CM-boo hooOn Monday, Carnegie Mellon University introduced a new degree to their program — computer lie-nce. CMU’s email system notified about 800 hopefuls that they had been accepted to the school’s...

You’re on your way to a movie or a sporting event, when you realize you must stop and allow a police officer to screen you at a DUI checkpoint. Most people roll down their windows and speak with the...

College presidents are influential members of the academic institutions over which they preside. But should they have the power to overturn admissions decisions?The University of Texas recently brought...

The popular crime podcast “Serial” is in the news once again — the Maryland Court of Special Appeals agreed to revisit Adnan Syed’s homicide case in June. This individual victory for due process...

Last Saturday, Pitt’s Oakland Zoo proved to possess just as much class as it does sting.Students don’t always realize that their actions brand their school. The Zoo is known to resort to “cheat sheets”...

He’s an Olympic gold medalist, a Wheaties box athlete and a reality TV star — and, now, he may become a she. Bruce Jenner’s gender transformation has been ubiquitous among celebrity gossip in recent...

You walk into a lecture on the first day of classes. Hopefully, the professor will be intelligent, knowledgable and fair — but how about attractive? Many students use ratemyprofessors.com to decide...

The excessive opportunity costs of interning — including time spent completing responsibilities, the risk of only performing grunt work and the expected lack of pay — already drive a wedge between...

After Syracuse’s loss to Pitt on Saturday, paired with its subpar play throughout the year, the prestigious basketball program’s chances of an NCAA Tournament bid would have been slim. But, this year,...