Student Activists Wage Haiti v. Chile Throwdown
Posted on Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
Tags: activism, college, community service, competition, philanthropy, service learning, student, throwdown
Tags: activism, college, community service, competition, philanthropy, service learning, student, throwdown
by Irma Voigt Staff Writer Seven student leaders were arrested Saturday night after a brawl in uptown Maumee, Ohio over competing philanthropic events for earthquake relief in both Haiti and Chile. “We were at Founders’ Gate. We even reserved it through the Union scheduling lady,” said Ashley Orza, president of the Community Activists Club, a [...]
CronkNews Concedes Defeat in Twitter Competition with Ashton Kutcher
Posted on Sunday, November 22nd 2009
Tags: ashton, competition, cronknews, defeat, followers, kutcher, leah, outcome, twitter, wescott
Tags: ashton, competition, cronknews, defeat, followers, kutcher, leah, outcome, twitter, wescott
Leah Wescott, Editor-in-Chief of the new satirical blog the Cronk of Higher Education held a press conference Saturday to offer congratulations to Ashton Kutcher following a 2-month-long Twitter competition. As photographers snapped pictures, Wescott let her emotions show. Wiping a tear, she set aside her written script. “We’re just a bunch of hacks, trying to [...]
Latest Stats in CronkNews v. Kutcher Twitter Showdown
Posted on Saturday, September 19th 2009
Tags: ashton kutcher, challenge, college news, competition, cronk, cronknews, facebook, followers, social networking, twitter
Tags: ashton kutcher, challenge, college news, competition, cronk, cronknews, facebook, followers, social networking, twitter
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 [...]
CronkNews\’s Wescott Challenges Ashton Kutcher to Twitter Throwdown
Posted on Thursday, September 17th 2009
Tags: ashton kutcher, college, competition, followers, higher ed, higher education, tweets, twitter
Tags: ashton kutcher, college, competition, followers, higher ed, higher education, tweets, twitter
by Leah Wescott Editor-in-Chief Op Ed When CronkNews went to press this week, Ashton Kutcher had 3,548,800 Twitter Followers and CronkNews had 39. Unacceptable, staffers! Our media team is working its butts off to build readership for our beloved satirical rag, but our Twitter numbers look like s**t. Don’t get me started on our 8 [...]
College Student Fails in Attempt to Set World of Warcraft Record, but Inadvertently Wins Greasiest Hair Award
Posted on Tuesday, September 15th 2009
Tags: college, competition, contest, game design, gamer, gaming, major, marathon, video games, world of warcraft, wow
Tags: college, competition, contest, game design, gamer, gaming, major, marathon, video games, world of warcraft, wow
Richie Michanel, a sophomore from Grover Cleveland Tech in Michigan, set out last week to set the American record for the number of consecutive hours spent playing the popular computer game World of Warcraft (WoW). While he fell asleep after forty-two hours of continuous play – well short of the record, Michanel didn’t realize his [...]


