Activist Spirit Dead or Alive

Mother Jones has just published their statistical take on the state of college activism. There’s also some pictures of some random people standing on steps. Perhaps to remind us that, yes, cliches still exist! And they’re fun to draw.
Some interesting bits from the article: Human rights and the environment are the […]

Oh, You Wanted a Dorm Room…

Is there a better welcome to college than being shown to a lounge-cum-bedroom?
West Virginia University doesn’t think so. This year, a big chunk of incoming freshmen lived in lounges for the first week of classes. Most have moved into dorm rooms, but some are still stuck in loungeland. Not a big deal, since most […]

Apple to College Students: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

In Apple’s latest commercial in their “Mac vs PC” series, hip Mac (aka Justin Long, aka Drew Barrymore’s ex) informs out-of-touch PC that it takes much more than free grub to convince college kids to buy a computer. Exactly. Macs are also really trendy and pretty.

This settles it. Apple is successful on campuses because they […]

Obama’s Paying Your Tuiton…Sort of…Not Really

During last night’s Obama-Rama convention speech, the Big O made a concerted effort to discuss specific policy issues in addition to the usual shtick that mentions hopes, dreams, and manna-like lollipops. Lucky for us, he decided to discuss his goals for higher education and affordable tuition.
Tonight, more Americans are out of work, and more are […]

Everyone Wants to be Robert Morris (University)

Who is this Robert Morris, and why does everyone want to be his university? Robert Morris College in Chicago is planning to bring a complaint against Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania over the right to call itself (also) Robert Morris University. According to the (PA) Robert Morris U. Sentry, the Chicago Robert Morris […]

Wellesley Loses Million-Dollar Painting

Wellesley College officials admitted yesterday that they haven’t seen the Cubist painting “Woman and Child” by Fernand Leger in quite some time. The painting, which is worth millions, might have been stolen or accidentally thrown out. (Gasp!) Apparently the painting was stored last year while the museum was undergoing construction and hasn’t been seen since. […]

August 29th, A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

I don’t even know where to begin….. College, a movie that traces three prospective freshmen on their raunchy weekend visit to a local college, hits theaters tomorrow. Yawn.
I have watched the trailer about half a dozen times and each time I get to the tagline “Best. Weekend. Ever”, I somehow convince myself that Dead Man […]

Colleges Bring Food into the Classroom

Food is suddenly a big deal.
Suddenly, you ask? Hasn’t food been a big deal for all of history? True, astute reader, eating food is nothing new — but discussing it in an academic context, as a public health-environmental-political entity, only recently became the thing to do. (Just ride a New York City subway and […]

History of College Humor On View at Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin, that crucible of humor that gave America The Onion back in 1988, has been given a gift in kind—the largest collection of humor magazines perhaps ever assembled. According to the AP, the collector and former editor of the Gargoyle (UMichigan’s humor mag), John Dobbertin Jr., donated the collection, which will […]

Carnegie Mellon Student Sells iPhone App, Justifies Nerdiness

Jeffrey Grossman, a student at Carnegie Mellon University just cashed in. Flixster, the movie based social media network, has acquired Grossman’s iPhone app (appropriately named Movies.app) for an undisclosed amount. Suffice to say, the kid probably made bank. It’s the first known acquisition of an iPhone app.
And if that wasn’t a sweet enough […]

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