Obama’s College Pics

In the future, finding out about a president’s college past will be as simple as clicking on their Facebook profile. Fortunately for Barack Obama, old-fashioned film takes a lot longer to come to light than digital scans of last night’s party. Time magazine has found a roll of photos taken of our soon-to-be […]

Students Stand Down After New School Siege

After two weeks of concentrated campus activism and three days laying siege to the Graduate Faculty building in Manhattan, New School students are finally ready to cede back the territory. They won major concessions from New School administrators (including more autonomy for the Student Senate, the creation of a student study space on campus, […]

Student Stand-Off at New School

Whose library is it anyway? More than 100 New School students have taken over the Graduate Faculty building in Manhattan, enraged by plans to demolish the New School library, and irate at New School president Bob Kerrey’s attempt to cling to power despite a faculty vote of no confidence. And by “take over,” […]

New England Ice Storm Buys Applicants Extra Time

Even though some New Englanders are still frozen in from last week’s killer ice storm, local college applicants might be getting a bigger break than the tree branches right about now. So far, the following schools are reporting that they’ve extended their deadlines to accommodate anyone still iced under:

The University of Rochester will extend […]

Northwestern B-School Takes Back Admission Offers

“CONGRATULATIONS!” Anyone who’s ever applied to anything knows–that means it’s time to call your ‘rents, break out the bubbly, and party like you just got accepted to the school of your dreams. But for 50 applicants to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, “congratulations” was quickly followed by, “Ooooops, we f’ed up.”
According […]

College Football, Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Wide-screen not wide enough for you? HD too 2-D? Fox Sports and Sony are teaming up to broadcast the national BCS championship game between the University of Florida and University of Oklahoma in 3D on January 8. Eighty theaters in 35 states will be showing the game in all its virtual 3D […]

Chapman U’s Underwear Fountain Fiasco

Students strippin’ down to their skivvies and frolicking in public–what’s the harm in that? Well, if you’re an innocent fountain in the path of 1,500 Chapman University student’s Undie Run, there’s about $19,000 worth of harm, according to the Los Angeles Times. After sprinting sans pants from Memorial Hall to Plaza Park in Orange, […]

Yale’s Endowment Shrinks

Not to be be outdone by their Cambridge counterpart, Yale University estimated a loss of approximately 25% of their endowment. So instead of $22.9 billion, Yale now only has $17 billion. Despite the loss, however, they’re still the second-wealthiest university in the nation.
Thank goodness. That just saved me from more than a few restless […]

Conservative Student Sues Liberal School

Sure, lots of college students and professors lean toward the liberal side of the political spectrum. Some conservative students respond by debating, while others sue.
William Felkner, a 45-year-old conservative, is suing the Rhode Island College School of Social Work for discriminating against him. This seems outlandish, but given his professors’ commentary — which favors […]

Gross Messages Successful in Promoting Hand Washing

The University of Denver has had it up to here (hand is above head) with icky students not washing their hands after using the bathroom. They tried all kinds of passive-aggressive messages — the threat of illness , the fear of spreading germs — to no avail. But one clean campaign did stick: grossness. DU […]

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