Lincoln University recently fashioned a new requirement for its undergraduate students: a physical exam to determine each student’s BMI (body mass index), of course! If one’s BMI is over 30, the university requires the student to take a physical education class before being permitted to graduate! Hey everyone, did you know that academic performance and [...]
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Sorry, You’re Too Fat To Fit Into The Cap And Gown
Posted in Colleges, Education, Health, The End of the World, tagged big news, BMI, Fatists, Lincoln University on 11/19/2009 | 4 Comments »
Posted in Colleges, Education, tagged being mean to private lenders, college loans, Education, fancy book learnin' on 09/18/2009 | Leave a Comment »
HEY THAT’S SOCIALISM! On Thursday, the House voted in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s. The new measure ends subsidies for private lenders, boosts Pell Grants for needy students, and creates a grant program to improve community colleges (among other things, of course). Ousting private lenders [...]
ETS Tries To Help Graduate Students, Fails
Posted in Colleges, Education, tagged edujimication, ETS on 07/10/2009 | 3 Comments »
The Educational Testing Service wanted to help graduate school applicants prove they are more than just a set of standardized test scores by standardizing their personalities, instead. The Personal Potential Index, the new tool developed by ETS unveiled this week, is basically a questionnaire that codifies/distills personality into six traits, on which the applicant is [...]
More Headlines: Trains And Cars Also Racist
Posted in Colleges, Economy, Education, Military, Terrorisms, The End of the World, Traveling to the Foreigns, War, World News, tagged death, Economy, student loans on 06/30/2009 | Leave a Comment »
• A freight train derailed and exploded in Northern Italy, killing at least 12 and injuring 50. [Talking Points Memo]. Oh and a car bomb hits NATO-supplying trucks in Pakistan, killing four. [NY Times] • As the U.S. begins its troop withdrawal from Iraq, the country is expected to start a much-heralded auction of licenses [...]
University of California, Davis, To Screen Pornographic Film In Lecture Hall
Posted in Colleges, tagged film screenings on 04/01/2009 | 1 Comment »
SURE WHY NOT? The student-run Entertainment Council of UC Davis announced via Facebook it will be showing “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge” on Thursday in the chemistry lecture hall. The film has been screening at various college campuses around the nation, including UCLA. A little ‘for your consideration’ action maybe; awards season must be fast approaching. [...]
Civil Disobedience As Yet Unrelated To Inane Chimp Cartoons [UPDATE! 'Revolution' Peters Out; No Demands Met. EPIC FAIL.]
Posted in Colleges, tagged NYU, protests on 02/20/2009 | 2 Comments »
Have you heard about the protesting going on over at the NYU? It’s a bit arbitrary and childish, much like college itself, so who are we to judge? Some students remain barricaded inside the Kimmel Center (the caf) with demands ranging from greater transparency of university finances (good luck with all that) to scholarships for [...]
Black History Month. Never Forget!
Posted in Colleges on 02/19/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Future Leaders of America, college students, have decided to honor Black History Month with a trip down memory lane. A student committee of Albright College in Pennsylvania decided to post signs on water fountains and dining halls for “Whites” and “Colored Only”, so people could see how things used to be (“This is not [...]
