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College Kids Buying Credit Card Cosignatures
Tell a College Student they can't do something and someone will figure out a way to monetize it. Thanks to the Card Act, makers of fake ID's on campuses may now have a new sideline business: selling real Credit Card cosigner signatures. As of Feb 2010, kids under 21 can't get a Credit Card without an adult cosignature. Rather than ask their parents, some College kids are simply paying other older Students to sign for them, reports The Takeaway More About:

Punitive Justice Distilled: the Stanford Prison Experiment
The results were stark. The guards, some of whom had previously considered themselves pacifists, quickly exerted abusive control and imposed severe discipline on the Prisoners. For instance, on the first night, the Prisoners were awakened at two in the morning and made to do push-ups and other arbitrary tasks. On the morning of the second day, the Prisoners rebelled. They ripped the numbers off their uniforms and barricaded themselves in their cells. The reaction of the guards was to...

Stanford professor stumps for electoral alternative
(07-24) 04:00 PST Sacramento 2006-07-24 04:00:00 PST Sacramento -- A Stanford University computer science Professor has come up with an idea to circumvent the more than 200-year-old Electoral College system and institute a national Popular Vote to elect the president of the United States. The proposal by John Koza, who also invented the scratch-off lottery ticket, is receiving serious consideration by lawmakers in several States. Legislators in California, New York, Colorado, Illinois and...

"A 4th Suicide! Gay College Student Kills Himself After Hidden Camera Broadcasts Him Having Sex"..
As long as People in this country sit back and allow gays and Lesbians to be discriminated against and treated like Second-Class Citizens, Young gays and Lesbians will think their lives have no value. Has anyone thought about the message that's being sent to these Young People, when the adults are trying to keep them from marrying, adopting and joining the Military? How do you think it makes them feel growing up in a country that is filled with so much hate? My point is; if Young gays and...

Collaboration Beats Smarts In Group Problem Solving
Everywhere you look, from business to science to government, teams of people are set to work solving problems. You might think the trick to getting the smartest team would be to get the smartest people together, but a new study says that might not always be right. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that collaborative groups that conversed easily with equal participation were more efficient at completing sets of given tasks — and produced better results — than groups...

Tyler Clementi dies: College student was secretly filmed having sex
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This week in crazy: Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell
In a week featuring conservative Activist James O'Keefe attempting a bizarre Sexual Harassment "prank" of reporter Abbie Boudreau and Rick Sanchez's career-ending anti-Semitic rant about Jon Stewart's Bigotry against him, there was no shortage of bad craziness. But one man dwarfed the competition: Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell. Shirvell's crusade against a gay College Student went national this week when Shirvell inadvisedly decided to appear on Anderson Cooper's CNN...

Making it Easier for Community College Students to Transfer to CSU
My son plans to transfer to a California State University school next Fall, and although this bill may not directly help him, I think it's a good idea : Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed Legislation that guarantees admission to California State University to community College graduates, a change backers say will help more Students earn four-year degrees. The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act allows Students who complete 60 semester units at one of California's 112 community...

Andrew Shirvell's campaign against a college student: What hatred looks like
Openly Gay Student body president, is a perfect example of hatred. After he started getting attention for his website devoted to picking apart Armstrong's life, I checked out his website, which is full of the hallmarks of hatred - nitpicking, obsession, double standards (every time a Gay person speaks, it's "harassment"; when a homophobe speaks it's "exercising their First Amendment rights"), hyperbolic language, and hypocrisy. Hatred doesn't only go in one direction; there are plenty of...

Overweight Kids Face Bias From Their Own Parents
Study finds parents less willing to help buy car, pay Tuition for obese offspring Overweight youngsters may face Discrimination at school and in relationships, but a U.S. study has found they can also receive harsher treatment at home - from their own parents. Studies have shown parents are less likely to help overweight or obese offspring pay for College but researchers from the University of North Texas in Denton have also found parents may be less willing to help their overweight child...

Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the wealth of the not-so-poor.
There was A HUGE rally in Madison Wisconsin on Tuesday,  energized by hundreds of College Students who haven’t yet figured out that eventually they’re going to have to get jobs, buy their own Health Insurance and pay for all the stuff Big Guy  is “stimulating.” The backyard barbeques are not going quite as well. The questions are getting more pointed, and BO’s answers are getting longer. If you’ve seen Big Guy without TOTUS, you will know that this...

Just Shut Up -- Wall Street Banks Are NOT Soul-less, Startup-Dream Killers
Everyone seems to give the same bad advice – “If you want to be an entrepreneur, go do a startup after College” and “Finance is for people with no souls”. College Students deserve a little more perspective than that. My advice is: if you want to be a tech entrepreneur, join The Army, then work in Investment Banking in Morgan Stanley’s technology group, THEN start your company. You’ll have the management experience, financial skills, personal discipline,...

NJ college student's suicide illustrates the Internet's dangers; gay activists decry his fate
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The shocking Suicide of a College Student whose Sex Life was broadcast over the Web illustrates yet again the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others and raises questions whether Young People in the age of Twitter and Facebook can even distinguish public from private. Cruel gossip and vengeful acts once confined to the schoolyard or the dorm can now make their way around the world instantly via the Internet, along with photos and live video. "It's...

