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Princeton University has announced Nicholas Johnson, a student who majored in operations research and financial engineering, as the school’s first black valedictorian in its 274-year history. Johnson is also pursuing certificates in statistics and machine learning, applied and computational mathematics, and applications of computing. Johnson, a Montreal native, will spend the summer interning at the D.E. Shaw Group […]
Pharrell Williams kept things close to home by surprising the graduates of a local Virginia HBCU. Norfolk State University was forced to give its students a virtual graduation due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, this served as the perfect opportunity for Pharrell to give back to his fellow Tidewater natives through an inspiring commencement speech. “Even if this […]
Like pretty much every other student set to graduate this summer, seniors on their way out of Ohio’s Wright State University had their in-person ceremony called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, they had to go the virtual route, meaning things were set to be just as boring without the in-person moment of glory […]
One high school senior from Florida has a lot of options when it comes to his future, with all eight Ivy League schools accepting him. The New York Times reports that 18-year-old Craig McFarland of Jacksonville, Florida, received a total of 17 acceptance letters from different college and universities. He first received an acceptance to Yale University […]
Attorneys for Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli are seeking to have the college bribery case against their clients tossed out. In a statement cited by Deadline late Wednesday, Latham & Watkins attorneys criticized the government’s handling of the case, using that as their reasoning for demanding the dismissal. “The extraordinary government misconduct presented in […]
Earlier this week, horrifying images of thousands of spring breakers crowding onto Florida’s Clearwater Beach in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic surfaced online, sparking widespread outrage. Now, five Florida college students have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The students—who attend the University of Tampa—were tested during spring break, CBS-affiliated WKBN reports. They vacationed together, along with other […]
Stunna 4 Vegas reminds us that not everything is as it seems. On Wednesday, the North Carolina rapper released the amusing video for “Do Dat,” helmed by directing trio Reel Goats. The five-minute visual begins in the “Basement Hideout” of Detective Johnson, who is trying to determine exactly how Stunna, Lil Baby, and DaBaby amassed so much wealth in such […]
A college recruiter has been fired after asking high school students to line up according to hair texture and skin color during a visit to their school. Eleventh grade students at Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City told the local NBC affiliate that a recruiter from Oklahoma Christian University visited their school on Monday. During […]
The reason the phrase “Hot Pockets heiress” keeps popping up all over your timeline is, it’s sad to say, likely less compelling than the potential for interestingness contained therein. Prosecutors are seeking 21 months behind bars for Michelle Janavs—whose family, per KTLA, developed the aforementioned microwavable concept before selling off the company—due to Janavs’ involvement in […]
Brigham Young University pole vaulter Zach McWhorter recently joined the club of people who became famous on TikTok for an embarrassing clip where they suffered a gruesome injury. McWhorter’s induction comes from a clip where his balls got impaled in an attempt that went horribly wrong. If that sounds like something you wouldn’t want to see, we would advise that you DO NOT scroll […]
