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Indiana High School Basketball Player Hits Full-Court Buzzer-Beater To Win Playoff Game

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Justin Steele’s Twitter

Josh Clanton of Indiana’s Central Christian Academy hit one of the most amazing shots that you will ever see. Down 62-61 with less than a second left against Arlington High School, Central Christian Academy needed a miracle to advance past the first round of the state playoffs. And thanks to Clanton, that’s exactly what they got.

Watch the senior grab a rebound off of a missed free throw and bury a full-court heave at the buzzer.

That’s gotta be the longest buzzer-beater of all-time. The level of difficulty on that is downright absurd, as it’s already virtually impossible to hit a shot from that far away in an empty gym. You add the 0.5 second time restraint and the win-or-go home stakes into the mix, and that’s how to end up being a legend at your school. If I was running things at Central Christian Academy, I’d already be in the process of renaming their gym to The Josh Clanton Colosseum.


Half Of College Students Are Really, Really Dumb When It Comes To Student Loans

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Half Of College Students Think Loans Will Be Forgiven

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I don’t know what it is about my generation, but we can be really stupid sometimes.

For some inexplicable reason, current college students have a massive blind spot when it comes to student loans. Nearly half of the participants in a recent poll believe they won’t have to repay them after graduation.

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LendEDU recently conducted a survey of 500 current college students in which 49.8 percent (!) of participants believe they will “receive federal forgiveness on their student loans after graduation.” What these students don’t seem to realize is that loans are only forgiven in unique circumstances.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, federal direct student loans can be forgiven if the borrower is hired for a public service job for a specified amount of time, agrees to teach in an underserved area, dies or becomes permanently disabled, or if the school they attends closes while they are enrolled or within 120 days after they leave. Are you gunning for that open sanitation job anytime soon? Didn’t think so.

“The biggest exemption is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and very few students go into public service,” Nate Matherson, who co-founded LendEDU in 2014, explained. “With maybe 14 percent of the American workforce in a public service job, the actual numbers of those who may qualify for student loan forgiveness or discharge is maybe below 10 percent. The fact that many students do not understand this means that they may be significantly underestimating the cost of financing a college education,” he continued.

The lack of understanding is a real problem, which is why certain universities are taking active steps to better educate students and their families about the specifics of financial aid.

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Mark Stephen, the financial aid director at Pace University, says he conducts 25 or 30 workshops in high schools every year in addition to online tutorials. The “sticker price” for annual tuition for the 2017-18 academic year at Pace is $42,354. That’s roughly 2014 Infiniti Q50.

“It’s not very realistic at all to expect loan forgiveness,” he said. “We try to tell students to understand your loan and manage your spending.”

“Generally students are pretty well aware about financial aid by the time they come,” MJ Knoll-Finn, vice president for enrollment management at NYU, said. The 2017-2018 tuition and fees at NYU add up to $49,062. “There’s a lot of information out there for students.”

“We consider college an investment,” Knoll-Finn said. “We want them to go into this with their eyes open. We always say ‘take out only those loans you think you can pay back.”

This is America, kids. You can’t just ask someone for a ridiculous amount of money in exchange for absolutely nothing in return. How do you expect to survive the real world when you can even make it through college? Yeesh.

If You Ever Wanted To Study Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ At Yale, Here’s Your Chance

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Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (consisting of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso) is arguably one of the most famous examples of the written word in human history; it’s like the Beyonce of world literature. It has been deconstructed and studied ever since the 1300s, a testament to its staying power. Now anyone with a curious mind and a library card (people still go to libraries, right?) could check this long-form poem out, but most people don’t have that kind of time. Similarly, those receiving a top-flight education from prestigious universities could learn all they ever wanted to know about Dante in school. But not everyone has access to a friggin’ Yale University lecture.

Until now, that is.

Yale University is offering a free online course taught by Giusepe Mazzotta. Seriously, you can brag to everyone you know that you took a class at Yale just by watching the video below.

Here’s the official course description:

“The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Epistle to Cangrande). An analysis of Dante’s autobiography, the Vita nuova, establishes the poetic and political circumstances of the Comedy‘s composition. Radings of Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise seek to situate Dante’s work within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, with special attention paid to political, philosophical and theological concerns. Topics in the Divine Comedy explored over the course of the semester include the relationship between ethics and aesthetics; love and knowledge; and exile and history.”

My brain hurts just from reading that.

