The worst thing about enrolling in a class with more than fifty students is that the chances of the professor learning your name are pretty slim. Naturally, living in this sort of obscurity is less than ideal for someone prone to missing paper deadlines or messing up on examinations.

With the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook,...

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According to a recent Northeastern University study, the number of women under the age of 30 having children out of wedlock is the highest it has ever been. In fact, more women are having children outside of the bonds of marriage than within them.

Not surprising considering we live in an age where baby-having unmarried celebrities, like Jamie ...

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In trouble with campus safety? Well, you could always try pulling a Mayra Rosales. The 1,000 pound woman is currently under house arrest for beating her 2-year-old nephew to death but has not been incarcerated because authorities have not yet been able to determine a cell and bed large enough for her.

According to the Houston Chronicle:

Mayra...

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A note to college students who think they’re too old to play with toys: check out Nathan Sawaya, a 35-year-old artist who gave up his job as a corporate lawyer to make sculptures out of LEGOs. Sawaya is currently showing an exhibition called “The Art of the Brick” at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philly.

According to Conde Nast Tra...

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While Northeastern and BU are busy trying to get international students to study here, the Chinese are trying to attract American students to their universities.

The Summer Olympics have already attracted thousands of Americans to Beijing to watch and support the US teams. The Chinese are hoping that joining the publicity of the Olympic games...

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When it comes to video games, sudden death can be pretty thrilling. When it comes to people, not so much. Lately, we’ve had a lot of famous people cutting out early though, from Gene Upshaw to Bernie Mac. So, to be perfectly morbid, here’s a list of things to do now— since who knows if you’ll be around in forty-five minutes.

1) Make yourself a ...

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Spam, it's the evil that lurks in the dark corners of Junk Mail folders offering bigger penises and dating services for the married folk. This completely unnecessary evil has polluted email, Myspace and now worst of all – Facebook!

Obnoxious messages are circling the Facebook community vowing that the ever-expanding social network will explod...

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Bam Bam might not need any work done on his smooth 47-year-old face, but there are some not so lucky, namely, John McCain, who looks like he’s been detained for a few years as a POW in Vietnam—oh wait, he has.

Recently his face was looking a lot more like the plains than the Rocky Mountains, though, which led to some speculation. An article pu...

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It’s about to get biblical at Boston University. With the new freshman class packing close to 450 international students this fall, it’s going to be a lot like Babel University rather than Boston.

The astounding number of internationals to start at BU this year has broken the school’s already impressive record. The students are mostly from ...

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