Instant Impact Freshman of ‘09 College Basketball

It’s never too late to talk college basketball – Midnight Madness was last week after all.

Sport’s Illustrated: On Campus has analyzed all the high school prospects across the country to produce a list of the instant impact freshman that will dominate the 2009 college basketball season. [SI: On Campus]

“Monster Man” John Moffitt Scares Women

As if things couldn’t have gotten any worse after our fourth-straight loss at the hands of Iowa on Saturday … when we got back to Camp Randall that evening, I once again scared the living daylights out of a poor young woman just trying to get out of the McClain Center.

As most of you know by now, I’m a rather large guy and have a lot of intimidating facial hair. Even though both of these characteristics help me on the football field, they can be a hindrance in my daily life. [UW Badgers]

Suspended Frat Pokes Fun At Their Situation

Eight months after the university suspended Alpha Tau Omega for hazing pledges, former ATO members rolled through Saturday’s homecoming parade in a chicken float. A sign,  “Hungry like the pledge,” hung across the truck’s side and a man in a chicken suit ran around the float.

The University of Nevada, Reno no longer recognizes ATO as an official organization after it found them guilty of feeding pledges raw chicken and branding recruits on the buttocks with dry ice. The suspended fraternity is eligible to reapply for status in fall 2010. [Nevada Sagebrush]

Throw away those lighters and snuff out those cigarette butts – this time next year, Creighton’s campus will be completely free of nicotine.

On July 1, 2008, Creighton will become a tobacco-free zone and students, faculty and staff will no longer be allowed to light up anywhere on campus. Administrators cite health concerns, healthcare costs and beautification of the campus as the main reasons for implementing a tobacco-free policy. [Creighton.edu]

Bomb Threat/Flooding Causes Evacuations at UF

Hundreds of UF students, faculty and staff were forced outside during stormy weather Tuesday after the Florida Gym was evacuated due to a bomb threat and Library West was cleared out because of a plumbing problem.

Jeff Holcomb, University Police Department spokesman, said a male caller told an Alachua County’s 911 dispatcher around 2 p.m. that a bomb would go off in the Florida Gym and then hung up. [The Alligator]

Don’t Rely On RA’s When Pantless

When I came back to my room this morning, I wasn’t wearing pants and the door was locked. I had taken a shower and my roommate locked me out. Simple mistake. Happens all the time.

I would ride the (hopefully empty) elevator downstairs, grab a key, and open my door. I would return the key I borrowed and head to class, barely a minute late. I could get in and get out, only in my underwear in public for a minute, tops. I knew as soon as I got on the elevator this was not going to be that simple. [WKU Herald]

Students Dies After Fall From Delta Upsilon Room

Robert M. Wells ’08 died Saturday morning after a five-story fall from the Delta Upsilon fraternity house. His death, which has been characterized as accidental by friends and family, is under investigation. Wells was 22.

A call to 911 was placed from the DU house at 5:44 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, said Officer Eddy Chrispin, a spokesman for the Boston Police Department. Chrispin said he did not know who placed the call. He said that “EMS responded … followed by police,” and that Wells was pronounced dead at the scene. [MIT.edu]

So you fancy your downloaded music? Well, guess what, you pirating son of a beyotch: the Man’s gonna getcha. Believe me – I know firsthand.

One moment, I was floating through the web, using Kazaa and Limewire to download my favorite Ace of Base songs, then BOOM! I’m doin’ time (well not really, but you’ll see).

Let’s backtrack a bit. I had just persuaded my mother to bring my desktop to the fraternity house. Let the guiltless hiding-of-the-porn-in-a-separate-folder, illegal downloading free-for-all commence! An album here, a movie there – it was cooler than penguin sh*t, which is way cool. My roommate wanted in. “Do you mind if I download this new song I love?” (more…)

So you fancy your downloaded music? Well, guess what, you pirating son of a bitch: the Man’s gonna getcha. Believe me; I know firsthand. One moment, I was floating through the web, using Kazaa and Limewire to download my favorite Ace of Base songs, then BOOM! I’m doin’ time. Well, not really, but you’ll see. Let’s backtrack a bit. I had just persuaded my mother to bring my desktop to the fraternity house. Let the guiltless hiding-of-the-porn-in-a-separate-folder, illegal downloading free-for-all commence! An album here, a movie there, it was cooler than penguin shit. My roommate wanted in. “Do you mind if I download this new song I love?”

“Sure,” I said confidently, feeling like Jesus Himself, feeding the masses with fish and bread, well, username and login, in this case. (more…)