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Chill Frozen Yogurt on Wydown Boulevard is the latest off-campus business to accept Bear Bucks, the program that allows Washington University students to charge purchases to their Campus Cards. In the fall semester, Kayak’s Coffee and Bobo Noodle House began accepting Bear Bucks. Blueberry Hill soon followed.

While humans may have created global warming, the problem is too significant to be solved by lifestyle changes, said Dr. Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, to an audience almost filling Lab Sciences 300 to capacity Monday afternoon.

The search for the next dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, a position formerly held by the late James E. McLeod, continued Wednesday afternoon with an open student forum in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building. The search committee for the new dean held the forum to learn who students wanted to lead the school.

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service will be moving to the Danforth University Center later this year, taking over the third floor space currently used as a student print media suite.

This year’s sorority recruitment saw more rushing and receiving bids than ever before. Of the 376 women who participated, 345 in recruitment received bids. The total number of women participating has expanded by about 20 to 40 people for each of the past five years.

As the field of Republican candidates narrows, students at Washington University are struggling to choose their favorites as the race plays out among the four remaining candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Freshman Kaitlin McTague used to support Michelle Bachmann but is now leaning toward Romney.

While man may have created global warming, the problem is too significant to be solved by lifestyle changes, said Dr. Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences to an audience barely filling LabSci 300 Monday afternoon.

Sofia Vergara fans will have to settle for seeing her on TV as she will not be coming to speak on campus this semester. Her shooting schedule for “Modern Family” conflicted with her ability to visit.

Tuition for the 2012-2013 year will be $42,500—a 3.8 percent increase over tuition for the 2011-2012 year—announced Barbara Feiner, vice chancellor for finance, on Thursday. It is an increase of $1,550 from the 2011-2012 year’s tuition of $40,950.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton ranked fourth on a list of the 10 biggest earners among leaders of the nation’s 50 most-endowed universities, compiled through a survey conducted by The Daily, a tablet-based newspaper.