More inclusive emoji in the works
If you’ve ever felt like Diva Girl or Dancing Twins just weren’t quite reflective of your feelings, you’re not alone. It appears that The Unicode Consortium folks are hard at work developing the first...
View ArticleAre you a genius? Here's your chance to prove it
Do you think you’re the next Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey? Do you have an idea that can change the world? Prove it. Our friends at Ozy have launched the Ozy Genius Awards — a new initiative for...
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8 more affordable alternatives to a Hogwarts education
UPDATE: J.K. Rowling has since clarified that Hogwarts is tuition-free. The Ministry of Magic, she tweeted, covers all education costs. Ever dream of attending Hogwarts? Yeah, well get in line. The...
View ArticleU. of Alabama sorority criticized for recruitment video
The 2015 academic year hasn’t technically started yet, but the members of Alpha Phi at the University of Alabama have started the year off on a bad foot. In their ‘Alabama Alpha Phi 2015’ recruitment...
View ArticleSavannah State University student killed in on-campus shooting
A Savannah State University student was shot to death during an altercation with another student Thursday night. Christopher Starks, a junior from the greater Atlanta area, was shot in the student...
View ArticleJustice Dept. awards $8.5 million in grants for campus violence prevention
Nineteen percent of undergraduate women reported experiencing completed or attempted sexual assault since entering college, according to The Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Study conducted by the National...
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There's a new No. 1 college in the U.S.
A pedestrian walks past Harkness Gate on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., on June 12, 2015. (Craig Warga, Bloomberg) Yale’s 2019 freshman class already knew they were attending an elite...
View ArticleViral video: All-female a cappella group covers Beyonce’s ‘Pretty Hurts'
If we learned anything from Pitch Perfect — other than reestablishing our unending love for Anna Kendrick — it’s that the world of collegiate a cappella is crazy good. In the real-life world of a...
View Article10 people formally charged in Baruch College fraternity hazing death
Police announced Monday that 10 students have been formally charged in the 2013 hazing death of Chun “Michael” Deng, according to the Associated Press. The Associated Press reports that the Pocono...
View ArticleHarvard reopens evacuated buildings, but searches continue
The searches of two of the four evacuated buildings on Harvard’s campus have been completed and the buildings are now open, according to a statement from the school. Emerson and Sever Halls are now...
View ArticleWatch: The secret lives of Stanford med students
These med students at Stanford University apparently can do more than chug down coffee and study their butts off. The group wrote, directed, performed and produced an amazing parody of Meghan Trainor’s...
View ArticleAlabama, Michigan State cheerleaders play record-breaking cornhole game
The game of cornhole just got a whole lot bigger — about 16 times bigger, to be exact. Watch as Alabama and Michigan State cheerleaders drop oversized bean bags from the Goodyear blimp onto a massive...
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Survey: Millennials' views of religion, media increasingly negative
Millennials are known for being a generation that shares its opinions, which is (yawn) old news. What may surprise some, however, is that Millennials tend to have a more positive view of most major...
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5 things you need to know Wednesday
Kuo Kai-wen, director of Taiwan’s Seismology Center, points at the locations from a monitor showing North Korea’s test site, in Taipei on Jan. 6, 2016. North Korea claimed it carried out a “successful”...
View ArticleChristian college takes steps to fire tenured professor for comments on Islam
Wheaton College has taken preliminary steps to begin the termination of tenured professor Larycia Hawkins, according to a statement released by the school yesterday. On Dec. 10, Hawkins penned an...
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5 things you need to know Friday
South Korean K-Pop girl group Apink performs during Hallyu Dream Concert in Gyeongju, South Korea Oct. 6, 2013. (Photo: Ahn Young-joon, AP) South Korea resumes anti-North broadcasts In response to...
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5 things you need to know Monday
Jake Kincaid carries a sign as he protests during a 2012 rally at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., against right-to-work legislation. (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP) Public employee unions face major...
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5 things you need to know Thursday
An Oscar statue sits on the red carpet before the 84th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2012. (Photo: Matt Sayles, AP) And the Oscar nominees are … Now that the Golden Globes — and Leo’s viral eyebrow...
View ArticleOddly addicting carrots have surprise ingredient: Pot
If you woke up this morning feeling very sorry for yourself for not winning the lottery — join the crowd. But here’s a story sure to put a smile on your face. Border Patrol agents in Texas discovered...
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Utah high school student wins Valentine's Day
(Photo: Getty Images/Fuse) Pay attention, every person in America — this is how you do Valentine’s Day. ABC News reported that Hayden Godfrey, a senior at Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah,...
View ArticleGeorge Mason changes law school name after NSFW Antonin Scalia blunder
If there’s one thing the Internet is good at, it’s pointing out mistakes … especially ones NSFW. As USA TODAY College previously reported, George Mason University announced on March 31 that the George...
View Article#MyAdviceToTrump: Words of wisdom for the presidential hopeful
The twitterverse took on a challenge even bigger than getting through hump day: advising GOP presidential candidate, Donald Trump. After spending the afternoon reading — and apologizing to coworkers...
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Woot woot — it's 'Kimmy' time
Without new episodes of Kimmy in our lives, we feel like we’ve been living in a bunker. That’s why we’re ecstatic that on Friday Netflix released Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Before we binge...
View Article4 students dead, 1 in critical condition after car accident at U. of Georgia
Five students from the University of Georgia were involved in a car accident late Wednesday night, killing four and leaving one in critical condition, according to the school’s student newspaper The...
View ArticleWPI custodian graduates after 8 years
As thousands of college grads walk across the stage this month, inspirational stories of those who defeated the odds and earned their degrees are making headlines. This is one of those stories....
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