You can watch all 24 lectures from the course on YouTube. Good luck, nerds.

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament: Bracket & Schedule

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Conference Tournament season is officially underway, as teams are earning automatic bids to play in the NCAA Tournament. The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament is set to run from Thursday, March 2 through Sunday, March 5 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

And don’t you dare underestimate this conference, as these schools may be small, but they can flat-out play. Joe Lunardi currently has Wichita State as an 8-seed and Illinois State as an 11-seed, and we all know what kind of damage Northern Iowa can do to your March Madness bracket.

Let’s take some time to breakdown the bracket and schedule for this weekend’s MVC Tournament. I highly recommend following along with the action, as you might find 2017’s Cinderella.


Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Bracket

Missouri Valley Conference

Missouri Valley Conference


Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Schedule

Thursday, March 2 (Opening Round)

Game 1 – #9 Indiana State vs. #8 Evansville at 7:05 P.M. ET on MVC TV Network, FOX Sports GO, & ESPN3

Game 2 – #10 Drake vs. #7 Bradley at 9:35 P.M. ET on MVC TV Network, FOX Sports GO, & ESPN3

Friday, March 3 (Quarterfinals) 

Game 3 – Game 1 Winner vs. #1 Illinois State at 1:05 P.M. ET on MVC TV Network, FOX Sports GO, & ESPN3

Game 4 – #5 Loyola vs. #4 Southern Illinois at 3:35 P.M. ET on MVC TV Network, FOX Sports GO, & ESPN3

Game 5 – Game 2 Winner vs. #2 Wichita State at 7:05 P.M. ET on MVC TV Network, FOX Sports GO, & ESPN3

Game 6 – #6 Missouri State vs. #3 UNI at 9:30 P.M. ET on MVC TV Network, FOX Sports GO, & ESPN3

Saturday, March 4 (Semifinals)

Game 7 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner at 3:35 P.M. ET on CBS Sports Network

Game 8 – Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner at 6:05 P.M. ET on CBS Sports Network

Sunday, March 5 (Championship) 

Game 9 – Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner at 2:05 P.M. ET on CBS

Papa John’s Is Trying To Trick Drunk People Into Buying Their Bad Pizza

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I’m all for good old-fashioned entrepreneurship, but Papa John’s isn’t even trying to hide their blatant money grabs anymore.

In an attempt to further monetize their bad fast food pizza, Papa John’s is introducing “Papa Priority,” a new offering that allows customers to pay an extra $2.99 to cut to the front of the delivery line. As of today, the new policy is being rolled out in select markets. According to the Associated Press, the Papa Priority is being tested at the moment and could see and expanded availability if all goes well.

Papa John’s terms and conditions agreement reminds customers to keep five crucial things in mind when using the Papa Priority fee:

At Papa John’s, we always strive to deliver your pizza in a safe and timely manner. However, we recognize that there might be some situations where you would like your pizza a little faster on busy nights when there might be a longer wait due to the number of orders at the restaurant. For an extra fee, that may vary based on date, time, or Papa John’s sole discretion, PapaPriority will ensure that your pizza is made faster and out for delivery sooner, subject to the terms and conditions below.

PapaPriority only applies to a pizza you order directly from Papa John’s and pay the PapaPriority fee in addition to the applicable delivery fee.

PapaPriority moves your order to the front of the line so that it is made faster and therefore, ready for delivery sooner. These changes only involve in-store processes and do not affect the on-the-road delivery function or time. Papa John’s delivery drivers are always expected to make deliveries in a safe manner after leaving the restaurant.

PapaPriority does not guarantee that your pizza will be delivered within a set time period or that delivery will be faster than normal. There is no cash alternative or refund available.

PapaPriority is only available at participating restaurants and may be discontinued at anytime. PapaPriority is limited to five orders total each night for each restaurant location. Papa John’s reserves the right to modify or cancel this promotion at anytime.

Those are actually pretty important stipulations to remember, particularly that last one. Papa Priority only supports five special orders per night, which means you might be too late when you drunkenly stumble home at 1:00 A.M. and need pizza ASAP. They also apply the quicker service at their “sole discretion,” which could lead to disputes with hungry customers.

Also, how is Papa John’s going to guarantee expedited delivery when they can’t project how many orders they’ll receive during a single given night, as well as the size of those orders or the location of the delivery request? Great question. They don’t have an answer yet, but I’m sure they’re hard at work on one.

