Next NBA-Star In The Making: Blake Griffin

By COED Staff

If you were able to check out the latest in U.S. college basketball, you may come across the name Blake Griffin. The power forward who really powers his way to the basket is probably a future NBA-star in the making. Thanks to ESPN America (NASN), I’m able to watch a lot of college basket ball games and with all the live and re-live games you are getting a good overview what’s going on the NCAA and who’s hot and who not. Although games of Oklahoma are rare on ESPN, the news on Blake is plenty. Just take a look on one of his recent highlight dunks. [Talk Basket]

Using iPhones To Teach Class

Studying on your laptop is so 2007. A group of biology students at Houston Community College’s southeast campus just turns on iPhones. “Instead of bringing your book to class, you bring your phone,” said Lisa Jackson, one of 15 students enrolled in Anatomy and Physiology II as part of a pilot project to deliver course work on Apple’s trendy smart phones. Lifang Tien, a biology professor, and Roger Boston, who teaches computer science and business technology, received $100,196 from a fund created by HCC Chancellor Mary Spangler to encourage innovation, then used the money to buy phones and pay the monthly bills. Students have to give the phones back at the end of the semester. [Chron]

The Lone Male Student At All Female College

Whether eating in the dining hall, strolling across campus, chilling in his dorm room, or rehearsing for a musical, James Merriam is, no doubt about it, an oddity at Bryn Mawr College – and not because of his long, persimmon-hued hair. Merriam, 19, known around Bryn Mawr College as “Ginger Jesus” for his flowing locks and scraggly beard, possesses something that no other student living on campus has: a Y chromosome. [Philly.com]