No it's not a urban myth. The story was on the news late last week or early this week, I also recall it was a male Master's student, not a PhD student, but I'm at a loss as to where it was. Laura McMann Mahoney Grants and Contract Specialist Office of Sponsored Projects Smithsonian Institution >>> Ivy Strickler <[log in to unmask]> 08/21/96 10:09am >>> >hi, >my dad just told me a story he had heard on the radio, about a >student who had handed in his phd-thesis somewhere in the >united states, and, after it was rejected, killed three of the >lecturers in his university. >could anyone supply me with a newspaper-article on this event? I have not heard this one, but there is a remarkably similar piece of fiction in the summer fiction issue of the New Yorker. Perhaps this is another urban myth? Ivy Fleck Strickler Phone 215-895-1637 Drexel University Fax 215-895-4917 Nesbitt College of Design Arts [log in to unmask] Philadelphia, PA 19104 "Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to see it for free."