MITh-Busted
MIT has had it with being called “nerds.” According to the Boston Globe, three MIT students made this video to prove they can actually put aside their graphing calculators and NASA-grade model rockets long enough have artistic, athletic sides, too.
But why should they? Nerds are awesome! Nerds can do difficult […]
Congratulations, You(Tube)’ve Been Accepted!
Prediction: In 50 years, kids will no longer have to apply to colleges. Instead, they’ll take their brightest and shiningest moments, post them on YouTube/Facebook/MySpace, and wait for colleges to apply to THEM. For high school sophomore April Carson, that future is now, thanks to a YouTube video her father posted of the […]
Big Number Found at UCLA
And no, it doesn’t have anything to do with Rick Neuheisel’s helicopter budget (zing!?). According to the AP, researchers at UCLA (with the help of 75 computers) have discovered the largest prime number ever, which clocks in at an impressive 13 million digits. They’ll receive $100,000 from the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Cooperative Computing […]
DYE: “We get a lot of no’s, but you only need one YES.”
The Dartmouth Yale Enthusiasts: “We are dedicated to the proposition that it’s never too late to get into Yale.”
As long as you don’t get hijacked by those potheads from Brown…
(Source: Ivygate)
Luke Russert Writes a Check UVA Can’t Cash
In an on-air segment on this morning’s Today Show about undecided college voters, Luke Russert spent two minutes on the University of Virginia campus being fair and balanced, interviewing both Obama fans and McCainiacs. Then, in a follow-up interview with Matt Lauer, Russert blew it by saying, “The smartest kids in the state go […]
Hermione Does Harvard
Apparently the ivy is always greener on the other side of the pond. British actress Emma Watson is applying to colleges in the states! This could be because our boys have better teeth and our football comes with tailgating — or because at this point Oxford or Cambridge would give her flashbacks to the set […]
Finally, a Dorm-Room Pot Bust with a Happy Ending
Congratulations, Colorado University-Boulder sophomore Edward Nicholson. Like so many before you, your stash of marijuana got sniffed out by campus security. However, like pretty much no college student ever before, you are now walking out of the courthouse a free man…and you even GOT YOUR GIANT BAG OF POT BACK.
WTF? you might […]
College-Bound Boys Have Feelings Too!
Heading off to college means having to buy your own beer, having to pay for your own cable, and wrestling with the pros and cons of doing laundry with fabric softener (pro: so snuggly! con: so expensive!) Surprisingly, researchers discover, this process is traumatic for young men as well as young women, though you might […]
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 […]
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 […]