted online a photograph of a human placenta studied in class - the WSJ video is embedded above.

The lawsuit includes a letter that Ms. Byrnes wrote to the college apologizing for what she called a "lapse in judgment" but asking that she not be dismissed.

The school said the four students are allowed to reapply to continue their nursing studies in August 2011.

Most reader comments on the story follow this pattern: "I fail to see why this posting should result in dismissal from school. The student broke no confidentiality, and the posting was certainly not obscene."

References:
Odd Facebook Post Leads to Student's Ouster, Suit. WSJ.