YouTube Star Noel Devine Busted

Noel Devine, star running back for West Virginia has been featured on COED for his ridiculous and wildly popular highlight reels as seen on YouTube. You might also remember him from this years Fiesta Bowlwhere he capped a stellar first season with West Virginia by running for 108 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-28 victory over Oklahoma.

Noel was among four Mountaineers’ football players to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery charges after being arrested Thursday. Police said the charges stemmed from an altercation outside Club Z in Morgantown on Feb. 16 but did not provide details.

Find out what penelties Devine faces.

Brown U. student nets $20,000 as virtual arms dealer

Before setting foot on Brown’s campus, Evan Donahue ’11 made thousands of dollars creating weapons to summon damned souls and create rifts in space-time fabric to suck in adversaries.

The weapons systems were for the virtual world of Second Life, a popular online role-playing game. But the money – more than $20,000 – was very real. [Brown Daily Herald]

Etiquette 101: Don’t Watch Porn In Class

College students have a distorted view of what behavior is considered appropriate for a classroom setting, and these misconceptions lead to distractions that impose on the rights of others, some professors say.
[Iowa Daily]

NYU Student ODs Before 20-month Prison Sentence

Hakan Yalincak was hospitalized May 7 after overdosing on medications, the day before he was supposed to surrender to serve 20 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar investment scam, according to court documents. [NYUNews]

Miles’ New Contract Set at $3.751 million

LSU football coach Les Miles’ total annual compensation is now set at $3.751 million, according to general counsel Ray Lamonica.

The salary guarantees Miles $1,000 more than Alabama coach Nick Saban. [The Daily Reveille]

Duke Sexual Assault was a Hoax

Duke officials said in a statement Tuesday that a woman who claimed she had been sexually assaulted Thursday, March 6 made a false claim.

According to the release, the 21-year-old admitted her story was fabricated after Duke University Police Department investigators found several inconsistencies in her narrative of the assault. In fact, they said, she said she was not near Duke at the date and time of the assault. [Duke Chronicle]