Thus far, Papa John’s claims they’ve received “great customer reception” for Papa Priority. We’ll believe it when we see it. Now please enjoy this picture of drunk Papa John.

‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act Of 2017’ Introduced By Republican Congressman

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Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act Of 2017

The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, a bill originally introduced by Bernie Sanders in 2015 that would take marijuana off of the list of federally controlled substances, has been reintroduced.

Rep. Tom Garret of Virginia introduced legislation that would federally decriminalize marijuana, according to a news release from his office.

The release from Garrett’s office said the bill would “fulfill a responsibility to create a level playing field across the country.”

Via Richmond Times-Dispatch:

“Statistics indicate that minor narcotics crimes disproportionately hurt areas of lower socio-economic status, and what I find most troubling is that we continue to keep laws on the books that we do not enforce,” Garrett said in the release. “Virginia is more than capable of handling its own marijuana policy, as are states such as Colorado or California.”

Garrett’s bill comes right after embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions claimed that there was more ‘violence around marijuana’ than people realize. Sessions is currently in the process of reviewing the Obama administration’s memo to the Justice Department that discussed giving states flexibility with their marijuana laws.

Eight states, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and even Washington D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana use.

Rep. Tom Garrett, R-5th

Rep. Tom Garrett, R-5th

‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Review: Must-See Details & Screenshots

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

It worked out well for Nintendo that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild got stuck in development hell for years, spinning its wheels for so long that it outlasted the lifespan of the Wii U. The deep, sprawling saga is the ideal launch game for the Nintendo Switch, showcasing the raw power of the hybrid console in both its home and portable forms. Whether you are huddled on your couch or in the backseat of a car on a road trip, the sweeping, grandiose adventure is by the far the largest-scale game the series has seen. With the likes of Skyrim, Read Dead Redemption and The Witness showing as heavy influences, this reborn Zelda stays true to the spirit of the series, lifting it to lofty new heights.

Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Consoles: Nintendo Switch (reviewed), Wii U
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Release Date: March 3

You start the game as a half-naked version of Link, equipping yourself with some ragged clothes, a clunky weapon and a mystical device that acts something like a Grand Theft Auto V smartphone. There’s no obnoxious fairy to bark hints into your ear, so you are left to gather clues and plot out waypoints on the map yourself. The harsh, unforgiving world in which you’re set free has a million ways to kill you. In addition to roaming, bloodthirsty beasts, there’s lightning and landscape hazards waiting to slash your stash of hearts. Weapons wear down and break, your stamina meter dwindles when you’ve sprinted or climbed too much without rest, and you need to scavenge and craft food to keep your health up. That’s a lot to manage, but the upside is that you are free to explore far and wide rather than be forced to find an item in a dungeon that unlocks a walled-off section of the map until later in the game.

With far more voice acting and cinematics than the story has previously seen, Breath of the Wild comes alive in far more cinematic a way than Zelda fans are used to. Picturesque visuals emerge out of every turn, and there are more ways to explore the terrain than ever before. Whether you are hoofing it, on horseback, hang gliding or sledding down the slopes on your shield, you’ll find yourself happily lost in the country for hours, digging up the myriad secrets that lurk just out of sight. Combat focuses more on strategic sword-and-shieldplay than before, requiring you to block, parry and move in for the kill at opportune times to stay alive. Enemies swarm you rather than sticking to a preset, mindless path, making it all the more rewarding when you’re able to fend them off in a multitasking frenzy to keep your heart beating to see another battle.

If there’s a fault to the game, it’s that casual players may find it too intimidating to stick with. There is so much to see and do that the effect can be discouraging, if not paralyzing. Because the world is truly open from the outset for the first time since the original game, it’s easy to stray off the main path. Many players who plunge into the world will find themselves too tied up on side quests and distractions to push through the main campaign, but that’s just a testament to how rich the world is. This is a game that makes strategy guides and online walkthroughs pretty close to a must for players determined to see the story through to the end.

Evolving and growing like a moving masterpiece on a boundless canvas, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a sweet reward for fans of the series who have waited since the Wii’s Skyward Sword to take another sojourn into a 3D, console-geared series entry. Following proudly in the lineage that started with the Ocarina of Time and carried into Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, the new adventure dwarfs its predecessors in scope, visuals and focus. Any Switch owner should pick this up on day one, if only because it’s the only game with serious meat on its bones available at launch. Wii U owners who are skeptical of the new system can get the presumably scaled-back previous-gen version of the game, but those looking to push forward into wild new frontiers need to pick up a Switch and Breath of the Wild and never look back.

