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· Riley Schatzle
Chinese University Forces Students to Pull Their Majors Out of a Hat
A well-known Chinese university is facing criticism after forcing civil engineering students to pick their majors at random through a lottery. Second-year students enrolled in the urban planning school at the University of Southern China are required to choose one of seven…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chinese Plastic Surgery Program Tells Students to Practice on Each Other
A Chinese plastic surgery training center is under investigation after teachers used students as guinea pigs and asked them to practice procedures on each other. The school originally advertised that after their four-day program (yes, only four days), students would be able to…
· Editorial Staff
15 Times Broke College Students Completely Hacked Life
College may be the time in an individual’s life when they are introduced to advanced concepts such as computational linear algebra or astrophysics, but it is also the time when many learn how to fix real-world problems on a budget. From cooking pasta in a coffee maker to using…
· Riley Schatzle
Psychology Professor Gives the Most Evil Extra Credit Problem to His Students
Dylan Selterman, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland, has been assigning the same extra credit problem on his final exam since 2008 — only one class has ever answered correctly. The prompt reads:
· Riley Schatzle
Selfless University President Gives Away $200,000 Bonus to Students and Charities
The president of the University of Cincinnati, Santa Ono, just opted to have his $200,000 yearly bonus donated to students and charities. President Ono is not the type of person to make a spectacle out of his finances just for attention. He has now turned down his six-figure…
· Sebastian Dillon
U.S. Universities Expelled 8000 Chinese Students For Cheating, Getting Bad Grades
According to a recent survey, thousands of rich Chinese students were expelled last year from American schools because of cheating. Last year alone, U.S. universities expelled around 8,000 Chinese students for cheating and bad grades, with more than half of them from top-100…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Why College Students Give Bad Ratings to Professors With Asian Names
A new study published in the journal Language in Society reveals that educators at U.S. colleges with European-sounding last names tend to get better ratings from students than those with Asian-sounding last names. Used by students to evaluate their teachers, Rate My Professors…
· Laura Dang
The Government Confirms That Ivy Leaguers Make a Ridiculous Amount of Money
New figures reported by the U.S. Department of Education are blowing what we already know out of the water. Kids graduating from elite and Ivy League schools make a lot of money coming fresh out of college, but new data reveals they are making much more than most even think. The…
· Laura Dang
Science Has Bad News For People Whose Parents Have Cheated
New research reveals the likelihood of cheating on a significant other might be predetermined by parents’ infidelity. The study, conducted at the Texas Tech University and University of Nevada, suggests cheating may run in families. Nearly 300 participants’ survey responses were…
· Laura Dang
How This 23-Year-Old Got a Billionaire to Invest in His Data-Profiting Startup
Whether we are aware of it or not, companies are collecting our data — produced from daily activities on our phones or browsing the internet — and selling it for profit. A new startup called DataWallet is now giving us the tools to take back control of our data while putting the…
· Laura Dang
Tinder Listed Out the Most Swiped-Right Colleges in the U.S. — Here are the Results
The Tinder votes are in for the hottest males and females at college campuses across America. Users of the popular dating app have unknowingly provided data that reveal which colleges have the most right swipes for their male and female students. According to Tinder, the lists…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the 28-Year-Old Female Engineer Making Space Exploration Cool Again
Earlier this month, an internet firestorm was set off after Isis Wenger, a 22-year-old San Francisco-based engineer, was criticized online for being too pretty, and thus an unrealistic choice, to portray an engineer in an ad campaign for tech startup OneLogin. The only problem:…
· Laura Dang
Science Reveals Why Some People are Selfish Jerks
New research supports the idea that selfishness is programmed into Machiavellians. These individuals exploit others’ willingness to play fair and cooperate for individual gain. In the eyes of a Machiavellian, people are tools to be used as a means to an end in fulfilling their…
· Riley Schatzle
Vintage Photos Show How College Dorms Have Changed Over the Last 100 Years
The dorm lives of college students has been intriguing to many for decades, which is why the University of Wisconsin-Madison has kept a collection of photos in their archives showing the housing of college students for the past 110 years. Check them out below. 1898:
· Laura Dang
Good-Hearted Barber Gives Free Haircuts to Kids Who Read to Him
Local barber Courtney Holmes came up with a special idea to commemorate back-to-school season as part of the Back to School Bash in Comiskey Park, Iowa. The father of two knows the stress and anxiety that afflicts young students who are afraid of public speaking and reading out…
· Laura Dang
Lebron James Will Spend $42 Million on Scholarships to Put 1,100 Kids Through College
NBA star Lebron James announced last Thursday that his foundation is collaborating with the University of Akron to sponsor over a thousand scholarships for kids in his I Promise program. The program, based in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, is a part of the LeBron James Family…
· Laura Dang
How a 19-Year-Old With No Experience Ended Up Launching Two Million-Dollar Companies
Melanie Perkins conceived the idea for her business and built her software design company on her mother’s living room couch in Perth, Australia when she was just 19 years old. The company, Fusion Yearbooks, was so successful that she dropped out of her university altogether. If…
· Riley Schatzle
This Research University is Now the Biggest Party School in America
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been declared the top party school in America. Based on survey answers from 136,000 students at 380 colleges, UICI, which has about 31,000 undergraduates, was ranked at the top of the party category for the first time ever by…
· Sebastian Dillon
Meet the 21-Year-Old Daughter of Billionaire Donald Trump You Didn’t Know Existed
What is life like when you are the 21-year-old daughter of an outspoken billionaire, reality TV personality and presidential candidate? Pretty good, as you can imagine. Meet Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of Donald Trump, who is estimated to have a $4.1 billion fortune.
· Editorial Staff
Bullies Are Sexier and More Popular Than You, New Study Finds
That bully from high school that you’ve never forgiven and the jerk you share an office with at work could very well be higher up on the social ladder than you, according to newly published research. The study, conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University in British…