The 2008 College Salary Report

With the recent credit crunch, many students are spending the summer with–to quote Snoop–their minds on their money and their money on their minds. Your wallets may be thin now, but fear not! Your college degrees will actually pay you back one day. To see how, check out the college salary reports after the jump.

College Not Just for Good Boys Anymore

Kids these days! We put ‘em in college to keep them out of trouble, but, according to new findings from Bowling Green State University, men who go to college actually commit more property crimes during their four years than their non-college-bound peers. The study followed more than 9,200 students from seventh grade on […]

A Little Xenophobia Never Hurt Anyone

Those ticked-off Brits have had it with foreigners invading their country. First there were the Normans in 1066 and, more recently, expatriate students who settle in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Brighton, Leeds, and even godforsaken Birmingham. But the Union Jack is cracking down on collegiate visitors. Foreign students who miss ten classes in a […]

Brothers Under Christ Win Right to Religious Recruiting at UF

In some ways, Beta Upsilon Chi is just like any other University of Florida fraternity–boys rush, the brothers pick their favorites, and the select few who meet their social standards are invited to join. But because Beta Upsilon Chi (a.k.a. Brothers Under Christ) is more interested in recruiting Christians than those who rule the […]

The Enigmatic Professor “O”

Forget which candidate you’d like to have a beer with. Which would you rather email to admit you haven’t written that paper due tomorrow?
Eggheads all over seem to be jealous of the fact that they didn’t get a chance to take a class with the sexiest professor this side of Indiana Jones when he taught […]

OU Students at Work on Alterna-Rankings

While U.S. News and World Report staffers are currently throwing highly-scientific darts at a higher-ed map to compile their annual college rankings, a group of Ohio University undergrads are spending their summer helping college-ranking outlaw Richard Vedder develop a whole new system for determining college winners and losers. According to the Ohio U Post, […]

Airport Officials: Hands off Anthropologists’ Laptops!

A few years ago, American travelers were distressed when airport customs officials began confiscating water bottles. Now, security officials are scouring information stored on travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices. (On one corporate executive’s way home from a business trip, customs officers searched his cell phone’s to-do list and calendar to check whether he was […]

When Homework Becomes a Noose-sance

Sometimes a noose found hanging somewhere on campus screams “hate crime!” but sometimes it just means “I hate homework.” According to The Morning Sun, prosecutors have decided not to charge a 28-year-old Central Michigan University engineering student for hanging four nooses using flexible gas lines in a laboratory on campus last year. An investigation into […]

CBS to Tackle Real Names for College Fantasy Football

MICHIGAN QB passes to MICHIGAN WR for a touchdown… and the crowd goes yawn. In an attempt to generate more enthusiasm for college fantasy sports, CBSSports.com announced they will start using college players’ real names in the upcoming 2008 college fantasy football game. Previously, the fantasy game designated players with generic terms like “FLORIDA QB,” […]

Saving Text-Walkers from Themselves

Texting is fun. Walking is fun. But, like driving (fun) and drinking (way fun), these two things just don’t mix, say University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign safety officials. They’ll be adding a special warning about “ped-texting” to this year’s frosh orientation, according to the Chicago Tribune. It turns out numerous teens […]

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