**March for Babies to take over stadium**

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON — The March for Babies will take place Sunday at Robertson Stadium in order to raise funds for research and special programs.

March of Babies is a part of the March of Dimes, and the Houston march is one of the largest in the nation.

“We are very happy to be partnering with the University of Houston,” Houston Director of Programs Jessica Lundgren said.

The event is expected to raise $3 million or more for research to promote the safe birth of healthy babies. They currently have $4 million in research grants at the Texas Medical Center in Houston.

March of Dimes community programs encourage women to take care of themselves before, during and after pregnancy, according to Lundgren.

The programs help educate women on how to have a healthy pregnancy and the best outcome for their babies, and what to know before becoming pregnant.

Other services include working with health care workers to prevent and manage preterm labor and lobbying at the state level to promote legislation for the improvement of health for mothers and babies.

_By Ashley Anderson_
_The Daily Cougar_

**Food for Thought brings U.S. Senator to speak to students**

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY — U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., spoke Thursday to a group of students and community members at the Kansas Farm Bureau. The message was sponsored by Food for Thought, a student organization hoping to get a pro-agricultural message to consumers, and as a result the message largely focused on Kansas agriculture.

“I am one who loves Kansas,” Moran said. “Farmers revolve around the belief we live our life in a special way, and I’ve always been concerned that we may lose that special way.”

The Senator spoke about a Washington mindset that assumes higher commodity prices means farmers are well off, but Moran argued commodity prices are normally higher when there is a bad crop, input costs are higher or if the crops have already been sold.

Globalization and competition are two themes that were present throughout Moran’s speech, and he mentioned how farm aid was important to make sure Kansas farmers were on an equal playing field with farmers in other countries.

_By Austin Enns_
_The Kansas State Collegian_

**Survey: Alcohol use declines**

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — According to a survey released by Penn State PULSE, nightly alcohol use during a typical week and alcohol-related incidents are both on the decline.

Betty Harper, director of Student Affairs Research and Assessment, wrote in an email she wasn’t surprised to see the decrease in trends.

“Penn State has made significant efforts to educate students about the dangers of high-risk drinking, about the importance of engaging in protective behaviors [like] pacing your drinking and setting personal limits, and about minimizing risk behaviors [like] doing shots, chugging drinks, playing drinking games,” she said.

She said she looks forward to seeing how the trend continues in the future.

Harper said the university has conducted the survey every year since 1995, except for 2005 and 2007.

The university uses the data to track drinking trends, but doesn’t use the results to alter university policies and programs.

The survey found that men, white students, students of legal drinking age, students with lower college GPAs and off-campus students were significantly more likely to report getting drunk in high school than those who didn’t fit these profiles.

_By Courtney Warner_
_The Daily Collegian_