**Nevada students arrested on conspiracy charges**
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA — Nye County sheriffs arrested University of Nevada, Reno students Tyler Coyner and Matthew Miller early Tuesday on charges including conspiracy and grand larceny, according to a statement from the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.
A recent Nye County Sheriff’s Office investigation revealed Coyner allegedly altered his Pahrump Valley High School grades after illegally gaining access to a Nye County School District system password, according to the statement.
The alleged grade changes qualified Coyner as salutatorian of his graduating class, according to the statement. Coyner also allegedly altered the grades of 12 Pahrump Valley High School students, including Miller.
Coyner and Miller were booked in the Nye County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center, but have since been released on bail.
_By Don Weinland
The Nevada Sagebrush_
**Three Columbia University fraternities to lose houses, remain on probation for three years**
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — Pi Kappa Alpha, Psi Upsilon and Alpha Epsilon Pi will lose their houses and have only probationary recognition from the university for the next three years after a December drug bust, according to the Division of Student Affairs.
Dean of Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger met with the presidents of each fraternity on Thursday evening to issue the decision, which has been in the works since December, when four students from the fraternities were arrested for selling drugs on campus.
Loren Berman, a fraternity member, said he and other Greeks feel the decision against the fraternities was unfair.
“The people who weren’t involved are getting penalized for what a few people did,” he said.
_By Sarah Darville, Leah Greenbaum and Karla Jimenez
The Columbia Spectator_
**Guest lecturer warns of impending climate change**
OHIO UNIVERSITY — Michael Glantz, Director of the Consortium for Capacity Building at the University of Colorado, held a lecture Wednesday where he cautioned students climate change is occurring faster than predicted.
Glantz said he feared the same climate-related problems continue to recur because there is a hesitancy to act on them, particularly by the developed nations contributing the most.
Glantz said he is hopeful the younger generation of academics will help make an international change.
“The young people now are the ones who want to do something about it. The youths are going to kick-start this thing,” Glantz said. “Otherwise it really is going to hell.”
_By Tristan Navera
The Post_