Bob Knight, the famously foul-mouthed basketball coach, will give the commencement speech this month at Trine University, in Indiana, the Associated Press reports. 

"Coach Knight’s respect for learning and his ability to instill character in his players make him an inspiring speaker for Trine University’s 125th commencement,” Earl D. Brooks II, president of Trine, said in a statement. "He has not only lived an exemplary life, but has played a pivotal role in the development of many outstanding young people. His reflections on leading a life of impact and meaning will be well received by our degree candidates, their families, and...

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The Oregon League of Minority Voters plans to set up a new college scholarship program solely for white students, The Oregonian reports. Those who are black, Hispanic, Asian American, or Native American need not apply.

Some minority leaders in the state are uncomfortable with the plan. But, as explained by the group's executive director, Promise King, the idea arguably makes some sense. The new awards, he says, will go solely to white students who pledge to study race relations in college.

"I want to reach white students." he told the newspaper, "because I believe the more the majority is involved in our...

That Guinness World Record dodge-ball attempt we wrote about? Here's the video.

How did the University of Notre Dame's marching band end up starring in an alt-rock video? It went something like this.

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The students of Newnham College, a historic all-women's college at the University of Cambridge, have been asked to turn down the volume on their extracurricular activities after about 30 people issued noise complaints, reports the Daily Mail.

"I'd just like to politely remind everyone that Newnham corridors funnel sound and walls are very thin in some buildings," Lizzy Cole, the 19-year-old president of the college's junior common room wrote in an e-mail message. "Therefore, please remember to be discreet in your activities, especially during late/early hours of the day."

Some undergraduates at the college were mortified upon receiving the message. Said one: "When I read the e-mail I cringed. I thought it must refer to...

When the whistle blows in University of Alberta's Butterdome on Friday, 600 balls will fly.

More than 1,200 students, faculty, and staff members are expected to gather at 11:45 a.m. MST in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest dodge ball game ever. The current record is 450 people.

The two teams, of about 600 people each, will be distinguished by their T-shirts — either green or gold. There will be one ball for every two players, and the game is single elimination: One hit, you're out.

Nick Dehod, vice president for student life, says the game could be over in less than half an hour. But, he says, "If somebody out there has incredible dodging skills, it could go on forever."

Carl G. Amrhein, the provost, doesn't expect to be that guy. "I haven't played any form of dodge ball since 1970," he says.

Mr. Amrhein...

In "Fear the Boom and Bust," two of the great 20th-century economists rap about the cycles of modern economies. Read more about the project.

Every graduate who has toiled for their degree knows that a certain amount of pain and suffering is inevitable. To the apparent surprise of two young women from Cameroon, however, allowing themselves to be spanked by a University of Bath registrar as part of a "pain management study" did not constitute legitimate coursework.

The Times Online reports that Karl Woodgett, the now-former registrar, came up with the innovative way of simultaneously satisfying his sexual fetish and broadening his existing sideline of selling fake degrees to African women. Mr. Woodgett videotaped himself spanking the...

An animated video shown before hockey games at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks shows an apparently deranged polar bear in a fighter jet laying waste to three rival universities and, eventually, the entire planet.