by Henry Johansen III Freelance Writer Hailed by the executive administration as one of the best examples of cross-departmental staff collaboration, the University of Los Angeles staff association has been given unprecedented power to select the pastries and coffee at its own bi-monthly meetings. “This is a long time coming,” says association president Linda Halter. [...]

by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer The Cronk of Higher Education is sad to report that Adam Alex Michaelson and June Andrea Michaels have announced their breakup. The couple met last Saturday morning at the ACUHO-I conference registration table. “It was a fairytale meeting,” said Stacy Oliver, a volunteer who was working at the [...]

Technology experts at the Galveston Institute of Technology (GIT) have made significant advances in the search for empirical proof of true love. In collaboration with GIT’s department of interpersonal psychology, the following data will be published soon in Emotiscience Monthly. According to Dr. Guillermo Ovechkin, “While we haven’t found evidence of true love, we have [...]

by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer This year’s ACUHO-I Conference in Austin, Texas has been a powerhouse of impressive presentations. Of note was Teri Bump’s “Hip and Sage” presentation about networking and personal branding. One participant, Laci Dibler, took Teri’s presentation to heart. Literally. “I was just so inspired by Ms. Bump’s presentation about personal [...]

by Sonya Reinhardt Freelance Writer When Josie Graff filled out her roommate preferences form to live in the dorms at Granada State University, she checked the “as close as possible” box next to “Parent Accommodations.” This fall, the 18-year old incoming psychology major will enroll as an on-campus resident, and so will her parents. Housed [...]

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by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer In his six years at the Terra Nova University, Professor of Sociology Phil Dunston has twice been voted professor of the year by his students. His 2008 book on the sociological aspects of youth football among the children of Pennsylvania coal miners, Blocking the Mine, is in its third printing. [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Staff at Saperstein College are experiencing a professional existential crisis after a series of events has caused raised questions about their influence on campus. “I’m like everyone else in student affairs,” said Megan Haddad, coordinator of student leadership programs. “I believed that the university couldn’t function without me.” Due [...]

Adams & Lee University has reinvented the work study job. In response to government pressure to address concerns that need-based student work study funds have not been used, the university tapped its creativity. “Our students are better than the cafeteria jobs they’ve been offered, and they know it,” said financial aid director Lamar Whardon. “They [...]

by Dash Phillips Freelance Writer Community-action group Union of Grayson Humanists (UGH) staged a protest recently outside of the gates of Grayson College after a staff member leaked the college’s rather curious admission criteria. For years, Grayson College has been on the top ten lists in Playboy and Seventeen magazines for having America’s best looking [...]