'University' Tag

• Admiral Ackbar Closer to Ole Miss Mascot Status

  February 23, 2010

  [Story ID: 13943]
  Filed under: TMZ Sports
  Admiral Ackbar — the Supreme Commander of the Rebel Alliance fleet — is one step closer to becoming the new on-field mascot for Mississippi University. Ole Miss is in the middle of a movement to replace their old mascot — Colonel Reb — after the …
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• Yale: The Horror Movie! [Boola Boola]

  February 19, 2010

  [Story ID: 13054]
  The jazz hands admissions video was much friendlier than this. Yale’s newest videographic extravaganza demonstrates how, halfway through senior year, the Yale Alumni Club uses Stockholm Syndrome to impound new members with physical intimidation and deadly weapons.

  As is the time-honored tradition at snooty universities, as soon as a student finishes going hundreds of [...]

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• Michael Steele [Pullquote]

  February 5, 2010

  [Story ID: 10379]
  chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaking during a joint appearance with Harold Ford (ugh) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, according to the Associated Press. Median income in Arkansas: $38,820

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• Erotica 2010: Square Parents Turned Off by University of Chicagos Sexxxy Sample Admissions Essay [Shut Up, College]

  January 1, 2010

  [Story ID: 2922]
  Damn. The New York Times wrote up a kerfluffle involving the Dean of Admissions at the University of Chicago, who sent out a sample essay that’s a little too hott for some applicants and their parents.
  …The essay, comparing the college to an elusive lover, has had a very different effect.
  “Dear University of Chicago, [...]

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• More on Meg Whitmans Fratty Princeton Son [Rumormonger]

  December 17, 2009

  [Story ID: 220]
  A defacto bodyguard lived at Princeton with Griff Harsh to assuage the kidnapping fears of his mom, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, according to a longtime Gawker commenter close to the university. And the rich kid’s suspension? Probably academic.
  As we reported last night, Harsh — full name Griff Harsh V — was forced [...]

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