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‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Around The Web:

“Finally getting to spend some time in this massive world was thrilling.” –Nintendo World Report

“My impressions of it are so good that I want to talk about it in detail.” –ShackNews

“Like ‘The Witness’ meets ‘Don’t Starve.'” –Game Revolution


‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Screenshots


The publisher provided a review copy. 


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Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi Must Vacate Their House After Spring Break

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A couple of weeks ago we brought you the story of Beta Theta Pi at Penn State after the university revoked their recognition as the State College Police Department continues its criminal investigation into the death of Timothy Piazza

The 39 members of Beta Theta Pi who live in the fraternity house must find alternate housing for the remainder of the semester.

Via Onward State:

The university said in a press release the revocation will last for “no less than” five years and may continue permanently after that. Members of the fraternity were immediately stripped of recognition in the Greek community at Penn State. The national fraternity also revoked Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi chapter charter.

Although Beta Theta Pi is privately owned, Penn State is working with the alumni board to offer the 39 members on-campus housing. According to Lisa Powers, a spokesman for the university, the Housing & Food Services contracts will begin March 15, and the boys will have to leave the fraternity house then.

Timothy Piazza, 19, tragically died due to injuries he sustained from a fall while at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house in early February. Emergency services were not contacted until nearly 12 hours after Piazza fell down the steps.

Piazza, a 2015 graduate of Hunterdon Central Regional High School, was majoring in engineering and was pledging the fraternity’s Alpha Upsilon chapter.


Student Found Dead At University Of Arkansas-Fort Smith Campus

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An unidentified student at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith was found dead on March 1 according to the university’s Director of Public Information John Post.

The student’s body was found in a Sebastian Commons apartment on campus and his identity is being withheld until the student’s immediate family is notified

Police say no foul play is suspected.

The university released the following statement:

“We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of one of our own students. Our students come to UAFS full of promise and ambition, and it is tragic to lose one of them at such a young age. Our thoughts go out to the student’s family during this difficult time, and we will make counseling available to help students, faculty and staff cope with this sad news. We strive to provide a safe, welcoming campus for our students and have no reason to believe this student’s passing was from any form of violence, nor do we feel there is any safety concern for our campus community.”

The student’s cause of death has yet to be released. The apartment building where the student was found houses sophomores, juniors, seniors, and nontraditional students.


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Ohio State Student Emails Professor Blaming Late Assignment Submission On Boyfriend

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Back in my schooling days, I took pride in cutting corners. Call me a scumbag if you will, fine, but I believe college should be less about studying textbooks and more about learning how to survive. If there’s an excuse to get out of homework, I’ve probably used it.

In high school, I told my science teacher that my dog at my homework. While the uninitiated might think that’s a fool’s errand, those versed in the arts of excuses know how brilliant it is. Its lack of believability is what makes is believable.

“Uhh, Mrs. Belas,” I timidly said.

“I know this sounds crazy, and I know you probably won’t believe me… but my dog literally ate my homework.”

The key is that it’s too ridiculous to be a lie. And that’s why I respect the hell out of Ohio State student Rachel Harriman.

Harriman, a 19-year-old Ohio State University student, decided to just tell her professor the truth about why she turned in an assignment late: She had just been dumped.
Rachel Harriman emailed her history professor last week to apologize for sending in her assignment a few hours late.

Now, here’s the brilliance of this excuse, real or not: it’s so personal that the professor feels way too awkward asking any further questions, and immediately decides it would just be easier to accept it. Is there any proof that Rachel Harriman got dumped? Of course not. But to the teachers, who would possibly lie about something like that to get out of a homework assignment. Power outage? Sure. Flat-tire? I’ve done it. But a breakup? That has to be real.

Luckily for Harriman, she ended up having what seems to be a cool professor, as he granted her an extension. She’s lucky she didn’t run into one of those self-righteous ‘law is law’ teachers, who refuse to impede on the integrity of their syllabus. I’ve run into a couple of those kinds of teachers in my day and let me tell you, those are miserable, miserable people.

Harriman ended up with a B+ on her history assignment.

Brie Larson Has Been On A MISSION This Week, If You Know What We Mean

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I’ve always been a big Brie Larson guy.

