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Princeton: We'll Suspend Freshmen Who Rush Frats

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:27:58 CDT

So much for those wild and crazy first few weeks of college. In keeping with a belief that fraternities and sororities promote social exclusiveness, Princeton University says any freshman who joins, rushes, or pledges to a Greek organization starting this fall will face suspension. The Ivy League school has a...

New College Rankings: An Ivy Deadheat

Matt Cantor — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:34:27 CDT

US News and World Report has released its latest college rankings, and it’s full of the usual suspects, with Harvard, Princeton, and Yale topping the list; not much has changed since last year . Among liberal arts colleges , Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore lead the pack. The magazine also presents its best...

Obama's Pick for Economic Adviser: Alan Krueger

Matt Cantor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:25:05 CDT

President Obama is set to nominate Princeton labor economist Alan Krueger as his top economic adviser. Krueger, who helped lead the Treasury Department through Obama’s first two years in office, would become the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. In the position, he’d likely urge government action on job...

Ivy Donations Are 'Loathsome'

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:20:00 CDT

Gawker's Hamilton Nolan is scrambling onto the anti-Ivy League bandwagon by slamming donations to the elitist institutions as "loathsome" and a "moral crime." The schools "are terrible choices for huge donations. Supporting education is a worthy cause; but there are many, many more effective ways to help the masses than...

Another Ivy Leaguer? Other Schools Do Exist

John Johnson — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:35:00 CDT

The Supreme Court and White House may as well be decorated in ivy, complains David Bernstein. "Once Elena Kagan gets confirmed, every Supreme Court Justice will have attended Harvard or Yale law schools," he writes. And Kagan—whose bachelor's degree, for the record, is from Princeton—was nominated by a...

Ranking America's Most Stressful Schools

Kevin Spak — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:41:00 CDT

This month, lots of high school overachievers will be anxiously awaiting acceptances from the halls of Ivy—even as concerns mount that these schools might not be great for your mental health. Cornell University, for example, had two suicides in as many days last month. So the Daily Beast decided...

Corn Syrup Makes You Fatter Than Sugar

Harry Kimball — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:47:39 CDT

It may not end the debate, but researchers say they have definitively proven that high-fructose corn syrup is many times more likely to contribute to obesity than sugar. The Princeton team gave one group of rats water spiked with sugar, and another water with corn syrup. Though the sugar water...

Swarthmore, UVa. Top College Value List

Harry Kimball — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:52:24 CST

The Princeton Review's annual list of the best college values takes into account price—cheap tuition or generous financial aid get a thumbs up—and weighs that against the academic quality of a school based on surveys, professor-to-student ratios, and the like. USA Today takes a look at the list....

The 10 Douchiest Colleges in the US

Matt Cantor — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:08:09 CDT

In college, acting insufferable is pretty much a given. “The question for America's youth is: What kind of douche bag do you aspire to be?” asks GQ . The mag helpfully offers the top options. Brown University: Peace Sign on My Mom's 7 Series Douches are limo liberals too good for...