The leafy, serene university campus of the all-women Meredith College seems as far removed from the war zone of Iraq as it is possible to get. Yet for almost three years, one student apparently was a part of these two very different worlds. Lisa Jane Phillips was not just a prize-winning honours student. She was also a captain and heroic United States Air Force pilot. In her honour, the college waived $42,178 (£24,000) of tuition fees and invited her into tutorials to talk to other students about "what it's really like over there". There was a prize for her "interest...
