Meet The Openly Gay Football Player Changing The Game At Powerhouse Colleges

This article originally appeared on Outsports.


My-King Johnson, a highly recruited defensive lineman from Tempe, Ariz., who has committed to play for the University of Arizona this fall, has come out publicly as gay in a newspaper interview. When he enrolls at the school in Tuscon, he...

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Topic of Your Choice as a College Essay. Just Because You Can...

“Hello, James. How are you?”


“Well, I was doing OK, until I heard you wanted to see me.”


“Why, James–is it my breath?”


“Yes, well. James, I heard from Tartar College today.”


“They turned me down already? I guess I...

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College Rankings: What Are They Good For?

Despite what might have started out with good intentions, college rankings have done more harm than good.


Rankings do not do what they purport to do: provide high school students with an accurate, unbiased guide to selecting the best college fit for themselves and their budgets, and to...

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What To Do Instead Of Going To College (Or After You’ve Already Gone)

If I had to do it all over again, I would skip the university route and, instead, spend 3-4 years working on a kickass, meaningful project that actually made an impact on the world.


I have nothing against college. In fact, I recommend you go if you want to do something specialized like...

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Mom Mails Son Box Of Trash He Failed To Take Out Over Winter Break

After her teenage son skipped an important chore, a Maryland mom devised a creative way to show her disapproval.


Terri Cox of Leonardtown has an 18-year-old son named Connor, who attends Westminster College in Pennsylvania. While Connor was home for winter break, he agreed to do his usual...

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One-Word Answers To Your Money Questions

Financial advice is loaded with fine print, disclaimers and caveats. But sometimes, you want a straight answer before digging deeper.


We answered 10 money questions in a single word, and linked to all the extra stuff.


1. How do lenders decide if I qualify for a loan or credit card?


2....

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Rats Beware: These Broom-Toting College Students Don't Mess Around

This plan is as elaborate as the Mousetrap board game.


A group of college roommates attending Duquesene University in Pittsburgh faced a daunting problem when a large rat moved in to their space. Instead of cowering in fear at the threat ― like many would ― they banded together to defeat...

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How Do You Deal With a Fast Paced Curriculum in School?

What study strategies did you use to manage such a demanding workload across many disciplines at MIT? originally appeared on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.

My best tip is to try to learn the...

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Students Are Decorating Their Dorm Room Doors To Celebrate Black History

Viral hashtag challenges are the internet’s thing. They usually involve people dancing or freestyling, but a new challenge urges folks to pay homage to black history.


Students at colleges across the country have been using their creativity to celebrate black history with the...

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Being Awkward At Parties Is Like Living Your Own Personal Horror Movie

Being awkward at parties is a nightmare. It starts with people thinking you wouldn’t even be there. Then not remembering someone you’ve met before. And then the weird hug-or-handshake debacle. 


“Girls” and “Get Out” actor Allison Williams stars in this too-true-to-life video from College...

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Train for Next Season and Answer Pope's Call to Action

Championships can be won, in part, during the off-season. When my cross country team at Elder High School in Cincinnati went unbeaten and won the state title, one of the reasons was the summer.


Either we would run on our own, or meet with teammates for an evening run. Everyone on the...

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The Sociology Of Casual Sexual Encounters With Lisa Wade

What do the Industrial Revolution, the Roaring Twenties, the advent of the college fraternity, and the gay liberation movement have in common? According to sociologist Lisa Wade the link is the pervasive hookup culture that dominates the modern university experience in her fascinating...

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Risks Of Fraud In Competency-Based Education

An audit report released earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General could potentially trigger efforts in Congress to eliminate a critical legal requirement for college programs to receive federal Title IV student grants and loans. That...

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The 'Boyfriends Of Instagram' Are The Real MVPs Of Social Media

In the age of personal brands and Instagram, it has become an integral part of modern life to show the world just how much fun you’re having.


And one community aims to honor the men behind the lens who make that happen.


Enter, the “Boyfriends of Instagram.”


“Boyfriends of Instagram”...

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Parsing HB-2's Bathroom Babble | The Huffington Post

If Republicans in North Carolina’s general assembly don’t permit repeal of HB-2 in the very near future, North Carolina could lose six more years of NCAA events. That would be disastrous, and North Carolina Republican legislators will have to own that disaster if they...

