by Riley Murray Freelance Writer While the ACT college entrance exam begins to edge past the SAT in the test taking market, a very different type of test is gaining momentum among the high school set. The use of pregnancy tests has increased three-fold among high school seniors over the past five years. Upon deeper [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer The widely anticipated release of the Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs by the National Research Council on September 28 has raised the dander of higher education administrators across the country, with one going so far as to threaten to “kick the ass” of committee members should he ever meet any [...]

by Hannah Q. Scott Freelance Writer This week in Student Affairs: Elenchus University is trying a new tactic in hiring a director of residence life. Elenchus U is planning a full nationwide search instead of naming an interim director that will eventually become permanent. “We just couldn’t continue to populate the upper echelons of student [...]

By Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer For nearly ten years, a bronze statue of Joe Paterno has graced the entrance to Penn State University’s Beaver Stadium. The statue has received considerable attention since it was erected, including a scandal involving the theft of the statue’s signature glasses last year. But this year, the statue [...]

by Erica Price Freelance Writer Public indecency charges were brought against Sandusky University student Thomas Spade this morning G. Hank Farley, Chief of Public Safety at SU, provided details of the charges at the Division of Student Affairs leadership retreat. “We’ve had several reports of suspicious loitering in the woods adjacent to Dietrich Hall. After [...]

“Other universities claim to respond to student satisfaction feedback, but let’s be honest,” said Wyatt Behran, the new president of Spa University at the institution’s groundbreaking ceremony last fall. “The number one comment college students make about their experience is ‘I wish I could do all the college stuff but not have to go to [...]

by Evan Brews Freelance Writer Students living on campus at South Festoon University are growing concerned with a sharp increase in write-ups stemming from what they deem to be absurd reasons. Returning student Kimberly Anatole reported that she was written up for littering within the first few days of move-in. Anatole stated that she was [...]

By Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer This week, the International Association of College Librarians (IACL), voted unanimously to reinstate the long-denounced practice of book burning after Lauren Conrad announced the release of her third L.A. Candy Novel, Sugar and Spice. “A friend gave me Conrad’s second novel, Sweet Little Lies, to read at the beach [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer In the latest move designed to minimize the potential for confrontation between faculty/administration and the staff that work for them, the University of El Dorado Office of the President announced Tuesday that they will institute a new system-wide personnel policy that borrows liberally from the Indian caste system. Beginning September [...]

by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer Faculty in the Southeast Dakota State University Golf Management Program have seen a three hundred percent increase in size of their incoming freshman class, and they cite one cause for the unexpected enrollment growth: the Tiger Woods scandal. “We just want to produce good golf professionals,” said Dr. Richard Huffman, [...]