by Diana Senechal Freelance Writer When Sam Spivender, CEO of Temporarium University Library, noticed that no students collaborated in the new ten million dollar Collaborative Learning Center, he did what any rational library CEO would do: hired twenty collaborative cheerleaders, one for each collaborative pod, at a rate of fifteen hundred dollars per cheerleader per [...]

As new information is revealed daily about the scandal at Penn State, questions have been raised at other institutions about how much power campus authorities actually hold. The Journal of College Administration has released 2010 data from their extensive study of power at different types of institutions. We have printed two particularly compelling charts below. [...]

by John Dolphin Sports Writer KENSINGTON, Pa. – Police, college officials and the NCAA are investigating an unexpected act of mob violence following Kensington State University’s Saturday football game. In a last-minute comeback, the KSU Eagles football team squeaked past the Saint Hubert Terriers, delighting the home crowd and inspiring one fan to storm the [...]

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by Con Chapman Freelance Writer BOSTON, Mass. Charged by his bosses with drawing more viewers to Channel 2, the Boston public television outlet that gave birth to such favorites as Julia Child’s “The French Chef,” Jeremy Korg found himself with a case of producer’s block. “I would sit on the couch, channel-surfing back and forth [...]

by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer With fall semester more than halfway over, college students across the country look forward to Thanksgiving break. “It’ll be nice to sleep in for a few days—my 8 a.m. classes are kicking my butt,” explained Jacob Morrow, a first-year student at Eastern Maryland College. “I’m looking forward to [...]

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by Salinas Chick and Cynewulf Allworthy Freelance Writers In celebration of National Satire Month, we’re excited to introduce the title character of the upcoming novel College Leadership in Crisis: The Philip Dolly Affair.  Dr. Philip Dolly, President of Southeastern Copperfield Community College in Hamilton City, Northern New Mexico, has ordered a stoppage of all instructional [...]

  Assistant Professor of Interpersonal Communication Gwyndolyn Hulse made a profound statement this morning, announcing to the world that passive-aggressive communication is unproductive and divisive. Via her Facebook wall, Hulse said, “Someone – and they know who they are – needs to learn how to quit making faces at me in staff meetings.” According to [...]

Just in time for the release of Harry Potter… by Dana Lancer Freelance Writer The University of Nostradamus Agronomy Laboratories have issued a statement admitting as “ill-advised” their release into the wild of an invasive, highly prolific plant that can consume the flesh of any animal, humans included. The plant, prunus packerensis carnrivorus tuberosa, has [...]