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“I’m proud to admit… that I will never talk to any police officer under any circumstance,” declared Regent Law School professor James Duane.
Shocking as that statement may appear, the reasoning behind Duane’s insistence that students never, ever allow themselves to be interviewed by the police are actually quite sound – and damned unnerving.
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There are several great things you can learn about from your friends: hot new bands, hot new freshmen, almost anything really. Perhaps, however, colleges ought not have been so keen on acting like lemmings and treating Yale like the cool, pretty cheerleader in high school, because now they’re suffering. Back in the day, Yale was all over the alt...
A former University of Virginia lacrosse player died Saturday in Charlottesville.
Will Barrow was an integral member of UVa’s 2006 lacrosse team that won the national championship. Newsday explains:
Barrow was thrust into the spotlight as a fixture on Virginia's team and earned a reputation as one of the nation's fastest and most athletic def...
Hold on everyone...There is one tragedy among this joyful Obama win. And that is the demise of Tina Fey’s impressin of Sarah Palin.
Her painfully accurate impersonation brought viewers back to SNL and a reason to laugh a ridiculous candidate. Unfortuantely, now that the election is over and Sarah Palin is (hopefully) no longer in the national ...
Right now, millions of American citizens are making their way to polling centers around the country to exercise their right to vote. While many media outlets and pundits consider today to be merely a formality, nobody is asking the uncomfortable question of what happens if the “sure-fire” victor, Obama, loses.
Well – no one except for John Dic...
It must be in their genetic makeup, alongside the the DNA that makes them want to belt it out for Paula and Company on Fox: those American Idol ladies are all over the guys from The Bachelor. First, there was Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga, now it’s Carrie Underwood and Travis Stork. Media gossips (like CollegeOTR, apparently) are reporting th...
I don't know about you guys, but every once in a while, I get tired of my campus. Sure, it's a beautiful, and sure, it's got some awesome statues, but sometimes you want to see somewhere new, you know?
These guys know all too well, apparently.
Steven and Caroline Lake have now visited 500 college campuses, MSNBC reports. Yes, 500. To do it, ...
As if there weren’t enough shenanigans going on during this election just between Barack Obama and John McCain. Now political shadiness may affect you personally, hampering your ability to vote.
In states across the country, bureaucracy, unclear election laws and just plain mistakes have led to the purging of some people’s voting rights. Virg...
While a large portion of America may be skeptical of Palin’s ability to be vice president, Saturday Night Live is embracing the VP stunt pick with open arms.
I’d love the winking wonder mom too if she translated to big money for me. The latest spoof, based on the VP debates, drew in approximately 10 million viewers for SNL, which is 42 percent...
Time magazine has said that this is the Year of the Youth Vote. That is, if you’re from anywhere except Virginia. There you’re pretty much screwed out of your Constitutional rights.
You see, the youth vote in Virginia is particularly important since it is a swing state full of young coeds looking to make their voice heard. State statistics rev...
Thanks to a stream of chain emails warning voters not to wear any candidate paraphernalia to the polls when they go to make their decision on November 4th, some are left confused about the Do’s and Don’ts of Election Day.
Although it varies state by state, there is in fact a Virginia law that prohibits certain shenanigans from occurring within...
John McCain and Sarah Palin took a beating yesterday in the most important public forum there is… television.
Z on TV from the Baltimore Sun takes us along the rocky ride. The down spiral started with Palin’s interview with CBS News’ and University of Virginia alum Katic Couric (the first part of which can be found above).
My favorite gaffe...
Boston College grad Luke Russert is learning all about the fun things that can happen on live television. He’s a “youth reporter” for MSNBC (following in the tradition of his father, Tim), and he made a report about the college vote in Virginia. He explains the situation, and his rather telling mistake:
Earlier this morning on the Today Show I...
The 60th Annual Emmys were last night. You know, the "TV Oscars"? For those (all) of you that missed it, here's a quick breakdown of the major happenings:
Move over Big Ten, here are the 10 hottest famous alumni of the Atlantic Coast Conference:
1. Nancy O'Dell: O'Dell graduated from Clemson in 1990 Summa Cum Laude with a major in marketing. Today, O'Dell is a cohost on Access Hollywood.
2. Amy Poehler: Funny = Hot. Poehler graduated from BC in 1993 where she was a member of My Mother's Flea...
It’s not a typical day at JMU if you don’t hear someone (either the guy that just found out he’s got “the clap” from his weekend triumph or the girl that can’t stand hearing her roommate attempt to have drunk sex until she finally passes out) calling a girl a slut, hoebag, whore, etc. It’s also become expected to be called these names by the tra...
What's the latest dangerous behavior to afflict sorostitutes?
Hint: It’s not cocaine and bulimia.
Well, it’s not just cocaine and bulimia.
It’s tanorexia.
A recent study of college students found that more than 25 percent of participants reported symptoms of a tanning dependence. Tanning dependence shares similarities with drug and alcoh...
Nancy Bell, a Washington State University linguistics professor, recently asked her students to take one for the team— by telling bad jokes. Her research involved asking students to tell bad jokes, so that she could study the level of hostility expressed to the bad joke teller.
The Boston Globe reports:
Research by a Washington State Universi...
Cavalier fans are up in arms over a new policy that bans all signs from University of Virginia sporting events.
While signs that contain “derogatory comments, profanity, impede another guest’s view of the field or cover any stadium signage” have always been banned, the new policy covers signs of any kind.
Some people believe past controversi...
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