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Florida's Bridget Sloan does the "Gator Chomp" with fans before the NCAA college women's gymnastics championships on Friday, April 18, 2014, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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University of California, Berkeley students walk through Sather Gate on the campus. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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In an Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Tyler Jewell, a student in an Industrial and Facilities Maintenance class at at Dixie Applied Technology College (DXATC), fires a potato cannon he built for the class, on the old St. George Airport runway. There was a competition to see who could make the vegetables fly the farthest at the south end of the old runway. Students majoring in industrial facilities maintenance are studying what's called fluid power, which includes hydraulic, pneumatic, pump and valve system science. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)
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In a Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Tom Johnson, a student in an Industrial and Facilities Maintenance class at Dixie Applied Technology College (DXATC), loads a potato cannon he built for the class on the old St. George Airport runway.There was a competition to see who could make the vegetables fly the farthest at the south end of the old runway. Students majoring in industrial facilities maintenance are studying what's called fluid power, which includes hydraulic, pneumatic, pump and valve system science. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)
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In an Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Eric Smith, left, a student in an Industrial and Facilities Maintenance class at Dixie Applied Technology College (DXATC), fires a potato cannon he built for the class while his instructor, Lee Devine, holds the barrel steady on the old St. George Airport runway. There was a competition to see who could make the vegetables fly the farthest at the south end of the old runway. Students majoring in industrial facilities maintenance are studying what's called fluid power, which includes hydraulic, pneumatic, pump and valve system science. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, file photo, Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri attends the NCAA college basketball game between Syracuse and North Carolina State in Syracuse, N.Y. A Pennsylvania high school student is in hot water for asking Davuluri to prom during a question and answer session at school. Eighteen-year-old Patrick Farves said he received three days of in-school suspension Thursday, April 17, 2014, because he asked Davuluri to prom. School officials heard about Farves' plan in advance and warned him not to do it. He has apologized for disrupting the event. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi, File)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Illinois Sen. Andy Manar, D - Bunker Hill, introduces an education funding reform bill at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Most of Illinois’ 860 school districts would see severe cuts in funding if the state’s temporary tax increase is rolled back as scheduled, according to a document circulated this week as part of Illinois Democrats’ campaign to preserve the tax hike and push to update the state’s school funding formula. The document cites what would be a total of $450 million in general state aid cuts to schools. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, Lariyah Beasley, a 4-year-old preschool student from Chicago, holds a sign during a rally outside the Chicago Board of Education headquarters in Chicago. Dozens of protesters, including Lariyah's mother and other parents, students and activists, decried the lack of funding for the city's public school students, especially for African American students. Most of Illinois’ 860 school districts would see severe cuts in funding if the state’s temporary tax increase is rolled back as scheduled, according to a document circulated this week as part of Illinois Democrats’ campaign to preserve the tax hike and push to update the state’s school funding formula. The document cites what would be a total of $450 million in general state aid cuts to schools. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine,File)
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Maryland running back Brandon Ross reacts after scoring a touchdown in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Virginia in College Park, Md., Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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This photo taken and provided by Ali Luthman, left, of Worcester, Mass., shows her with Bryant University President Ronald Machtley on the school's campus in Smithfield, R.I. on Friday, April 18, 2104. Although Machtley, who is active on social media, loves posing for pictures with the students, the university has asked graduates to resist the urge to take a selfie with him when receiving their diploma this year, saying it will greatly prolong the graduation ceremony. Machtley says he is happy to take some after the service though. (AP Photo/Ali Luthman)
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Michael Reynolds, 16, of Detroit, a student at Loyola High School makes calls Wednesday, April 16, 2014 to supporters to join him for the "Walk With Me" Michigan Education Rally at Youth Voice, a project of the Harriet Tubman Center in Detroit. Youth Voice is a network for young people to develop their leadership skills and make community change. Youth Voice is planning a relay walk to Lansing from Detroit to raise awareness about disturbing trends associated with the Michigan Zero Tolerance Law and education. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Kimberly P. Mitchell)
