by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer Student affairs staff at Danberry Quaker College in Plymouth Meeting, PA scrapped their freshman orientation plan this week after a revelation from Jesus Christ stating that he was “disappointed” in the college’s orientation theme. The revelation occurred during the weekly all-college Quaker prayer meeting, in which faculty and staff [...]

by Lawrence Butzen and Bitsy Carmichael Freelance Writers Turns Out Honesty May Be the Best Policy New students and their families were astonished at their experience during Lave College’s summer orientation program. While most schools spend their time following best practices and seeking a “standard of perfection” in their programs, Lave’s approach to customer service [...]

2010 marked a dramatic change in men’s skating fashion, as sequins and sparkly unitards took center stage at the Vancouver Olympics. Fashion-forward skaters like Johnny Weir have changed the face of bling-sewn spandex. Costumes bedazzled from head to toe are now the minimum expectation for skaters competing at the highest level. Unfortunately, the change has [...]

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Greg Ellison made a fool of himself by acting too cool at his freshman orientation at Meadowlands Community College last week. “We couldn’t believe he was such an a—–e,” said Greg’s orientation leader Debbie Wantanoh.” He muttered under his breath and acted like a jerk when we made him to join hands in our human [...]

For the first time in the 72 years that the National College Measuring Service (NCMS) has been assessing the factors impacting college student success, God comes in second. NCMS analyst Joseph Monk was shocked. “It’s always been a close race between freshman orientation and God, but since we made it through the 1960s with God [...]

Following the lead of the NCAA, six universities are requiring that their freshmen return the complimentary magnets given to them by their campus security offices at orientation. “We applaud the NCAA for taking back Florida State’s trophies because some of the FSU student athletes were involved in academic dishonesty,” said Marjorie Kapp, Penn State-Butler’s assistant [...]