She’s been on a hell of a run the last couple years starting with 21 Jump Street and appearing in other legitimate, quality films such as Don Jon, The Spectacular Now, Short Term 12, The Gambler, and Trainwreck.

Then, of course, she hit the big time with Room, winning herself an Academy Award. If you’ve never seen it, check it out, because it’s an acting triumph. Like Tom Hanks was alone with a volleyball the entire time in Cast Away, Larson was trapped in a room with a kid and she absolutely crushed it.

And as Larson’s career has grown and improved, so have her looks. In 21 Jump Street, she was cute but she was paired off with Jonah Hill’s character, not Channing Tatum’s. That speaks for itself. But nowadays?

(Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

(Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Nowadays, Brie Larson is out here firmly and emphatically planting her flag in the ground. She has four movies coming out in 2017, one of which is the new King Kong. She’s playing Captain Marvel in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War and the Captain Marvel solo outing. And now she’s showing up to all of her public appearances reminding the world that she can go to toe-to-toe with any of the world’s beauties.

Between her appearances at the Oscars, the European premiere of Kong: Skull Island, and an appearance on the British talk show The One Show, Brie has solidified her place among Hollywood’s hottest.

I knew Brie Larson was a smoke, but I had NO idea she was packing this kind of heat.

University Of Minnesota Pledge Claims He Was Raped By Frat Brother

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An unidentified University of Minnesota fraternity pledge claims he was raped by one of the fraternity’s brothers while pledging.

The alleged victim, whose identity has not been revealed, told local police that he was pledging at an off-campus apartment in Dinkytown, Minnesota on January 29. He said what started out as a  consensual encounter turned violent and forced. According to the victim, who was pledging Alpha Epsilon Pi, the frat brother tried to blackmail him with photos and video to ‘silence’ him about the assault.

The victim went to a nearby hospital where he underwent a rape exam.

Via Star Tribune:

The suspect reportedly also “threatened to document the sexual encounter,” the filings said, “by photos and video that he could use to blackmail [the victim] into silence about the assault.” It was unclear whether the suspect actually filmed or photographed the encounter.

He also told the victim that he would use his stature within the organization to keep the other man from joining the fraternity unless he did as he was told. He later sent the victim a threatening message on the popular messaging app Snapchat, warning him not to tell other fraternity members about the incident, authorities said.

The suspect, who has also not been identified, is a first-year student who has since been suspended from Alpha Epsilon Pi. He has not yet been charged.

The investigation is currently still underway.


What Happened?

An unidentified University of Minnesota Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity pledge claims he was raped by one of the fraternity’s brothers while pledging.

Vardanush “Varda” Martirosyan: Hottest Photos Of The Ukrainian Singer & Dancer

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Varda is one red hot Ukrainian export. She’s a dancer, a singer, and she’s pretty damn smokin’ if you ask me. She’s won seductive dance competitions all across the globe, from Moscow to Amsterdam.

Vardanush Martirosyan was born into a large family in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine. She is the sixth child of an Armenian engineer and a Russian seamstress. Varda is college educated, earning degrees in stage direction and physical training from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.

This sexy Ukrainian starlet spent over a decade wowing audiences around the world with her dance routine. She was declared Ukraine’s first striptease champion in 2003-2004. She’s won numerous other awards, including Miss Pole-dance Russia in 2009.

In 2012, Varda switched focus to the music industry. She made her musical debut in a duet, as she sang “People Are Angels” with Sergei Zverev. Varda and Zverev would later appear in a super sexy photo shoot together in XXL Magazine (exclusive to Ukraine and Russia).

Varda likes to sing about romance, dancing and her love for Armenia. She is currently working on her first solo album “Follow The Dream.” But you won’t have to wait, follow your dream and view 32 of her hottest photos.

Muslim Internment Camp Posters Found On UCSD Campus

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Flyers promoting Muslim internment camps were found spread across the University of California’s San Diego campus Wednesday night.

The posters, which were placed on billboards across the campus, resembled internment notices, which signaled the roundup of the Japanese-Americans during World War II.

These posters called for the evacuation and removal of Muslim members of the San Diego County community.

The poster reads:

“All Muslim persons, both alien and non-alien, will be evacuated from the above designated area by 12:00 o’clock noon Wednesday, April 8, 2017. No Muslim person will be permitted to enter or leave the above discribed area after 8:00 A.M., Thursday, April 2, 2017, without obtaining special persmission from the Provost Marshal at the Civil Control Station…”

Students who spoke to NBC about the incident said they were outraged:

“To mock it and to make fun of it or to even take it seriously is messed up it’s just wrong,” one student, only identified as Kra Bars said.