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First Muslim Is Elected President Of The College Chaplains Association

A national organization of university religious leaders elected its first Muslim president last week in a move that could influence college diversity for years.


The National Association of College and University Chaplains recently elected Imam Adeel Zeb to be its next president. Zeb...

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The Heart Of College Athletics Is Still In NCAA Division III

One of the first stories I wrote in this space almost five years ago was a story about the heart of college athletics and amazingly it still holds true today so I thought I would update this piece.


In today’s world people seem jaded about college athletics. This probably comes with...

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At Risk: For-Profit College Converts To Non-Profit Status

The U.S. Department of Education yesterday took a momentous step, deciding that the CollegeAmerica / Stevens-Henager / CEHE chain of colleges, despite formally converting from a for-profit to a non-profit enterprise, is still acting like a self-interested business corporation, rather...

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Local Community Hit Hard When College Closes

Along with students and alumni, the citizens of Rensselaer, Indiana, expressed shock last week when St. Joseph’s College announced that it would close at the end of the academic year. The small, private Catholic college was founded 128 years ago and was a fixture – and major...

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The True Value of a College Education

What does value mean? What does value mean in terms of higher education? Too often, this word is associated with the meaning “costs less.”


This term, which is actually defined as “something that is held in high regard” or “one’s judgment of what is important in life” has been given a bad...

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DeVos Faces Protest, Lawsuit On Second Day

On her second day on the job as U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos faced a protest as she visited a District of Columbia middle school. She also was sued by a group of cosmetology schools in a District of Columbia federal court. DeVos quickly fled the protest in an SUV.  How she...

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Yale Drops 'White Supremacist' Name From College, Honors Female Scientist Instead

Yale University announced Saturday that they will officially change the name of Calhoun College, a residential college named after slavery advocate and former Vice President John C. Calhoun.


The new name, which becomes official on July 1, will instead honor Grace Murray Hopper, a rear...

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7 Kinky Ways To Use Your iClicker To Seduce Your Class Crush

Are you having a hard time grabbing the attention of your class crush? Do you always leave class feeling frustrated? Do you lock yourself in the bathroom and cry after? Not to worry! The Black Sheep has a couple of moves up our sleeves to get you to seduce your class crush using...

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NFL Says Anti-LGBTQ Bill Could Cost Texas Future Super Bowls

The NFL took a strong stand Friday against proposed legislation in Texas that would prevent transgender people from using public restrooms that match their gender identity, saying the bill could potentially keep the state from hosting future Super Bowls.


“If a proposal that is...

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The Black Sheep's Definitive Guide To D.A.D.S.

The variance and veracity of man’s bowel movements after a night of drinking has been a problem that’s plagued our species since the dawn of Saturday mornings. Right up there with life’s most pressing questions — Are we alone in this universe? Is there long-term,...

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The Falcons Lost The Super Bowl Thanks To One Really Bad, Inexcusable Drive

For more than half of Super Bowl LI on Sunday night, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan looked like the same guy that put together the best season of his career and won the NFL MVP award this year, in part because Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan was dialing up the same...

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Good Riddance: 6 Facts About The ITT Tech Shut Down

This morning, one of the nation’s biggest for-profit colleges, ITT Tech, announced that it has permanently shut down its academic operations and fired the “overwhelming majority” of its more than 8,000 employees. In a typically self-pitying, remorseless statement, the...

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Navient lawsuit: what student loan borrowers need to know

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Navient Corp., the nation’s largest student loan servicer, accusing it of “systematically and illegally failing borrowers at every stage of repayment,” according to a press release from January 18. The CFPB is asking...

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These Are The Top 25 Freshmen Of Men's College Basketball

The 2017 freshmen class is once again brimming with potential, perhaps even more than last year. Duke, for example, has a wealth of talent: Power forward Harry Giles, while small forward Jayson Tatum and combo guard Frank Jackson have also flashed tremendous ability, albeit not in consistent...

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Think a Degree in Philosophy is Useless? Think Again

How would you respond to people who say that a degree in philosophy is useless? originally appeared on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world..


