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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...

Gross Hazing Charges Rock Dartmouth

Rob Quinn — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:06:57 CDT

Dartmouth College is in a tizzy over allegations of some seriously sick hazing at one of its fraternities. Former Sigma Alpha Epsilon member Andrew Lohse caused an uproar with a school newspaper column describing how pledges were pressured to swim in kiddie pools filled with puke and rotten food. The...

Students Revolt Against Big Bank Recruiting

Matt Cantor — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:51:05 CST

Half of those surveyed in Harvard's class of 2010 went into finance or consulting; at the University of Pennsylvania, the figure was even higher—and some students are fed up with the "brain drain." Inspired in part by the Occupy movement, students have launched protests against recruiting by big banks,...

Top Colleges Steer Grads Away from Wall Street

Matt Cantor — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:44:05 CDT

For many seniors at elite US universities, Wall Street provides a straightforward path to a job—particularly since big banks often dominate campus recruiting. But recently, fellow students and staff alike have urged graduating classes to consider a wider array of options, the Los Angeles Times reports. A nationwide campaign...

Ivy League Offers False Hope to Kids It Won't Accept

Tim Karan — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:04:05 CDT

Ivy League schools cram high school students' mailboxes full with glossy recruitment packages, only to greet them weeks later with far less appealing rejection letters. Critics say elite universities like Harvard and Columbia set up potential applicants for disappointment by wooing them with pamphlets, posters, and promise, pocketing hefty application...

Post-Harvard Bummer: You Have to Clean Your Own Toilet

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:20:16 CDT

Get ready for the real world, Harvard seniors: You're actually going to have to show up for work, and you're—whoah!—going to have to clean your own bathroom. Who knew the world could be so harsh? But that's the straight dope from one of Harvard's own recent graduates, Brian...

Was Emma Watson Teased Out of Brown?

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:43:00 CDT

Holy witchcraft! Did Emma Watson ditch Brown because she was sick of teasing by Ivy Leaguers smitten with their own relentlessly sophomoric Harry Potter humor? Chums say Watson left because she couldn't take one more "3 Points for Gryffindor" joke every time she answered a question correctly in class. "She's...

Preschool Sued for Ruining Tot's Ivy League Chances

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:57:48 CDT

A Manhattan mom is suing a preschool for scotching her 4-year-old daughter's chances of getting into an Ivy League university. The mother complains that the $19,000-a-year York Avenue Preschool failed to prepare the toddler for a test used for admission at top private elementary schools and sometimes put her...

Cornell Student Arrested Holding $150K of Heroin

Nick McMaster — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:01:09 CST

Another Ivy League drug bust : Police arrested a Cornell senior who they say happened to be in possession of $150,000 worth of heroin. Keri Blakinger, 26, was allegedly holding the cache—about 500 doses' worth—in a hotel parking lot in the Collegetown section of Ithaca when police arrived...