Apparently, college kids lack taste when it comes to magazines, clothing, and pretty much everything else, according to Gawker and Ad Age. The post on Gawker notes that: Is it possible that college students—rather than being our nation’s elite—are just unsophisticated dolts, like the rest of America? According to a new survey, college kids’ favorite […]
Ryan Pfister’s done it again. His colloquial columns in the Collegian really resonate with me. This week’s column I found particularly interesting, especially in light of the current economic situation. Pfister distills the economy and the rise of coupons with a certain verve. The stock market’s tanked. Consumer spending is down. People are getting laid […]
We cannot tell for sure how much the Collegian writer exaggerated in the lede of today’s article about Delta Theta Sigma’s upcoming hunting season. For members of the Delta Theta Sigma fraternity, today is not only an enjoyable holiday, but a matter of survival. But, nonetheless, we were fascinated by it. Yesterday we reported that […]
Each year, Coldwell Banker ranks the affordability of towns that have major colleges. Stanford University and the University of Akron are each frontrunners on different spectrums of the home price ranking, holding titles of the most expensive and most affordable college towns, respectively. An average home in Palo Alto, Calif., costs approximately $1.74 million while […]
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Big Ten Rhodes Scholars Mr. Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed (Michigan) Ms. Anna Yermakova (Northwestern) Ms. Ashley L. Nord (Minnesota) Ms. Mallory A. Dwinal (Northwestern) Highlights of their bios after the jump. Find out more information about Rhodes Scholars here. All information taken from Rhodes Trust press releases.
Sometimes the grey lady can be so cruel. In a recent article, based upon the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual survey of college President compensation levels, the author neglected to mention that our own President Spanier recently announced a commitment to donate $700,000 to Penn State. The story was reported on Penn State Live and […]