Philosophy had a formative influence on me. It taught me to...

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If The State Of North Carolina Can't Host NCAA Events, Neither Should Baylor

It takes a village to enable a sexual predator. Baylor University is one such village. This is especially ironic since Baylor’s mission is to “educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and commitment within a caring...

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DeVos Showdown Looming, Think Tank AEI Offers Misleading Defense of Nominee

With the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be the Trump Secretary of Education facing an impending Senate vote, there has been a strong effort by concerned citizens across the country to find the one more Republican senator who could potentially block the controversial nominee. Right now,...

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Hundreds Of New York Students Walk Out As Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos

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Will a College Degree Still Be Relevant in the Future?

How important is a college degree to success in the workforce of the future? originally appeared on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world..


Answer by David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics and...

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Leaked Powell Emails Detail Ties To Key For-Profit College Investor

The hacked emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell have been widely noted because of Powell’s candid remarks about topics including Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and nuclear weapons. But Republic Report is intrigued by a series of exchanges about the for-profit college...

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White Children Need To Know More Black History

At a Wednesday breakfast in honor of Black History Month, Donald Trump made some truly bizarre comments about nineteenth century abolitionist Frederick Douglass:



Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I...

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Practice What We Prize | The Huffington Post

By Cheryl Hatch/Copyright 2016


“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.” ― Mahatma Gandhi


When student journalists put the final fall issue of the college newspaper to bed last December, I breathed a sigh of...

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What We Learn From Kids Who Don't Get Into Their Dream College

“Deny” was the most spoken and written word in my vocabulary when I worked in selective college admissions. “Waitlist” was second, with “defer” not far behind. The least likely word I used for the greater part of my career was “admit.”...

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If Only The Rest Of America Got Concussion Care Like NFL Players

Dr. Geoffrey Manley, a California neurosurgeon, is no football fan. He isn’t planning to attend a Super Bowl party this Sunday, and he doubts he’ll even turn on the TV at home as he works on other projects.


But for the past four years, Manley been intimately involved in trying to prevent...

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Devastating Reports: ITT Tech Killed Itself

Two new reports — one from a journalist, the other from an investment research firm — confirm in stark terms that former ITT Tech CEO Kevin Modany, his top lieutenants, and the company’s board of directors have only themselves to blame for the company’s...

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Baylor Football Program Enabled Years Of Sexual Violence, According To Lawsuit

A damning new lawsuit against Baylor University suggests that Baylor went to great lengths to protect its football players, at the expense of alleged victims of sexual violence. 


The lawsuit was filed by Baylor alumni Elizabeth Doe, who was allegedly gang-raped by two Baylor football...

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Trump Supreme Court Nominee's Newspaper Mocked Trump Run For President In 1987

The Federalist ― a conservative student publication that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, co-founded while in college at Columbia University ― once mocked the idea of Trump running for president.


A brief item in the October 1987 issue of The Federalist (then...

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The Highs and Lows of Being a Professional Author

How can authors and aspiring authors deal with the lows that come with writing as a career? originally appeared on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.


Answer by Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times...

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DeVos Makes Clear She'll Trash Rules That Curb Predatory Colleges

There were plenty of hints in the past few weeks, but now it seems clear as day: The Trump Administration plans, with the leadership of designated Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, to trash the work of the Obama Administration to protect students from the abuses for predatory...

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American Association of Colleges and Universities Embraces Design Thinking

Later this month, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU)) meeting (February 23-25) in Phoenix will convene its General Education and Assessment Conference. The focus: “Design Thinking for Student Learning.”


But what is design thinking and why now is it...

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Trump Supreme Court Nominee's College Newspaper: Don't Use College Writings Against Public Figures

It seems Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, knew reporters would someday be rifling through Columbia University’s library.


Waiting in the yellowing copies of The Federalist Paper, a conservative publication that Gorsuch co-founded and edited while a...

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How to Live on the Cheap While Paying Off Your Student Loans

If you’re a college student, you have a lot on your plate — who could blame you for not paying attention to that mounting student loan balance? But once you graduate, your new monthly student loan bill will be hard to ignore. After all, missing a payment isn’t like turning...

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