Funding Dis-Education, by Arnold Kling
Mike Gibson points me to this story . [Peter] Thiel is starting a new initiative that will offer grants of up to $100,000 for kids to Drop Out of school. His goal is to get College Students to work in business start-ups rather than waste time in College accumulating Debt. I think that the idea that we need more Young People enthusiastic about starting businesses and less Formal Education makes sense. Of course, it is hard to work through all of the signaling implications of this grant.

For-profit colleges under fire over value, accreditation
For Chelsi Miller, the wake-up call came when University of Utah officials said her credits wouldn't transfer from her old school. Utah's flagship public university accepted her to its pre-med program last fall but said her courses at Everest College, a national for-profit institution with a campus in Salt Lake City, wouldn't count toward her bachelor's degree. That left Miller with a 3.9 Grade-point Average for an associate's degree that she says did nothing to advance her Education and career...

Appalachia Rises...by Sitting Down
Appalachia Rising saw over a thousand Americans take to the streets of Washington, DC for Protest and direct action. Calling attention to the poisonous, destructive practices of Massey Energy and other coal companies in the Appalachian region, a diverse mix of Christian Activists, College Students, Veterans, and grizzled greens joined proud, self-described "hillbillies" to demand an end to mountaintop-removal (MTR). If you've never heard of this ugliness, I'll let Jeff Biggers explain it. Much...

Iraq Sets A Dubious Record
Baghdad - Iraq on Friday will surpass the record for the country that has gone the longest between holding parliamentary Elections and forming a government, experts say. The Netherlands had held that unfortunate honor after a series of failed attempts left the country without an elected government for 207 days in 1977, according to Christopher J. Anderson, director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell University. On Friday, Iraqis will have spent 208 days with no new government...

Still struggling to form government, Iraq breaks a world record
Baghdad - Iraq on Friday will surpass the record for the country that has gone the longest between holding parliamentary Elections and forming a government, experts say. The Netherlands had held that unfortunate honor after a series of failed attempts left the country without an elected government for 207 days in 1977, according to Christopher J. Anderson, director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell University. On Friday, Iraqis will have spent 208 days with no new government and,...

Iraq breaks record for longest time with no government
Source: WP Baghdad - Iraq on Friday will surpass the previous record for the country that has gone the longest between holding a parliamentary election and forming a government, experts say. The Netherlands had held that unfortunate honor after a series of failed attempts left the country without an elected government for 207 days in 1977, according to Christopher J. Anderson, director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell University. Iraqis have now spent 208 days with no new...

Councilman objects to artwork at Loveland museum
LOVELAND, COLO. — A Loveland councilman thinks a piece of artwork on display at the city's museum is pornographic and has pledged to try to get the work removed. Councilman Daryle Klassen didn't get enough votes earlier this week to put the issue on the council agenda, but tells The Loveland Reporter-Herald he'll keep pressing. Klassen says he objects to the panel in a 12-panel color lithograph depicting Jesus Christ engaging in oral sex. The work by Stanford University Professor Enrique...

Jesus Porn
No word on Christians beheading anyone yet. LOVELAND About 25 to 30 residents stood outside the Loveland Museum/Gallery this morning protesting a portion of an exhibit that appears to show Jesus Christ involved in a sex act. “This is not art, it’s smut, pure and simple,” said Ronald Minto, who said he’s not against graphic art per se. But the color lithograph produced by Stanford University’s Enrique Chagoya is outright Pornography, he said. “This...

It's smut, not art, Loveland protesters say
LOVELAND — About 25 to 30 residents stood outside the Loveland Museum/Gallery this morning protesting a portion of an exhibit that appears to show Jesus Christ involved in a sex act. "This is not art, it's smut, pure and simple," said Ronald Minto, who said he's not against graphic art per se. But the color lithograph produced by Stanford University's Enrique Chagoya is outright Pornography, he said. "This is a museum, not an X-rated book store," said Minto. The lithograph is spread over...

Make Higher Education Available to 100% of Americans
Posted by Martha Kanter on October 01, 2010 at 09:02 AM EDT This week’s upcoming first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges is all about the lives and future of America’s Students. During my years as a community College president and chancellor, I always asked my professional colleagues the same simple question whenever we faced a difficult challenge or issue:  what is the best way to help Students succeed? That’s the key question that will be on the table on...

Watch Those Moles: Save Your Life
Donna Regan flips through an album containing photos of her daughter Jamie.    "She was our princess. She was our baby girl," she whispers. Jamie was an all-American girl , looking forward to a promising future. But Melanoma took that all away.      "She died three months before her 30th birthday," her mother said, as tears fill her eyes. During her short Time on earth, Jamie touched many lives. "Jamie was beautiful. She was vibrant, she was a bundle...

President Obama's Youth Fetish"UPDATED
Posted by Melissa Clouthier on Sep 28 2010 Filed under Featured , Politics . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry The best way to infect a new generation? Feed them with liberal garbage. From the Young America’s Foundation (corrected: Full study here ): HERNDON, VA Tonights Speech President Obama is giving at University Wisconsin-Madison will mark the 47th time he has given a Speech on a...