As we all settle in for our long winter’s nap, writer Brody Truce designed a word cloud of our site to get a sense of our values. I was a little nervous about what we’d see, but I’m thrilled with the results. If you’re making resolutions or reflecting on why we all do what we [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Amidst the press being given to the now-sprawling Occupy Wallstreet movement since September, a smaller protest has gone relatively unnoticed. Julie Riniker, a librarian at Klingele University, has been locked in the restroom on the fourth floor of the campus library since early October in a protest she calls [...]

Diana Senechal Freelance Writer The Marketability-Mometer® may sound like a mouthful, but at Pecunia College, it has started to influence what comes out of students’ mouths. Developed by Disruptive Innovation, LLC, the Marketability-Mometer gauges an individual’s instantaneous marketability and displays results and trends on a screen. In the college classroom, it allows professors to gauge [...]

by Dana Lancer Freelance Writer Researchers at the U.S. Marine Academy’s civil engineering labs have determined that the designers of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge were not responsible for that structure’s spectacular 1940 collapse.   “It’s those videos,” commented Dr. Ramsey Archer, head of the research team. “Millions of people have seen footage of the [...]

by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer “To promote respect, civic engagement and trustworthiness in our students.” Until last week, these were the tenets of the Eastern Maryland College mission statement. “It was time for something new,” explained EMC president Dr. Gilda Murr. “We’ve been operating under the same mission statement for over four decades.” [...]

by Con Chapman Freelance Writer PRINCETON, New Jersey. Carl Schorz, a professor at Princeton University, was a math prodigy whose intellect was apparent when he was still in diapers. “My mom tells me my dad tossed a Rubik’s Cube into my crib when I was six weeks old,” he recalls with a smile. “As he [...]

by Jeffrey Ross, Parody Poet—with special thanks to The Waking—Theodore Roethke, Real Poet I fake my study, take my learning slow. I dis my grades for this I have no peer. I learn by showing what I do not know. We think by blinking. Have you eaten crow? I fear my grant is shrinking year [...]

by Kara Sumpter Freelance Writer This fall we have experienced unseasonably warm weather, and record breaking highs in the mid-70s have meant a brief return of summer sized clothing. A survey conduct by Spruce & Associates Assessment Team shows that a majority of male students were pleased to see the return of warm weather and [...]

by Alice P. Hawthorne Staff Writer Jewish faculty, staff and students at North State University recently learned via an intercampus memo that Christmas trees, nativity scenes, and photos of Jesus dying for their sins on the cross are all considered “secular seasonal displays” by NSU administrators. In a memo sent Tuesday titled “Deck the Halls [...]

by Con Chapman Freelance Writer KALISPELL, Montana. Joe Diggs, head football coach at Western Montana University, is regularly mentioned when another school wants to turn its team around, and he doesn’t mind the attention. “I love Mountain Goat football,” he says, “but I’d love to coach a BCS team someday.” Last year Diggs led the [...]