With trailers popping up for his new movie The Day the Earth Stood Still pending release on December 12, we are reminded that in the movies Keanu Reeves is the answer. And at the same time, all over the news and in the media, Barack Obama is being touted as the new Keanu Reeves, capable of solving all our problems with some fantastical superpower. But please heed this warning: Barack Obama is not Keanu Reeves. This world is not the Matrix, or The Day… and Barack is not Neo or Klatuu. (more…)

Playboy Seeks Student Sportswriter To Cover The 2009 Final Four

The first line of Playboy’s advertisement immediately caught my eye: Do you think you have what it takes to be the next Rick Reilly? Oh, do go on! America’s favorite ensconced-in-plastic magazine wants your help again, and they ain’t looking for commenters this time.

Playboy U is looking for a student college basketball writer to cover the Final Four. Could it be you? (Sorry, no scantily clad models. Just a trip to Detroit). [Deadspin]

A College Sophomore Solves the Financial Crisis

I went to a school that prided itself on its commitment to the value of a “classical education,” and required every student to take two years of Latin. At the same time, the faculty was all too happy to send kids off to the lion’s den of adulthood without any knowledge of credit cards, student loans, the stock market, or how to purchase a car. [The Daily Beast]

Notre Dame Ejects 22 People From Their Last Game

A season-high number of 22 people were ejected from the Stadium on Saturday for “violations of Stadium rules,” according to Assistant Director of Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) David Chapman. Which rules were violated and information regarding consequences of the snowball throwing and marshmallow fight was not available as of press time. Fourteen people were arrested Saturday on the Notre Dame campus, according to Chapman. [The Observer]

At COED we’re not only about boobs and beer – we also like to educate. Sometimes…

By now you’ve all heard about the financial crisis gripping America Earth, but most of us aren’t high finance majors – so you might be in the dark about what is going on and how it started. This is highly important information people – time to get in the know!

My buddy who works at Merrill Lynch (and magically somehow still has a job) sent me this irreverent yet tactful power point that breaks down the situation for people that aren’t at the Wharton School of Business.

He says, “Its perfect. It is THE dummies guide to how it all went down. Its stick figures being a little bit sarcastic but for the most part dead on to the whole mess. Id really suggest you take a look at it ASAP.”

For your own good, click to see how the financial disaster got started

In this, our global economy, everything is a matter of perspective.

At this moment, there are two distinct groups of people looking at each other wonder how the F*%K they got themselves into this situation, and moreover – how are they going to get out. Their situations are grave, and the future of their lives and livelihoods hang in the balance.

As if fate had deemed it necessary to pull these polar opposites together, the world now finds US Investment Bankers and Somali Pirates in the same “boat” – so to speak.

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