“It should be taken seriously because this is not a joke,” freshmen Silvina Rodriguez said.

“It’s not right, they shouldn’t be allowed to do any of this,” Argo Hall resident Rosa Moreno said.

Similarly, the posters were also found hanging at Thurgood Marshall College, another one of the university’s six colleges.

NBC received an email from someone who claimed responsibility for the flyers, saying the flyers were not “anti-Muslim” and were meant to “shock and anger people” by using the Japanese internment visuals.

Their statement read:

“The posters were meant to mimic the internment posters because I wanted to shock/anger people and to show them what could happen if they didn’t do anything to stop it. It was a warning presented as a possible future.”

What Happened?

Posters similar to those used for Japanese internment camps were found around the UCSD campus, the flyers calling for Muslim interment.


Where is UCSD?

Seminole State College Placed On Lockdown

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The Seminole State College Lake Mary/Sanford campus has been locked down after threats by a student. The campus is on Weldon Boulevard, near the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and authorities said the lockdown is precautionary due to a student who made threats to harm himself.

While authorities cannot confirm whether or not the student has a weapon, they decided to go into lockdown as a precautionary measure. Similarly, local law enforcement has closed all entrances to the university.

The campus is on U.S. Highway 17-92, south of Lake Mary Boulevard.

The university released an alert via the Seminole State Alert system at 9:21 A.M.:

Law enforcement has instructed us to lockdown the Sanford/Lake Mary Campus due to police activity. Please go to a safe area and take precautions until given the all clear.

According to Seminole County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Kim Cannaday, the student was speaking with a teacher and they did not threaten the teacher before running away.

What Happened?

The Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida was placed on lockdown as a precaution after a student, who was speaking to a teacher, threatened to harm himself.


Where Is Seminole State College?


About Seminole State College

Seminole State College’s main campus is located in Sanford and the school has satellite campuses in nearby Oviedo, Altamonte Springs, and Heathrow. Seminole State, founded in 1965, is the eighth-largest member institution of the Florida College System.

Seminole State is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and the Florida College System Activities Association.

As of 2011, the college serves over 30,000 students, full-time and part-time.


Two University Of Missouri Students Arrested For Anti-Semitic Harassment

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Two University of Missouri students were arrested Monday for allegedly harassing a Jewish classmate for months with anti-Semitic messages, authorities said. Eric Eastman, 18, and Noah Rogers, 19, have been charged with first-degree harassment, which is a Class E felony and punishable by up to four years in prison.

Get the full story below.


What Happened?

The alleged victim called University of Missouri police to McDavid Hall on campus where he said Eastman and Rogers have been sending him hateful messages since August. Hank Foley, the school’s interim chancellor, spoke out against the accused students’ alleged behavior.

“This behavior is abhorrent and antithetical to our core value of respect,” he wrote in an email to the campus community. “It simply will not be tolerated.” Eastman and Rogers could both be expelled from the university, according to Foley.

The case will be investigated by the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office and the university’s civil rights office.

“Please know we remain steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that Mizzou is a welcoming and safe campus,” Foley added.

Boone County assistant prosecuting attorney Jessica Caldera will make a decision whether or not to file charges once she has received and reviewed all of the information from campus police.

This case comes amid a recent surge in vandalism at Jewish cemeteries and bomb threats against Jewish community centers in Missouri, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere across the country.


Who Are Eric Eastman & Noah Rogers?

Eastman, a freshman, and Rogers, a sophomore, are both music majors at the University of Missouri. They are also both from Columbia, Missouri. They are facing charges of first-degree harassment for allegedly taunting a Jewish classmate with anti-Semitic messages.

Heroic Bus Driver Pulls Over Mid-Route, Talks Suicidal Woman Off Ledge

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Damone Hudson, a Dayton, Ohio bus driver, was crossing the Main Street Bridge over the Great Miami River in Dayton when he saw a woman standing on the other side of the rail.

Surveillance footage from the bus shows Hudson instantly pulling his bus over to the side of the road before exiting the vehicle to urge the troubled woman to step back onto the safety of the sidewalk.

