As stories of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino’s sex and extortion scandal gain momentum, Pitino has employed a rare voodoo enchantment that entices watchers to focus on his greasy pompadour instead of the allegations of sexual assault, abortion and extortion. “Do not stare directly into the hair,” advises a hexologist once employed as a [...]

Beckee Miller and Genevieve Manners, sophomores from Fort Myers State College, were honored in a dramatic ceremony in Cancun, Mexico for their diplomatic activities last March. Following a year in which news reported heavily on North American economic crises and immigration controversies, Mexico and the United States sought everyday heroes to honor for their ability [...]

University of Washington State University Description UWSU seeks an enthusiastic, motivated individual to attend lots and lots of meetings and work late hours. We really need to improve our retention numbers – particularly with our students from historically underrepresented populations. If you can help us do that, we’d be surprised and pleased, and we will [...]

Mike Hozman, the technical wonderboy who annoyed all of his professors last year in college is now the most popular student in the faculty’s revisionist history. CronkNews reporters recorded the following instructor comments: Last Year: “Mike is the most irritating student I’ve ever met. I can’t stand him.” “He’s arrogant and disruptive in class, and [...]

Funded by a grant from Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, scientists from Harvard and MIT are looking more closely at the oft-theorized “FERPA Loophole.” Mathematical theorists have studied knot formations in space and nature, but not yet in higher education law. “We’re pioneers in taking on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to uncover its [...]

The Women’s Center staff at Adams & Lee University have issued a memo to other feminist organizations throughout the country asking for a boycott of educational programs involving the Baby Safe Haven movement. “We feel completely duped,” said Women’s Center director Lynn Mariana. “The Baby Save Haven organization does incredible work, saving the lives of [...]

Trina Thompson made headlines this week when she sued her alma mater Monroe College in NY because she has been unemployed since graduation. According to CNN, Thompson said the “Office of Career Advancement did not help me with a full-time job placement. I am also suing them because of the stress I have been going [...]

As UCLA’s Undie Run, the seven-year tradition of stripping down and sprinting in bras and tighty whities, comes to an end, students are crying foul. “Colleges keep saying that students are adults, but they don’t treat us that way,” said one student leader. “We just want to run around in our underwear like real grown-ups. [...]

In a new opinion piece published in the Journal of College Administration, psychologist Neil Banner expressed serious concern about college staff who use personality inventories such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to label themselves as incapable of doing necessary work tasks. “Personality typing was designed to help professionals learn about themselves in relation to [...]

University food service personnel have asked for an amendment to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to include food allergies as an official learning disability. Margot Eckers, director of cafeteria services at St. Libertine College, is a proponent of the amendment. “Some students with allergies are fine, but we deal with dozens who seem [...]