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  1. potus
    Obama Is Sorry You’re Stuck at Home ‘Playing Board Games or Watching Tiger King’Watch his commencement speech for the class of 2020.
    By Devon Ivie
  2. coronavirus
    The Professor Teaching to One Lone Pinocchio DollUNC law school professor John V. Orth’s pre-recorded lectures went viral on Twitter earlier this week.
    By Brian Feldman
  3. higher education
    If Not Snapchat, What? A Guide to Stanford’s Non-Tech FiefdomsStanford is known for producing the tech industry’s elite class. But it’s also a good place for becoming a Master of the Universe in other arenas.
    By Andrew Granato
  4. the economy
    The Fastest Growing Jobs in America Don’t Require a College DegreeExpanding access to higher education can’t revive the middle class. Only increasing the bargaining power of service-sector workers can.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. technology
    A Cynic’s Guide to Killing It at StanfordMany of the 1,700 freshmen arriving in Palo Alto this September didn’t come for the Romantic poetry but to network, raise capital, and drop out.
    By Max Read
  6. education
    Robert Smith’s Morehouse Gift Is More Generous Than His VisionThe billionaire’s donation of $40 million to pay off the debt of Morehouse grads was a noble act of charity. But charity is not justice.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. education
    Fed Up With Liberal Academia, Conservatives Call for Their Own Safe SpaceRather than being a refuge for scholars, the secular right-wing ivory tower envisioned by researchers would restrict academic freedom in its own way.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. the law
    Harvard Admissions Trial Won’t End Affirmative Action – But That’s the End GoalBy taking up the cause of a small group of Asian-Americans, conservatives hope to give the Supreme Court a chance to end a historic civil-rights tool.
    By Cristian Farias
  9. This Democratic Senator Has a Plan to Make College Debt-Free for AllIf Brian Schatz’s vision is fully implemented, every American would have the option of pursuing a college degree without going into debt.
    By Eric Levitz
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    College Student Wears Christmas-Tree Costume to Class After Losing Twitter BetShe asked for 1,000 retweets. So far she’s gotten 23,000 and counting.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    This Week’s Best Twitter Is People Pretending to Flunk Midterms for Viral FameWhich Taiwan Jones is the rightful, midterm-failing Taiwan Jones?
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    The Future of College Is Facebook Meme GroupsWhat memes, teens, and the invasion of Martin Shkreli say about the modern college student.
    By Paris Martineau
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    College Student Busted Renting Out Dorm on AirbnbA steal at $85 bucks a night.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    University Sends Snapchat Messages to Tell Kids They’ve Been AcceptedAccepted students will also still receive the traditional snail-mail letter.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  15. college days
    Following Controversy, Hampshire College Is Done With FlagsOfficials on one campus in Massachusetts decided flying the American flag is more trouble than it’s worth.
    By Charley Lanyon
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    Genius Teen Venmo’d $400 After Holding Up ‘Student Debt Sucks’ Sign on MSNBCAlbert Wu is an 18-year-old student at Washington University in St. Louis, which is hosting the second presidential debate tonight.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    College Student Printed Out Her Roommate’s Subtweets and Posted Them in the DormShe printed out every subtweet and posted them on a bulletin board.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  18. Graduate Students Can Form Unions Now. That’s a Big Deal.The move is a boon to a labor movement that desperately needs to make inroads among white-collar workers.
    By Eric Levitz
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    College Gossip App You Forgot About Ditches AnonymityYik Yak is pivoting, but will it bring users back?
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Ohio College Installs 24-Hour Pizza ATM So Everyone Can Know You VapeSeems useful enough. If you can’t, you know, order a real pie.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  21. Mom Sends Selfie From Daughter’s Dorm Bed, Discovers She’s in the Wrong BedMooooooom. Noooooo.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  22. Donald Trump’s Son Says ‘Waterboarding Happens on College Campuses Every Day’Maybe Trump thinks “waterboarding” is a synonym for heavy drinking.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. Conservative Alumni Want to Make Harvard the Cheapest College in the CountryFour conservative Harvard alumni — and Ralph Nader — are pushing to end tuition at Harvard. And affirmative action.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Claremont McKenna Dean Resigns Amid Student Protests, Hunger StrikesAn allegedly insensitive email led students to call for Mary Spellman’s ouster.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. dads
    Talking About Malia Going to College Turns Obama Into a ‘Crybaby’They grow up so fast.
