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Features Stanford University's newest computer classroom which is called Flexible Class-Lab. Design of room by Charles F. Kerns; Making technology subservient to the teaching; Why the room has drawn the attention of other universities; Details on the room's features; Comments of professors and students.

Reports on the trend in electronic publishing college papers on the Internet. Traditional concerns about story length and layouting; Complementing paper editions with electronic editions; Samples of college papers available.

Recounts how Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, received a carton of top-secret tobacco documents and embarked upon research which led to a lawsuit, rejection of his manuscripts by publishers, and a book called `The Cigarette Papers.' Co-authors of `The Cigarette Papers' including John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, Peter Hanauer and Deborah E. Barnes; Description of court case; Documents concerning Brown & Williamson Company; More.

Reveals the plan of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin to improve data-processing capacities of computers to facilitate high-speed intercourse between and among them on a global basis. Distributed computing; Networking technology known as asynchronous transfer mode; Goal of transforming the Internet Computer network.

Reports on the indictment of six men involved in the Boston College gambling scandal. Indictments the result of a joint investigation between the Middlesex County District Attorney's office and the Massachusetts State Police; Names of those indicted; Possible ties to organized crime; Comments from various parties involved.

Informs that Wayne State College in Detroit, Michigan has returned a check to the State Farm Foundation after the insurance company that runs the foundation complained that its agents had abused its matching-gift program. The involvement of Don Soukup, a State Farm agent who pledged money for a studio-arts building at the college; The response of State Farm to the scam.

Examines how Indiana University's William and Gayle Cook Music Library is offering network-based audio to music students. How students can sit at desktop computers in the library and hear a selection that has been digitized on two network servers in a project called Variations; Creation of the system by David Fenske, head of the music library, and members of his team with help from the International Business Corporation; The inefficiencies in the old system.

Discusses the use of the Internet by high school students to gather information about colleges and universities. Details of a survey commissioned by Arts & Science Group Inc.; Responses of students.

Reports that Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton has suspended Marvin Hersh after federal officials accused him of purchasing a Honduran boy and bringing him back to the United States to be his sex partner. Hersh's position at the university; The federal agent's affidavit on Hersh; Comments from Lynn Laurenti, spokesperson for the university.

Reports that environmentalists are criticizing a decision by the University of Alaska's Board of Regents to buy 400 acres of nickel-rich mining claims in the Glacier Bay National Park in the southeast part of Alaska. Contention over what the university will do with the land; The concerns of people who want the land protected; Aspects of the university's deal with the Brady Glacier Trust.

Reports on the hacking of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) World Wide Web site on the eve of the seatings for the NCAA Basketball Tournament, 1997. How the hacker was tracked down by Benjamin K. DeLong of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Jay Kamm at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Mentions that computer hackers broke into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) World Wide Web site and replaced the home page with racial slurs and symbols of white supremacy. The incident as occurring on the night the seedings for the association's 1997 basketball tournament were announced; The stages of the vandalism; Comments from NCAA representatives.

Reveals that the National Science Foundation will help Michigan State University build a particle accelerator. Assertion that such an accelerator will keep the United States at the forefront of nuclear physics into the 21st century; What cyclotrons do.

Details the violent actions of football players of the University of Rhode Island in October 1996. The attack on the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house; The brawl in a parking lot days later; Corrective action taken by the school; Police investigations.

Explains why, in September 1996, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) put Michigan State University on probation for four years. Violations in the university's football program; Restrictions which the NCAA imposed on the Spartans' football program.

Tells that China barred Princeton University professor Perry E. Link from entering the country in August 1996. The US Embassy's request to the Chinese Foreign Ministry for clarification of the incident; Detaining of Link at the Beijing airport; His membership on the boards of two human rights groups, Asia Watch and Human Rights in China; His radio commentaries which have criticized the Chinese government.

Reports that a federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the University of Iowa, regarding three female professors' claim of sex discrimination. Their assertion that the school retaliated against them for speaking out against the closing of their department; The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals reversing the jury's decision; Finding that the women had not provided compelling evidence that they had been victims; Why the case attracted attention.

Relates that Dominick A. Leone, a 19-year-old student at Adelphi University, has been accused of using a university computer to transmit child pornography on the Internet. How he was arrested and charged by state police with promoting a sexual performance by a child; Possible length of prison term; How the university discovered Leone's activities.

Reports that researchers at Princeton University identified a security flaw in Java, a widely used computer-programming language. The ability to allow data on computers attached to the Internet to be modified or destroyed; This flaw as the second one found in Java in 1996; Plans for the manufacturers of Java to have software eliminating the problem by the middle of April.

Discusses Boston College sociology professor Diane Vaughan's investigation into the organizational culture of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and her treatment of the Challenger launch in her book `The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA.' Vaughan's viewpoint and research; The public's perception of the crisis; NASA's change in procedure in response to the accident.

Reports that Jesse L. Burns, president of Edward Waters College, resigned after the governing board learned that he had falsified credentials on his resume. Educational attainment; Appointment of Leenette M. Pennington, vice-president of academic affairs.

Reports that Fordham University has won a battle for a grant from the US Commerce Department. Government's denial of the award due to the school's religious activities; Change in the department's policy on grants; .

Presents the achievements of Michael S. Bassis, Olivet College's president. Million-dollar budget deficit; Creation of a cultural center; Position for black student adviser; Academic vision for Olivet; Maintenance of the momentum.