Freshman Worried About Being Late For First Class
Posted on Tuesday, August 30th 2011
by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer With classes slated to begin next Monday at Wyoming State University, one first year student is worried that he will be unable to find his 8 am class. Freshman Brian Jackson of Sidney, MT was overheard in the cafeteria earlier today lamenting his predicament. “This campus is so [...]
New Resident Assistant out 6-8 Weeks After Intentional Interactions on Move-In Day
by Jeremy Sly Freelance Writer First-year resident assistant Gerald Thompson, picked by the Associated Press to be the Breslin University RA Rookie of the Year, found himself the victim of an exhausting amount of intentional interactions Monday. The interactions, deemed “brave, but foolhardy” by university officials, has BU’s Housing and Residence Life faculty worried about [...]
Move-in Bingo. Play along!
Posted on Thursday, August 25th 2011
Undergraduate Research Assistant Finally Sharpens Perfect Pencil
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th 2011
by Schubert Lovenkraft Freelance Writer After months of stupefying repetition, undergraduate research assistant Thomas Floyd, 19, emerged from the Nelson Physics Laboratory this afternoon to announce that his faculty supervisor, Dr. Demetri Schulman, had declared his 4,394th sharpened pencil “perfect.” “I’d like the thank the academy,” said a humbled Floyd, “for creating an educational experience [...]
Beloit College Faces Accusations that “Mindset List” Really the Drunken Ravings of Old Man
Posted on Tuesday, August 23rd 2011
by Aloysius St. Bernard Freelance Writer Beloit, Wis. In a statement that surprised many higher education professionals across the country, Beloit College admitted that their popular “Mindset List,” which documents the changing worldviews of entering college freshmen each year, may actually be based on the drunken ravings of Marty McCommons, a well-known regular at Suds [...]
NCAA Opens Chapel Hill Branch Office and 17 New Investigations into UNC
by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer The NCAA announced plans this week to open a branch office in Chapel Hill, NC to better facilitate the 17 new investigations it will launch regarding the UNC football team. This announcement comes on the heels of the firing of UNC head football coach, Butch Davis and the disclosure that [...]
Aspergers Students Hired to Help Coach Millennials in Empathy
Posted on Friday, August 19th 2011
Lake Juanita University has secured a four-year grant to develop an innovative new training program to help students and staff from the Millennial Generation develop stronger empathy skills. “We’ve discovered that our students with Asperger’s syndrome have received special assistance in developing the ability to understand others’ feelings,” said Lake Juanita’s Director of Special [...]
Admissions Recruits Perfect College Freshman
According to national statistics Cal State-Yorba Linda has recruited the best student in the world. “It’s something we strived to do for years,” said Director of Enrollment Jorge Lee. “We’ve come close a few times but my staff really turned on the jets this year and brought home the big prize – Randall Jefferson.” [...]
Scholars and Fans Sought for More Fitting Satire Resource
Posted on Sunday, August 14th 2011
Staff at The Cronk of Higher Education, who are hosting the first-ever National Satire Month celebration, learned quickly after launching their campaign, resources were limited. “We knew we were going to provide a bare-bones wiki of satire resources but when we posted a calendar of notable events and birth dates, we learned that the only [...]
RA Continues Training Camp Hold Out
According to officials at Green Mountain State University, Resident Assistant Chris DeJackson’s training camp hold out continues into its fifth day. DeJackson refuses to return to training camp until his contract is renegotiated to his satisfaction. “I’ve been an RA for one year,” said the junior. “Even though there’s one year in my contract I [...]


