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Students Elated by Announcement of “Real” Commencement Speaker

Posted on Thursday, July 9th 2009
Tags: alex rodriguez, arod, celebrity, college, college humor, comedy, commencement, funny, graduation, higher education, humor, mel gibson, speakers, speech, university
Students Elated by Announcement of “Real” Commencement Speaker
After years of scientific dignitaries and social change agents, students at St. Rutherford’s College (SRC) in Hillmont, IL celebrated the announcement this week that its administration would commit to better commencement speakers. In a press conference Tuesday, St. Rutherford’s president, Catherine O’Hanahan announced, “Starting in May, 2010, we will welcome only stand-up comedians and popular [...]

Universities Sanctioned by NCAA for Replacing Racist Masots with Stupid Alternatives.

Posted on Thursday, July 9th 2009
Tags: chiefs, college athletics, college humor, comedy, diversity, indian, mascots, multicultural, NCAA, PC Police Log, political correctness, racism, redskins, satire, social justice, spoof
Universities Sanctioned by NCAA for Replacing Racist Masots with Stupid Alternatives.
After several years of warnings, the NCAA has taken action against colleges that replaced culturally insensitive college mascots with what have been deemed “idiotic replacements” by the impatient athletics organization. The first institution slapped with a reprimand was Shippensburg University in rural PA, which made the decision to change its “Red Raider” mascot from an [...]

Students shocked to learn that professors have visual capabilities in the classroom

Posted on Thursday, July 9th 2009
Tags: chronicle, classroom climate, college, college humor, comedy, faculty, generation y, higher education, millennial, professors, satire, students, teachers, university
Students shocked to learn that professors have visual capabilities in the classroom
“It’s weird,” admitted LSU junior Jason Rammaport this week when it was revealed that his teachers could see him in their classrooms. “I honestly didn’t know,” he said. Many students shared Jason’s shock this week when final grades were released and not all students received perfect scores for class participation. “When I emailed my teacher about [...]

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