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No thesis required. You've gotta love this master's program.

Lucky You! You’ve Been Selected for the CronkNews Grad Assistantship!

Our adorable intern is still in a coma, and it will take an army of grad assistants to fill her shoes. Why not you? Just like grad school, you don’t have to take as many classes, but the level of rigor increases.

While we can’t quite cover your tuition costs, the head writing team is willing to reward your extraordinary efforts with some of their most prized belongings for your collection. Missions at the master’s level won’t be easy, but with tremendous passion, you can earn all the credits you need.

Level 4 Prizes

Earn 12,000 credits in the Level 4 missions and you’ll have your choice of the following options:

  • Have your name mentioned in a CronkNews.com story
  • Official Irma Pelt Challenge & Support Hose
  • Brody Truce necktie
  • Coffee mug with Leah Wescott’s lipstick print

Mission Proof Credits
Host a book club using Required Reading Send pictures from event 4000
Make your own Required Reading t-shirt Picture of you wearing it (preferably outside your office so we can see your name tag). 4000
Dress up as your favorite senior writer/editor and take a picture. Post picture to Twitter or CronkNews Facebook page. Send link or screen shot to CronkNews.com 4000
Place a sign in your favorite bookstore on the humor shelf promoting Required Reading with the link to CronkNews.com
 Picture proof. 4000
Have another idea? Submit it for an independent study.
Get yourself 12,000 credits and send your a summary transcript (also known as an email) to CronkNews@gmail.com for an audit. If you’ve done all your required work, you can wear one of those fancy hood thingies at your commencement.

It’s PhD time! Advance to Level 5 to earn your Cronktorate.

Rulesy Stuff

This game is offered for fun. We rely on faithful readers and want to reward them their networking assistance. We’ll rely on participants to follow the rules and to use their conscience, common sense and the honor system to guide their practice. Please play in good faith so we can keep the game open as long as possible. We reserve the right to end the game at any time if we have evidence of funny business that is not funny ha ha.We are open to additional prize ideas or creative mission suggestions, so you may see the game descriptions grow and improve as the game progresses. We may also add rule clarifications or other details – in order to clarify, not to penalize players or prevent their success. Prizes are open to all participants unless budget horrors or exceptional circumstances prevent the administrators from fulfilling their good-faith offers.