For three years after college graduation, Daniel Seddiqui struggled to land a job. So he shifted gears and went after 50, one in each state, for one week apiece. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

She's 95, and when she graduates May 12, she'll be what is believed to be the world's oldest person to be awarded a college degree. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

When she lost her job and her apartment, Toni Clark decided to use her unemployment checks only for the barest of essentials -- food, and an education. picked by tigertony 6 months ago

Because staff members at the career services department "have not tried hard enough to help me". picked by suebe 4 months ago

Scientists from the University of East Anglia are searching for volunteers to eat chocolate every day for a year. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

University of Michigan graduate Stephen Mills has created and tested a mobile, enclosed living space he has dubbed the Homeless Utility Vehicle — HUV for short. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

7000 copies of a student handbook written by graduate students Nate Crompton and Andrew Witt with information on student services, campus life, and a daily planner have been recalled. Satirical content about the number of construction cranes on campus and questions about how UBC can be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year when the first class wasn't held until 1915 were just too defiant fo... read full post picked by teresag 1 year ago

Witnesses say that a man shot and killed a female friend before taking his own life on the campus of Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn. picked by suebe 8 months ago

A popular "brewing science" course at Halifax's University of King's College will trace the history of beer and include field trips to area breweries. Mmm, breweries... picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school.

*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally. He started taking college courses at 14. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it’s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents’ salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark. picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago

The Chinese New Year traditionally begins the first day of the lunar month. The Lunar New Year is named after an animal from the Chinese Zodiac and is considered a major holiday for Chinese communities. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

In a year in which roughly 17,000 leading presidential contenders, plus of course Dennis Kucinich, held roughly 63,000 debates, during which they spewed out roughly 153 trillion words; and yet the only truly memorable phrase emitted in any political context was ``Don't tase me, Bro!'' you know there will be a lot of humor to find. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Successful New Year trip makes a holiday really happy. To the contrary, spoilt vacations can not only sadden holiday memories, but also cloud the whole future year. So you need to foresee everything. picked by femina 3 years ago

Call it the year of the remake if you will. Seems that's what Hollywood's betting on to surpass 2008's record-breaking box office fever ignited by Indy, Bond, Iron Man and Batman. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Interestingly enough, so are a good majority of the Seventy Year Old Men in this country. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

Jon pokes fun at Time's 'Person of the Year' award. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

How weird a year was it?
Here's how weird. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Some people measure years in music or photos, but we like to measure the year in the little blips on the radar that are 15-minute celebrities.
*how about Edward Smith*
Briefly famous for: Admitting to having sex with over 1000 cars.
<---or Joe the plumber picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

"All the beer consumed in the US each year could fill one out of every 25 residential in-ground pools in the US"
and other fancy facts. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago