Obama and McCain Lay Out Their Education Plans
Presidential contenders Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain sparred over affirmative action on Sunday, adding to the list of education policies the candidates plan on rolling out if they make it to the White House. According to Inside Higher Ed, during an appearance on the ABC News show “This Week,” McCain said he supports […]
First They Came for Scrabulous …
A moment of stunned silence, please. Bored summer interns all over the country will click on one of their favorite applications today and encounter this message: “Scrabulous is disabled for US and Canadian users until further notice. If you would like to stay informed about developments in this matter, please click here.” Frivolous lawsuits! I […]
Carnegie Mellon Prof and Motivational Lecturer Dies
Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University made famous by his inspirational “Last Lecture,” died on Friday, The New York Times reported. Pausch died at 47 of pancreatic cancer - the reason behind his September 2007 lecture, in which he discussed his positive attitude despite, and in response to, his diagnosis. (My […]
Princeton Review Reveals 2009 Winners; Guess How University of Fla. Will Celebrate
There can be only one winner in the U.S. News & World Report rankings machine, but in the everyone-is-special world of Princeton Review, 62 colleges get to be winners in categories like “Top Stone-Cold Sober School” and “Everyone Plays Intramural Sports.” The 2009 rankings were released today, and big winners include we-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-Princeton-Review Princeton University […]
College Newspapers Examine Their Online Futures
Ever since mtvU bought College Publisher (now called the College Media Network) in 2006, college editors using the company to host their campus newspaper sites worried that their papers could be affected by “the man” at mtvU. According to Inside Higher Ed, mtvU took college editors by surprise last week when it introduced Campus […]
Bean Bag Chairs to Be More Expensive
With the economy the way it is (read: shitty), students should be prepared to spend a good deal more on back-to-college supplies this year. This article from the Grand Rapids Press sheds some light on how much students (er, their parents) should be expected to spend — and also illuminates the staggering fact that […]
Digging Politics with Will Ruben
As exciting as the 2008 election has been thus far, at times it feels like the media has treated it more like a soap-opera as an intellectual forum. Barack Obama is a secret Muslim, John McCain is older than Jesus Christ, Hilary Clinton plans to kill Obama. While I love a good Ron Paul rumor […]
Any Math Boys Can Do, Girls Can Do, Too
Here’s one for Larry Summers (cheap jab?): A recent survey of seven million students’ math test scores found no difference between boys’ and girls’ stats. This marks a big shift over the past few decades. In the ’70s, boys scored much higher across all grade levels. By the ’80s younger students’ marks were gender-neutral, although […]
College Kids More Hungry and Broke Than Ever
You’re hungry, you’re broke–isn’t that what credit cards, part-time jobs, and desperate late-night calls to the parents are for? But according to a trend allegedly turned up by the AP, college students are now turning to food banks and government-sponsored food stamps to get by in these hard times. What?!?? Seriously! […]
Condi at Risk! NZ College Kids Threaten Arrest
When Condoleeza Rice lands in New Zealand tomorrow, she better have some top-notch Kiwi Mounties protecting her. Students at Auckland University are offering a reward to anyone who places the U.S. Secretary of State under citizen’s arrest for her role in “overseeing the illegal invasion and continued occupation” of Iraq.
These kids are in college […]