Happy Thanksgiving from the Prereq!

We are so thankful for so many things this year. For one, we still have jobs (sweet!), and we also get to spend our days surfing the web in pursuit of news about sorority girls, patriotic young people, and raccoons.
Now it’s time to go home, lay on the couch, and eat pie […]

Canadian Students Drop Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser

Our Canadian neighbors are causing a pretty big stir in the college philanthropy world. According to the National Post, student government leaders from Ottawa’s Carleton University voted to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual fundraiser because the hereditary disease isn’t racially “inclusive” enough. The students based this on the revelation […]

Left Turn for Bob Jones U.

The sins of the fathers of Bob Jones University include some pretty hardcore racism, and it is up to the children –or, well, the great-grandchild, President Stephen Jones–to make amends in a statement on the school’s website:

“We failed to accurately represent the Lord and to fulfill the commandment to love others as ourselves. For these […]

Wrestlers Sue School Over Herpes Outbreak

Three wrestlers at York College in Pennsylvania have been infected with herpes gladitorum and they’re pinning the blame on their coaches. They’ve filed a civil lawsuit, claiming coaches did not prevent herpes-ridden teammates from competing, allowing the infection to spread. NCAA rules stipulate “”in order to participate the wrestler must be free from systemic symptoms […]

Harvard, Yale Conquer the World

Unfortunately for U.S. News and World Report, you can only rank U.S. colleges once a year (maybe that’s why they had to go monthly?). But now there’s good news for rankings junkies–U.S. News has released its list of the top colleges in the WORLD. And it looks kinda like that other list, with […]

Studies Show Naps Boost Creativity and Memory

College students are pro-nappers. With late night cramming, spontaneous day-drinking sessions, and those annoying classes in-between, who has time for a full night’s sleep? Luckily, writes the AP, studies reveal that during power naps (quick but deep bursts of sleep) our brains continue processing. What we learn before dozing off stays in our brain, and […]

College Hackers Punk Pink

Victoria’s Secret thought it was being pretty clever by putting the decision of which school to add next to its Pink Collegiate Collection in the hands of online college voters. But whoops–they got the hackers, and the race was on to build the fastest, sneakiest script to artificially inflate tallies at schools like Drexel, […]

What’s Wrong at Rutgers?

When things started going south at New Jersey’s “biggest and most important public university” (according to The New York Times), Rutgers, university president Richard McCormick appointed a review committee to figure out what Newark’s Star-Ledger deemed out-of-control spending. And boy is he sorry now. The review committee has published its report, and it […]

Mormons Vs. Mormons! Who Should God Root For?

The New York Times today covers a fascinating dilemma for the Lord: When BYU, an officially Mormon school, competes against the University of Utah, a mostly-Mormon-but-also-Christian public school, in their annual “Holy War,” is a victory predetermined by the guy upstairs? It’s a sensitive subject:

“Obviously, if you do what’s right on and off the […]

Surprisingly, Colleges See Boost in Early-Decision Applications

By now college admissions officers are used to their schools taking a hit because of the economy. A complete campus power-down? If we must. Fewer TAs and books, and brown lawns? Anything to stay within budget. So you can imagine their surprise when they checked out early-decision stats and actually saw a rise in fall […]

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