by Con Chapman Lifestyles Editor KALISPELL, Montana. The pressure on colleges to achieve gender equity in the so-called “STEM” fields of science, technology, engineering and math is increasing, and no one feels it more than men like Professor William Orosin. “I became chair of the Mathematics Department just as the issue was coming to a [...]

by Diana Senechal While schools nationwide have been gearing up for the daunting task of making all students “college and career ready,” a consortium of colleges and universities has proposed an innovative solution: make the colleges student-ready instead. “When you’ve got a college, and even one child does not get into that college, you’ve got [...]

by Yremia Johnson Freelance Writer In an effort to make STEM disciplines more accessible to the ignorant and superstitious, the Knees and Toes Medical Academy will join forces with the Animatronic Innovators Inc. to robotize cadavers that will make aggressive gesture towards visitors to the first annual Haunted Medical School. Serious ethical questions have been [...]

Violet Sungard set a new record for high school graduates by attending orientation programs at 27 different colleges. “I just want to make sure I find the perfect fit,” said Sungard. “I don’t want to have to deal with anything unexpected during the years when I’m finding myself.” As other students pack their bags for [...]

  According to national statistics Cal State-Yorba Linda has recruited the best student in the world. “It’s something we strived to do for years,” said Director of Enrollment Jorge Lee. “We’ve come close a few times but my staff really turned on the jets this year and brought home the big prize – Randall Jefferson.” [...]

by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer Faculty in the Southeast Dakota State University Golf Management Program have seen a three hundred percent increase in size of their incoming freshman class, and they cite one cause for the unexpected enrollment growth: the Tiger Woods scandal. “We just want to produce good golf professionals,” said Dr. Richard Huffman, [...]

The world of college admissions was rocked this week when a study of tour guides representing every university in the world revealed that in three key categories, there is absolutely no difference. How is the food at your school? It’s not mom’s cooking, but you can always find something. It’s all about options! Is your [...]

by Alan Finch Freelance Writer Administrators at Wallace College are making headlines with a recent decision allowing parents to enroll in place of their children. The new registration status, defined as “Proxy” by the college, was approved last night by Wallace president Dr. Sheila Jefferson. Believed to be the first of its type in the [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer A California university is attempting to counter its reputation with students as “boring” and “no fun” by encouraging beer drinking by students on campus. Whitson State University’s president is the newest member of the Amethyst Intitiative, a group of college CEOs lobbying to lower the drinking age. Whitson State’s new [...]

by Dash Phillips Freelance Writer Community-action group Union of Grayson Humanists (UGH) staged a protest recently outside of the gates of Grayson College after a staff member leaked the college’s rather curious admission criteria. For years, Grayson College has been on the top ten lists in Playboy and Seventeen magazines for having America’s best looking [...]