    By Jaime Fuller
  26. the national interest
    How Republicans Learned to Love CollegesAll it took was Obama trying to reform student loans.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. Quinnipiac President Encourages Student Party“I love you all! Have a great weekend,” he shouts to the raucous group of drunken students.
    By Jessica Roy
  28. Students Protest American Sniper Showing“The movie ‘American Sniper’ not only tolerates but promotes anti-Muslim and anti-MENA rhetoric.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  29. police brutality
    Bloody Arrest of Black UVA Student Sparks Protest Over Police BrutalityVirginia’s governor has ordered an investigation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. college
    Penn State Suspends Frat for Posting Photos of Nude Women on FacebookThey’re accused of photographing drug sales and hazing rituals too.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. University of Oklahoma Cuts Ties With Fraternity After Racist Video“You are disgraceful. You have violated all that we stand for. Real Sooners are not racist. Real Sooners are not bigots.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  32. wealthy children
    Rich Foreign Students [Heart] NYUAnd NYU loves their money. 
    By Katie Zavadski
  33. this is ivy league
    Kwasi Enin, Ivy League Kid, Going to YaleThe Long Island overachiever announced his pick at a press conference.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  34. crimes and misdemeanors
    William Cohan Interview on Duke Lacrosse ScandalThe best-selling investigative journalist speaks on the polarizing reaction to his new book.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  35. college
    UConn and Kentucky Both Rioted a Bit Last NightWin or lose, the result was the same.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. kids today
    Read the College Essay That Got Kwasi Enin Into All 8 Ivy League SchoolsIt is very much a college essay.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  37. creative vandalism
    You Can’t Spell Loyola Without YOLOCollege kids are the funniest.
    By Adam Martin
  38. higher learning
    Horace Mann Investigating ‘Hypercompetitive’ College-Admissions SabotageSomeone sent a letter to schools hoping to screw up a senior’s chances.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. e-mail fails
    The Brown Alumni Listserv Is Having an Epic Reply-All Fail“I’m a 20 year alum. Why am I getting this email?”
    By Kevin Roose
  40. photo op
    A Public Service Announcement for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s College Bros“Alcoholism is always a better solution than terrorism.”
    By Dan Amira
  41. college
    Columbia Students Love Nutella, Stealing From Dining HallsIf they start hoarding lobster tails, they definitely have a problem.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. college
    Bernanke: Worried About Interest Rates, Rate-My-Professor RankingThink he gets the little chili pepper much?
    By Noreen Malone
  43. bros
    Vermont Frat Somehow Manages to Give Frats an Even Worse ReputationIt asked its members which girls they want to rape.
    By Dan Amira
  44. scandals
    Consensual Sex Story Is Tearing Yeshiva University ApartAn essay in the student newspaper about premarital relations has caused an “uproar.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. occupy everywhere
    Harvard Students Defend Harvard Students’ Right to Get RichSomebody has to work at Goldman Sachs!
    By Joe Coscarelli
  46. oh college!
    Yale Offers the Best, Most Ridiculous Class Ever“Dance Music and Nightlife Culture in New York City.”
    By Carrie Battan
  47. spy games
    Add Muslim College Students to the List of Locals the NYPD Spied OnBeware the “militant paintball trips.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. crimes and misdemeanors
    Long Island SAT Cheats Busted in Fraud SchemeSeven busted in simple test-taking scheme.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  49. never pay full price
    There’s a Groupon for College NowThis was bound to happen.
    By Dan Amira
  50. libya zero hour
    Revolution-Chaser Sent PackingLibyan rebels got “fed up” with their college student companion.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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