Mayhem at Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University, one of the most annoying liberal arts schools in the United States, had a end-of-school “huge block party” last night. Police used force (paintball guns with pepper balls, tasers, dogs) to disperse the 250 students on the street; some of them threw bottles at police cars, reports NBC30. [Gawker]

Football Related Deaths On The Rise

There is a silent and tragic problem plaguing the sports world that has nothing to do with performance-enhancing drugs or athletes engaging in nefarious affairs. This is far more severe, yet apparently not severe enough to garner much national attention, let alone congressional hearings.

Young football players are dying from practicing too intensely, often in extreme heat. Yes, we’re talking about practice.

On March 18, Central Florida wide receiver Ereck Plancher collapsed in a spring drill and died roughly an hour later. Plancher is the latest young footballer to pass away from taxing physical conditioning. [Daily Bruin]

Sean Avery’s Internship At Vogue Begins

When we first heard that Rangers left wing Sean Avery was going to intern for Vogue magazine this summer, once the Rangers were finally eliminated from the playoffs, we assumed it was a joke, or some stunt meant to get Avery a seat next to that weird lady with the crazy glasses at Roger Federer matches. But nope: Apparently Avery’s really working there.

He started his internship on Monday, and he’s already digging in. [Dead Spin]

Kinda makes the whole thing seem a bit ridiculous, don’t you think?

No, Facebook isn’t going to stop saving your profile indefinitely, even after you delete it, or stop keeping track of your online activity, which they do even when you’re not logged-in. But they are going to get rid of a lot of design clutter.

In the beginning, Facebook was fresh and clean, especially compared to Myspace’s endless barrage of neon pink backgrounds and flashing graphics that make up so many profile pages these days. But now, anyone who uses Facebook knows too well the flood of words, updates, photos, vampire bites and other nonsense that smother your homepage. Soon, all that will be gone–or at least put in its place. Read More »

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Apparently MTV and the Sweet 16 stars’ parents realized, with the rest of the country, that they were raising complete a-holes that had no clue how to properly function in society–at least non-millionaire society.

Out of that realization comes the best idea for a reality show, ever: Take the stupid b*tches from My Super Sweet 16, and ship their spoiled asses around the world, to poor countries, where they will have to live in poverty only the Third World can provide.

Check out a video sneek-peek after the jump! Read More »

NYU Grad Student’s Yankee Stadium Prank

A graduating New York University student was ejected from his commencement at Yankee Stadium yesterday after he was caught trying to steal home.

William Lopez, 21, of Manhasset, LI, was among 6,000 students who sat in the box seats behind home plate and along the first base and third base lines at the first graduation to take place at the House that Ruth Built.

NYU, which held its 176th commencement at the storied stadium because of construction at Washington Square Park, had a strict ground rule.

“The students had been repeatedly advised . . . that they were strictly prohibited from being on the field,” said NYU spokesman John Beckman.

About three-quarters of the way through the ceremony, Lopez, wearing his gown and mortarboard, leaped over the right-field fence onto the field. [NY Post]

Joe Montana’s Oldest Son to Walk On At Notre Dame as Quarterback

Joe Montana can’t help himself. Standing on the sidelines of Maranatha High, a Hail Mary pass away from the Rose Bowl, the Super Bowl legend is stretching his arms out and continuously licking his fingers before getting his hands on a football.

“I’m just getting ready,” says Montana, wearing a navy Notre Dame T-shirt, gold shorts and sneakers. “You know, just in case.”

Montana’s watching his eldest son, Nate — a senior at national power De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) who will be a preferred walk on with Notre Dame this fall. [SI]

Some schools get great commencement speakers, others get Star Jones. With Chronicle.com’s release of the full list of 2008 commencement speakers, we thought we’d see which school’s bookings are duds and which are Chuck Norris-good.

Vote below in COED’s 2008 Commencement Speaker Showdown! Read More »

WTF? Contrary to what most would assume, IM abbreviations are actually expanding teenager’s language skills. As NewScientist.com reports, In a study by Sali Tagliamonte and Derek Denis from the University of Toronto, which is scheduled to run in the spring 2008 issue of American Speech, the scientists found that instead of totally screwing up their ability to communicate, they’ve declared it a “linguistic renaissance.”

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As if the writing weren’t already on the wall (no, not Hillary dropping out), Sen. John Edwards today endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for President. He made his announcement at an Obama rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a speech that comes a day after Sen. Clinton won the West Virginia primary.

As a former cadidate in this race (yes, it’s still the same one) who’s suporters were mainly white, working-class voters, Edwards’ endorsement is thought to help bolster Obama’s appeal in this voting block, where he’s lost consistently to Clinton. Unfortunately for her, she’s lost a lot more.

[Wall Street Journal]

10 Year-Old Boy Genius Takes College By Storm

With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.

But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don’t quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.

“I’m studying statistics,” says the alternately precocious and shy Cavalin, his textbook lying open on the living room desk of his parents’ apartment in this quiet suburb east of Los Angeles. [AP News]

College Student Elected Mayor of Oklahoma City At Age 19

A 19-year-old first-year student at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.

With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 57 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board.

Hammons, who will be sworn in next week, said he plans to continue his college education but expects to transfer to a school closer to Muskogee. [PR Inside]

Colorado State’s Undie Run Brings Stress Relief, Benefits Charity

At first, there were only a few people, about eight in all.

But as 11:50 p.m. drew near Friday night, people started showing up at the Lory Student Center in droves. It would only be a matter of minutes before a little over 400 men and women clad only in their underwear were joking and laughing, chanting and screaming in front of the LSC, ready to make a run for it.

Friday marked CSU’s first-ever Undie Run, organized by a CSU student on Facebook to bring this time-honored finals-stress-relieving college tradition home to the university. [Rocky Mountain Collegian]