**Riots, arrests paint the face of this year’s Kegs & Eggs**

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY — In the tradition of Kegs & Eggs, the morning-long drinking ritual before Albany’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, hundreds of students were out of control and six were arrested.

City police quelled a riot on Ontario Street around 7:15 am, according to city police spokesman Detective James Miller.

“The group became large and unruly and started to damage several cars parked in the area by attempting to overturn one and smashing car windows and caving in the roof of one car,” Miller said in an email.

Police arrested students for disorderly conduct, second-degree assault of a police officer and resisting arrest.

_By Molly Eadie_
_Albany Student Press_

**Minnesota students in Tokyo forced to return home**

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — As earthquake-stricken Japan struggles to prevent a nuclear meltdown, the University of Minnesota called for all seven of its students studying in Tokyo to return home.

Among the factors in the University’s decision to call the students home were the looming threat of nuclear radiation, the possibility of earthquake damage to housing and teaching facilities and the spotty availability of electricity and transportation services, University spokesman Dan Wolter said in an e-mail Friday morning.

The U.S. Department of State began flying Americans out of Japan to various “safe haven” locations across Asia Thursday.

The department also issued a travel warning for Japan and has “strongly urged” Americans to leave that country.

_By Ian Larson_
_The Minnesota Daily_

**Study links Facebook to female self-esteem**

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — A new study in the journal “Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking” suggests Facebook usage is directly linked to women’s self-esteem levels.

Last spring, 311 university students were observed using the social media site and surveyed using a questionnaire to measure the source of their self-worth.

Dr. Michael Stefanone, an assistant professor at the University of Buffalo and lead author of the study, expressed his disappointment in the outcome.

“The results suggest persistent differences in the behavior of men and women that result from a cultural focus on female image and appearance,” Stefanone said.

The study revealed that women identify more strongly with their image than men do. This directly correlated with an increase in Facebook usage among women.

_By Ian Nawalinski_
_Ka Leo_