CronkNews.com has challenged its staff, through manipulation, threats and temper tantrums, to improve social networking. The goal: to attract 100 Twitter followers before Ashton Kutcher recruits 4 million. Results so far: 09/17/09 Competition Start Date ____________ 09/19/09 Latest Tally _________ Kutcher Followers 3,548,800 3,621,866 CronkNews Followers 39 47 Kutcher seems to be underachieving, with his [...]

Emma Watson, the brainy class-act of Harry Potter noteriety, enrolled at Brown University this month, ending a year-long battle between Ivy League admissions departments. Conversely, we asked college people from around the country whom they would avoid like H1N1, and we received these results: “Lindsay Lohan. Our department is already understaffed.” -Director of Counseling Services, [...]

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Higher Ed Tech Conference 2010: Networking for a Better Tomorrow February 29, 2010, Maui, Hawaii Do you spend most of your office time online? Are you surrounded by technophobes at work? Do you need to work on your tan? We have the conference for you! Pre-Conference Program: “How to Look Like You’re Doing Work When [...]

History The Cronk of Higher Education (CronkNews.com) is an online faux-magazine founded by editor-in-chief Leah Wescott in June 2009 to provide critical and satirical analysis of the current events and daily routines at colleges and universities. Senior writers Brody Truce and Irma Pelt joined the CronkNews staff several months after its founding, and a host [...]