College Unit Seeks Help from Merriam-Webster to Define Mission
by Alan Finch Freelance Writer The Office of Student Affairs at Holbrook College, a small liberal arts college in northeast Wisconsin, is petitioning famed publishers Merriam-Webster for a greatly expanded thesaurus. The office seeks outside assistance after a nearly twelve-month effort to revise its mission statement. The process began last fall when Dean of Students, [...]
For Cost of Lunch Money, Tenured Professor Offers Protection to Administrators
Personal Protection (within campus perimeter only) Date: 2010-03-14, 11:28AM EST Reply to: mailto:job-cronk-8037179008@craigslist.org Are you administrators tired of having your ideas and initiatives shot down because you don’t get any respect? Do you live in fear of being fired for doing the right thing? Sick of job instability because you work on a year-to-year contract? [...]
University Mistakes Riot for Flash Mob
by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Harlan College came under fire this week for not intervening in a riot that occurred after the school’s football team lost to its rival, Wade State University. According to police reports, the riot lasted more than two hours before onlookers realized that what was happening was not planned. “It [...]
South Carolina Football Secedes from NCAA
South Carolina Football Secedes from NCAA Ole Miss, Georgia, Alabama Rumored to Follow South Carolina set off the latest football conference shakeup yesterday, when Coach Steve Spurrier announced the University’s secession from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). “We, the Gamecocks of the University of South Carolina,” began Spurrier, “in this press conference assembled, do [...]
College Bans Rugby, Citing Homoerotic Content
By Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer Fountain Hills College, renowned for publishing the nation’s most extensive student policy handbook, announced this week that it would ban men’s rugby matches. The announcement cited a yet unpublished policy surrounding flagrant public instances of homoeroticism. The policy, one of fifteen new edicts to be announced in September, [...]
Results from Global Tour Guide Study: Every Campus Is Exactly the Same
The world of college admissions was rocked this week when a study of tour guides representing every university in the world revealed that in three key categories, there is absolutely no difference. How is the food at your school? It’s not mom’s cooking, but you can always find something. It’s all about options! Is your [...]
University Staffer Sets Standard for Remarkable Collection
by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer Wahrouda University IT staffer Edgar Calhoun takes his business cards very seriously. On August 31, in an impromptu hallway meeting with Professor of Biochemistry Eli North, Calhoun finally exchanged business cards with the reclusive emeritus professor, giving him a complete set of Wahrouda University business cards. It took just over [...]
GA Forgets Salad Bar, Ruins Diversity Retreat
by Joel Pettigrew Freelance Writer This past weekend saw diversity disaster strike at the annual Vice President’s Diversity Retreat at Great Forest State Park in Colorado. The retreat, sponsored by Two Hills University, was coordinated this year by Alex Grey, a second-year master’s student. The retreat itself was running smoothly until lunch on the second [...]


