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 Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer College mascots, generally universally adored, came under fire this week after lewd photos of Timmy the Tioga Timberwolf surfaced. Typically found energizing fans at Tioga Christian College sporting events, Timmy’s recent weekend excursion found him at the East Coast Fetish Convention. In a series of photos released Monday [...]

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 [...]

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 Last night, the Penn State Board of Trustees voted to oust President Graham Spanier from his post, replacing him with Executive Vice President and Provost of the University, Rodney Erickson.  While Twitter and Facebook bubbled with speculation about what the change in leadership would mean for Penn State, [...]

“There’s still a long semester to play out,” said Tamara Brady after Professor DeLeon’s first major exam in Viking History. Honors student Brady was expected to ace the test but received a C+. “Tam’s performance was a shocker, and the exam was admittedly so difficult that no student scored an A, but I was more [...]

by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer The NCAA announced plans this week to open a branch office in Chapel Hill, NC to better facilitate the 17 new investigations it will launch regarding the UNC football team. This announcement comes on the heels of the firing of UNC head football coach, Butch Davis and the disclosure that [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer After years of debate regarding the effectiveness of the current BCS tournament bowl system for college football, the organization has finally found compelling evidence not to change over to a traditional playoff model. “For years we’ve been pressured to align our football championship with the NCAA men’s and women’s [...]

Matthew Michael Freelance Writer Junetown College (FL) has fired their social science department head, Bryce Pearlman, after a disastrous 47 point loss in the school’s first appearance in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. In a statement released on Tuesday, Jim Pearlman, Bryce’s older brother and Junetown’s athletics director, said violations of university policies had led [...]