Thank you, sir! May I have another college cliche?

The classic college movie Animal House is part artifact, part rallying cry, and part advertisement for American university way of life. It is also now thirty years old and, considering the state of its liver, about due for a mid-life crisis, at least on the part of administrators:

Perhaps Dean Wormer has given way to Dean […]

Princeton Simulates Poverty in “Realville”

What better way to understand poverty than by playing pretend?
Last year, Princeton ran a month-long simulation called “Realville.” Participants were assigned families and budgets — and even given paper money! Starting tomorrow, you can follow Realville: The Sequel.
Maybe this is a good idea. After all, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote Nickel and Dimed — a super […]

College Ushers In Digital Age; Stops Giving Out Email

Wow, I feel old. The New York Times reports that Boston College will not give out school e-mail addresses to newly-enrolled students, since so many students are showing up to school with their own pre-existing digital addresses. But don’t worry, incoming BC freshmen–your dreams of a university account of your very own aren’t completely dashed. […]

Sorority Girls + Lauren Conrad = Love

Sorority girls take a lot of flak. They’re labeled superficial, spoiled and vain (and that’s being nice). Lauren Conrad is hoping to add one more label to the sorority girls’ repertoire: hers. New York Magazine’s The Cut reports that LC made the last stop on her national college tour in Boston last weekend. Three hundred […]

Harvard Defeats Harvard Jeans in Court

As the Andy Bernards of the world will tell you, if you didn’t go to a school, you shouldn’t tread on its good name. A court ruled that a Philippines-based manufacturing company breached Harvard University’s copyright by using the school’s name in a logo for its jeans. The Fredco Manufacturing Corporation appealed the judge’s decision […]

Redhead Co-Eds Have More Fun

Move over, Blondie. According to a new poll of 10,000 college students from OKCupid, ladies with red hair are more willing to take risks in pursuit of a good time than their blonde, brunette, and raven-haired classmates. Nearly 24 percent report posting sexy photos or videos online, and the findings say they’re 6 […]

Gossip Gang Does it Co-Ed Style

Last night’s “New Haven Can Wait” Gossip Girl followed S, B and their band of Gossip guys as they wrecked havoc and broke hearts at Yale University. Well, kinda. The show took place at the Connecticut Ivy but was actually filmed at Columbia University. But let’s fuhgeddaboudit and move onto the juicy details.
It’s been Blair’s […]

Beer and Beards: Almost Homophones!

When James de Brueys told his friends at LSU that he wanted to fly to Anchorage, Alaska to participate in the World Beard and Moustache Championships next May, they probably said: “James, you’re only a junior in college with arguably puny facial hair and you don’t stand much of a chance against the giant, grizzly-like […]

Microsoft Brings the Future to Colleges

Costs of everything from bean bags to book bags are skyrocketing. So where to look if you want to distract yourself from the downward-spiraling economy? The future, of course! Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s new chief long-term strategist, kicked off his five college tour yesterday at Princeton University. Mundie tells The Daily Princetonian the goal of […]

Endangered Croc Found Slain Near University of Miami

The circle of life, it ain’t. As reported by The Miami Herald an American crocodile carcass was found floating in a canal near the University of Miami campus. Fishing chum was also found in the water, leading authorities to believe that the reptile was lured to the edge before having its head and tail chopped […]

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