by Con Chapman Freelance Writer CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York. Caitlin Morgan has dreamed about attending Wellesley College, her mother’s alma mater, almost as long as she can remember. “Mom took me there when I was a little girl and I just fell in love with the place,” says the high school junior as she enters the [...]

by Con Chapman Freelance Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard University yesterday announced a shift in tactics in its war on fraudulent work by faculty, saying it will allow professors to make stuff up in order to deter them from plagiarism. “Plagiarism is a liability because people sue when you steal from them,” said President Drew Gilpin [...]

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by Con Chapman Freelance Writer ABILENE, Texas. Ryan Simmons is, to all appearances, a slightly scrawny high school senior with no particular athletic ability, but he’s drawing attention from top colleges across the country as recruiting season swings into high gear. “I don’t know what it is,” says Ryan’s mother, Pearl, a municipal employee. “He [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer A newly-built academic building at Piercy College collapsed on Monday evening in what campus officials are calling a “grave misoverestimation of a professional’s skill level.” Matthew Krohn, college president, stood in front of the rubble, shaking his head and stammering. “The person we brought in to lead this construction [...]

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 I.M. Knott-Tawkin Freelance Writer Do you feel helpless over your use of emoticons? Do you find yourself spending more and more time thinking of ways to avoid writing using the traditional alphabet? Does a traditional text message – or even drawing a stick figure to express yourself – seem an overwhelming task? When you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]