**Student group gathers more than 1,000 signatures protesting tuition hike**
OHIO UNIVERSITY — More than 1,000 Ohio University students signed a petition last week to fight a potential 3.5 percent tuition increase.
The signatures were gathered during a 10-hour span last week, an effort spearheaded by junior Jacob Chaffin of the Ohio Student Association. The group held signs and gathered signatures both at the top of Morton Hill and at the Baker University Center.
“We started the petition as a way of holding conversations with students about the issues at hand,” said Chaffin. “As students, we have this belief that the debt we take on is individual and as if we are the only ones that are hurt by the long term effects of increasing tuition. This isn’t the case.”
The OU Board of Trustees will vote at its next meeting on the potential increase, which would go into effect during the 2012-2013 academic year.
—The Post
By Holly Moody
**Stand Your Ground law and “Florida Loophole” ignite debate in wake of Martin shooting**
PENN STATE — The alleged killing of Florida high school student Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman ignited a firestorm of debate across the country surrounding “stand your ground” laws and “right to carry” gun permits.
In Florida, a person is justified in using deadly force when they are attacked in any place they have a right to be. The attacked must also believe that he or she has to use deadly force to “prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony.”
Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime, because he told police he was defending himself against Martin.
—The Daily Collegian
By Chris Wright
**Dispute over Obama’s health care law has implications for U student insurance**
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — Since it became law in 2010, President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a focal point of powerful and partisan debate.
Last week, that dispute made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court for three days of tense oral arguments. The court is expected to make its decision in June.
Next year, students will be expected to submit a waiver to show proof of insurance instead of just the name and number of their provider. This will simply require students to contact their insurance company for proof.
Thirty eight percent of public colleges in the U.S. mandate health insurance, according to a 2008 report from the American College Health Association.
—The Minnesota Daily
By Dina Elrashidy