“‘Ma’am, you look like you’re having a bad day, you know. Can I give you a hug?’ And it was just anything to get her to come back over on the other side of the rail,” Hudson said.

Via Fox 45 WHIO:

Bus surveillance video recorded what Hudson said when he was first speaking to the woman. “Why don’t we come back over on the side of the rail? … Hey miss, why don’t we come back on this side of the rail for me?” The video didn’t capture what else Hudson said to the woman after he stepped off the bus, but he told News Center 7’s Natalie Jovonovich about his intervention.

While Hudson was out of the bus attempting to talk the woman down, someone else, presumably a passenger, called for help. Hudson continued speaking to the woman until a Dayton Police Department crisis intervention specialist arrived at the scene.

“Everyone’s going through something. Even if you are, just reach out and try to touch someone, even if it’s in a small way,” he told WHIO.

Jason Allen, of the RTA, told WHIO that Hudson is one of their best drivers.

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is  800-273-TALK or you can visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Groom Dies Of Cocaine Overdose Just 6 Hours Into His Bachelor Party

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Shaun Ennis, 31, died just six hours into his bachelor party due to a large amount of cocaine in his system.

Ennis, a father of three from Buxton, Derbyshire, and a group of his friends jetted off to Magaluf in Majorca last summer for his bachelor party. After going straight to local bars, Ennis told his future brother-in-law that he did not feel well. Shortly after, Ennis started convulsing.

A post-mortem exam conducted on Ennis’ body by a coroner, Dr. Robert Hunter, after it was flown back home, found “high” levels of cocaine in his system.

Via Buxton Advertiser:

Senior coroner Dr Robert Hunter said that, according to statements taken by Spanish police, on the night he arrived in Magaluf, Mr. Ennis stayed out in the resort on his own after the rest of the group had returned to the hotel. The next time he was seen, however, he had become unwell.

Shaun’s friend, Michael Heathcote, told Spanish police that Mr Ennis had knocked on his door in the early hours of the morning, sweating profusely. He was also complaining of shortness of breath, his lips had turned blue and he later began to convulse.

The alarm was raised at 6:00 A.M., but despite the best efforts of Shaun’s dad Brian and Spanish paramedics, Mr Ennis died shortly afterwards.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, Dr. Hunter said, “I don’t think people fully appreciate the dangers that cocaine can pose to the heart.”

And of course, whenever I can work a Seinfeld, South Park, or Chappelle’s Show reference into an article, you bet your ass I will. Today’s winner is Chappelle’s Show — you can probably guess which sketch I’m going to use.

The Final ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ Trailer Gives The Best Look At Jack’s Last Ride

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I don’t care that the last two movies have been trainwrecks, I’m a sucker for Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Caribbean theme music. Those first two movies came out in my prime pre-teen years when life was at its easiest, so maybe it’s nostalgia talking when I say this, but those first two Pirates movies are some of the most endlessly watchable movies to come out during my lifetime.

I’m holding out hope that Disney learned from their mistakes of the past to send Jack Sparrow out on the right note. With comic book movies dominating the Hollywood model these days, original characters that you’re able to build a franchise around (like Sparrow) are few and far between, so it’s only right that the end the franchise on a high note.

Plus, adding an Academy Award-winning actor as the main villain can never hurt, although I’m a little worried about Javier Bardem’s whole zombie pirate aesthetic:

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Capt. Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will hit theaters on May 26, 2017.

The SAE Brothers At Michigan State University Were Blessed With A New Fraternity House

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The Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers at Michigan State University have been blessed with a brand, spanking new fraternity house this semester, courtesy of some very generous alumni donations. The SAE house has been under renovation for some time now, but finally, the construction is finished, the house is redecorated, and the flag has been raised. We asked our Michigan State Campus Ambassador (and SAE brother) to send in some photos of the house looking all pristine before darty season begins.

What we saw from the pictures is a well-planned house, aka a first floor with a ton of open space for activities. The wooden dining room looks like it’s going to age with the sophistication of single-barrel whiskey. The chapter room is filled with multiple leather-bound chairs. And best of all: there’s a piano. Honestly, I can’t remember the last time that I saw a working piano in a fraternity house. Apparently, the brothers are using their smartphones to learn how to play.

Besides the piano, perhaps the nicest touch is the wooden map of the state of Michigan with a Spartan in the front. Why? Because the only thing that girls love more than puppies and pianos is an iconic backdrop for photos.

Point and case:

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