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Philosophers Debate Strippers, Midget Wrestling at Annual Confab

Posted on Friday, March 22nd 2013
Tags: ethics, philosphy, policies, travel
Philosophers Debate Strippers, Midget Wrestling at Annual Confab
by Con Chapman Lifestyles Editor ST. LOUIS, Mo. As the American Philosophical Association’s annual convention wound down following yesterday’s plenary session, professors from around the country took time off from the presentation of academic papers to focus their analytical skills on less weighty matters. “The bus is leaving for midget wrestling in five minutes, people!” [...]

BREAKING: NASPA Conference Canceled after Hotel Starbucks Runs Out of Coffee

Posted on Monday, March 18th 2013
Tags: budget, coffee, ethics, lines, naspa, priorities, starbucks, tpe
BREAKING: NASPA Conference Canceled after Hotel Starbucks Runs Out of Coffee
by Josh Bond On-scene Freelancer The final three days of the 95th annual NASPA conference were cancelled this afternoon after the Starbucks in the conference hotel ran out of coffee. “Given the circumstances, we don’t feel that attendees can achieve an appropriate level of BOLD-ness without caffeine,” said a high ranking anonymous member of the [...]

Graphic: It’s the Last Night of the Conference…

Posted on Thursday, March 7th 2013
Tags: behavior, conference, ethics, romance
Graphic: It’s the Last Night of the Conference…
by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer                       Follow Brody Truce on Twitter @BrodyTruce

Professional Association Arrested for Incest

Posted on Thursday, November 8th 2012
Tags: ethics, inclusiveness, professional organizations
Professional Association Arrested for Incest
Police interrupted a banquet dinner of the Pacific College Educators Colloquium (PCEC) Saturday night to arrest five of the association’s members. According to officials, the arrests followed a two-year investigation of suspected incest. “We received an anonymous call a couple years ago, telling us that PCEC members had exhibited suspicious behavior at their annual convention,” [...]

Medical School to use Cadavers in Halloween Fundraiser

Posted on Monday, October 29th 2012
Tags: admissions, ethics, medical, recruitment, stem
Medical School to use Cadavers in Halloween Fundraiser
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 [...]

Douchebag Returns from Internship with Shockingly Realistic Career Insights

Posted on Wednesday, September 19th 2012
Tags: career, ethics, internship, job, millennials, real world, supervision, work ethic
Douchebag Returns from Internship with Shockingly Realistic Career Insights
  Wallace University business major douchebag Tucker Blake returned last week from a summer-long internship and impressed members of the career services staff with his newfound wisdom and life-awareness. “We had concerns about Tucker’s questionable work ethic and worried he might represent WU poorly in the real world,” said Career Counselor Meghan Hallworth. “As it [...]

Graphic: People Love Me at Conferences…

Posted on Tuesday, July 10th 2012
Tags: behavior, conference, decorum, ethics, etiquette, expectations
Graphic: People Love Me at Conferences…
 

University Enlists Theater Department to Cast Internal Job Searches

Posted on Wednesday, May 23rd 2012
Tags: employment, ethics, law, search
University Enlists Theater Department to Cast Internal Job Searches
Staff at Sunshine State University in Boca Raton have enlisted the help of faculty and students in its Theater Arts Department to cast the roles of candidates for internal job searches. “We were at our wit’s end trying to prove to human resources that we hadn’t rigged searches,” said Matthew Pitt, an administrator in religious [...]

John Edwards, Jack Abramoff Headline College Ethics Tour

Posted on Monday, May 14th 2012
Tags: academic, cheating, ethics, honesty, mba, speakers
John Edwards, Jack Abramoff Headline College Ethics Tour
After the overwhelming success of the University of Texas’s “Ethics Unwrapped” program featuring ex-lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, a world tour is being planned for A-list ethics specialists to extoll wisdom to business and political science students. “Students and faculty at the McCombs School of Business were the perfect test audience for us,” said [...]

Campus Installs Vending Machines to Conveniently Sell Justice

Posted on Wednesday, September 7th 2011
Tags: accountability, ethics, fairness, integrity, privilege
Campus Installs Vending Machines to Conveniently Sell Justice
The Department of Judicial Conduct at Adams & Lee University has invested in vending machines for its student union where students can conveniently buy justice. “We’re a prestigious college,” said André Kerr, director of judicial conduct. “Forcing students to go out of their way to hire lawyers or get their parents involved in negotiating student [...]
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