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Study Finds Black College Students Perform Better With White Roommates

Study Finds Black College Students Perform Better With White Roommates

According to a study released by Ohio State University, African American students who are paired with white roommates earn better grades during their freshman year than those who are not.

 

Researchers found that an interracial living arrangement led to as much as a .30 GPA increase; a same-race one, on the other hand, had little to no effect.

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Lane Kiffin's Wife is Hot - VIDEO

Lane Kiffin's Wife is Hot - VIDEO

Well, UT, you've hit the jackpot. Kept underwraps until earlier this week, Layla Kiffin made her debut at Lane's press conference announcing his hiring as Tennessee head coach. Vol blogs seem to have rallied around Lane's apparent reluctance to shove his wife into the limelight. Rockytoptalk.com has refused to put up a photo gallery of the queen...

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OSU Adviser Charged With Creating Online Hooker Raffle

OSU Adviser Charged With Creating Online Hooker Raffle

Well, “hooker raffle” isn’t a phrase you read every day, but that’s just what Ohio State University adviser Christopher S. Johnson organized online recently. I’ll let the police explain:


Christopher S. Johnson, an adviser at the Ohio State University College of Nursing, set up an Internet chat board where customers posted reviews of prostitute...

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Spend Christmas In The Christmas Story House Rather Than Your Own Boring House

Spend Christmas In The Christmas Story House Rather Than Your Own Boring House

It’s not quite Thanksgiving yet, but it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas.
 

And what better way to spend Christmas than reliving a movie about Christmas. On eBay, you can bid to stay in the house from A Christmas Story for Christmas Eve and Morning. That’s just plain awesome (except that it’s in Cleveland, Ohio… but still so ...

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OSU Students Take It Off for Mirror Lake Pre-Game Tradition

OSU Students Take It Off for Mirror Lake Pre-Game Tradition

The Mirror Lake dip is a tradition before the big Michigan vs. Ohio State rivarly game. Students strip down and jump into the water, in usually absurdly freezing temperatures, because remember that Ohio State is in well....Ohio. 

 

It's not like the Buckeyes are going to need any good luck to beat the Wolverines this season, who are having their...

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College Presidents Get a Pay Raise, Everyone Else Continues to Struggle

College Presidents Get a Pay Raise, Everyone Else Continues to Struggle

Damn the man. The economy is spirally out of control, student loans are hard to come by and financial aid is struggling, but college presidents are enjoying a nice little raise.
 

A survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education found that public schools raised their president’s pay by an average of 7.6 percent last year, bringing the median salar...

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The Illibuck is Quite Possibly the Cutest Trophy Ever

The Illibuck is Quite Possibly the Cutest Trophy Ever

For 83 years, University of Illinois and Ohio State  have had a little tradition going on, known as the Illibuck. The Illibuck, named for a combination of the words Illini and Buckeyes, the mascots of the schools, is a competition held each fall.

 

The bet: which school will win the football game.

 

The prize: a turtle, the Illibuck.

 

Why a tu...

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OSU vs Penn State

OSU vs Penn State

This Weekend in College Football

This Weekend in College Football

This weekend in college football headlines from Bleacher Report.

 

Alabama killed the Volunteers this weekend 29-9, prompting some to liken them to great teams of Alabama’s past. 

 

Notre Dame’s rock hard defense was the bright spot of their game against Washington, only giving up seven points the whole game.

 

Penn State dealt a devastating blo...

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Saints They Ain't: Former Ole Miss Player Deuce McAllister and Former Ohio State Player Will Smith Caught Poppin' Water Pills

Saints They Ain't: Former Ole Miss Player Deuce McAllister and Former Ohio State Player Will Smith Caught Poppin' Water Pills

There’s a pill-popping scandal rocking the NFL, but it’s not what you think. New Orleans Saints’ Deuce McAllister and Will Smith (no not the actor, yes I checked) are allegedly among the players caught for violating the league’s steroid policy because of… water pills.
 

Though they sound harmless, these pills are diuretics meant to encourage wei...

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