Dorm Therapy
7 Supplies For A Clean Spring
Most of us lead dirty college existences that would make our mothers cringe. I’m not talking about your scandalous social life, you heathen. A filthy room doesn’t attract happy chi, so these easy tools are must-haves for your stinky space.
1. Disinfecting Wipes Spilled Easy Mac on your desk? Need […]
Police Blotters: Angry Diatribe
From the Bowling Green News:
Lance “TC” Jackson Jr., 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct for violent turbulent behavior for punching and kicking an empty beer keg and yelling, “I’m going to kill you” at patrons at Easy Street Cafe on South Main Street.
“No, no, listen. That’s just what […]
The Youth Vote: Tarheel for a Day
Obama took a break from pandering to those elusive white, working class voters in North Carolina and Indiana to play some basketball at UNC with Tyler Hansbrough. Although he was no match for the national collegiate player of the year, Obama has an excuse for being a little off his game: He’s been focusing more […]
The Daily Prereq: Creepy Connections
As a former Middlebury student myself, I’ve been kind of obsessively following the case of the missing Midd. student, Nicholas Garza, who disappeared without a trace last February. This article provides some pretty pertinent information that could be integral in solving this case — among many, many others. The whole thing is…scary…to say […]
Scandalous!
To Tase or Not to Tase?
These days, mention the word “Taser” and most people will recall the “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!” incident at the University of Florida John Kerry forum, and the viral video that accompanied it. While that video was certainly good for a few chuckles, watching it now casts a more somber light […]
The Reading List: More Hazing!
Either the fine, upstanding women of the Hofstra University chapter of Phi Epislon have been seriously maligned, or frightened freshman Courtney Holt is right and her sisters are the girls from the 1996 cult hit The Craft grown up. According to Holt, the sorority subjected fledgling members to Guantanamo-ish techniques like branding on the groin […]
Reading List: Let the college stress begin…in high school
Headaches, sleep deprivation, depression…all before you’ve even taken your first college exam. The New York Times’ blog examines the physical and mental toll college applications have taken on this year’s crop of high school seniors. The article contends that, with the demographic bubble that resulted in the largest number of graduating high-school seniors […]
The Daily Prereq: Keep off the grass or die
With colleges across the country jumping on the green band-wagon, it recently came out that University of Delaware uses a weed killing chemical known as 2,4-D to keep its lawn picturesque. It turns out the weed killer is great for the grass, but bad for every other living thing that comes in its path. […]
The Daily Prereq: Dartmouth teacher accuses students of violating classroom civil rights
Disagreeing with some professors might be considered intellectual. Then again, it might also be considered “intolerant.” A group of Dartmouth students recently learned that their professor, Priya Venkatesan, is planning to bring a civil-right lawsuit against them for allegedly violating federal anti-discrimination laws in the classroom. What spurred the suit, according to […]
The Daily Prereq: WVU degree-scandal ousts dean and provost
The fallout continues raining down on the administration at West Virginia University, after it was discovered recently that school officials awarded an unearned MBA to Heather Bresch, daughter of West Virginia governor Joe Manchin III. R. Stephen Sears, dean of WVU’s business school, and provost Gerald Lang are expected to leave their respective posts […]
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