You know all about student pranks – greased pigs in the cafeteria, cows being led upstairs, all of that juvenile stuff.  Maybe you’ve even heard about the more complicated college stunts – when M.I.T. students erected a police car on the top of the school’s Great Dome, for example.  Its license plate number was pi.

Anyway, here are a few lesser-known student stunts.  If you’re, um, “inspired” by some of these, I claim no fault… but be sure to take pictures.

See the pranks here!

The Biggest Pranks in Geek History

Harvard and Yale’s annual gridiron face-off on Nov. 22 is a big deal for more than one set of storied college rivals. In the decades-old prank-off between archrivals MIT and Caltech, disrupting “the Game” has long been a particular point of pride. It’s not their only pranking outlet, of course: tech students have been wreaking havoc wherever they can since at least 1875. [Time]

Girls Just Being Girls

Don’t get me wrong ladies, we guys probably get worse than this.  However, since this site is catered to males, and I really can do whatever the hell I want on here, survey says?  Yeah, post pictures of drunk chicks making guys wish they were in college again, thus starting off their weeks with a complete distaste for the corporate drudgery that is the real world. It’s not like this is Girls Gone Wild or PlayboyU for Christ’s sake.  Just enjoy these 20 photos of girls just being girls. [Uncoached]

Rolle Wins Rhodes Scholarship

Florida State safety Myron Rolle was awarded a Rhodes scholarship Saturday. He is the first major-college football player of his generation to win what is considered the world’s most prestigious postgraduate academic scholarship. He became the most prominent student-athlete to win the award since Bill Bradley at Princeton in 1965. [NY Times]

Greatest College Pranks Ever Devised

Many American universities have proud traditions based around excellence in sports or the matriculation of future presidents. This is not that story.

While success on the grid iron measures the worth of jocks at big state schools, for the students at America’s most intellectual colleges, the means of glory is the prank. In Schools like Cal Tech, MIT and the University of Chicago, showing off who’s smarter has become the nerd version of Michigan vs. Ohio State.

Popular Science has a run down of schools of some of the brainiest pranks in the college history. Launch the gallery… [PopSci.com]

Reasons For Going to College in the Summer

Going to college can be stressful for any college student but when you think about taking summer classes, it could make your stomach turn.

While it both has it’s upsides and downsides, let’s look on the bright side and see why you should go to college in the summer. [FindingCollegeCards.com]

6 College Pranks (We Wish We Had Thought of)

What is it about the collegiate atmosphere that inspires pranks? Maybe it’s the lure of becoming a school legend, your hilarious exploits recounted ’round bonfires for years to come. Or maybe it’s just the natural result of putting too many smart, hormone-addled young folk together in one place. Whatever the reason, colleges (and to a lesser extent, boarding schools) are a breeding ground for awe-inspiring pranks — and here are some of our favorites. [Metal Floss]

Why Isn’t Networking in Every Curriculum?

This afternoon I was invited to an incredible lunch and discussion with Indiana Business College. Indiana is well-known for having some of the finest schools in the country, and in the world, but the folks at IBC recognize that we’re in a rapidly changing world. They are making an aggressive push to ensure that they will stay ahead of the curve.

As we were talking, I realized that there is one glaring tool missing from the student curriculum nowadays. Simply put, it’s how to network (with and without technology). Most students are required to take classes such as Public Speaking by the time they graduate, but rarely are they educated on the importance and power of networking. [Marketing Tech Blog]

College Cafeterias Dump Food Trays

Something familiar will be missing when students buy meals at many college dining halls this fall: trays.

In a bid to discourage food waste and decrease energy use at all-you-can-eat campus cafeterias, dozens of college dining services — from New York University to University of Minnesota — are giving trays the heave. [USA Today]