Kids carry the darndest biohazards in their personal affects, don’t they? According to posts by Oklahoma mom Ladye Hobson on her Facebook page and blog Her View From Home, her son Brylan brought home what looks to be between one and one and half pounds of squirrel meat in his backpack.
Is back-to-school shopping going the way of the rotary phone and the nickel soda?
If you hear that your kid (or one of their friends) has head lice, your first reaction might be a mixture of disgust, panic, and an urge to disinfect everything in your house. That would be overkill. Head lice aren’t a health hazard, and even medication-resistant “super lice” can be eradicated with proper treatment.
John Oliver briefly returned from Last Week Tonight’s summer vacation to provide a little back to school video, one that outlines everything students will not be taught in the upcoming year. Chief among them: Warren G. Harding nicknamed his penis “Jerry,” and European explorers and colonists were actually “genocidal…
After Labor Day, students and teachers across the country will be headed back to classrooms for the beginning of a new school year. For some, this time of the year is brimming with opportunity. (What will you learn? Who will you meet?) For others, it’s a time of dread. (What WILL you learn? WHO will you meet?) The…
Congratulations are in order for actor Antonio Banderas, 55, who is now in the second week of classes at his new university, London’s Central Saint Martins.
The United Kingdom will thank American Apparel to keep their filthy adverts off its genteel shores. The nation's Advertising Standards Authority has banned a couple of schoolgirl-themed ads by the company, claiming they've got the "potential to normalise predatory sexual behaviour."
Oh, cool. A devastating end to a shithead summer. Five-year-old Malachi Wilson, a member of the Navajo Nation, was sent home from his first day at a Texas kindergarten for having hair that was deemed "too long." Wilson's mother, April, says that her son was devastated by the encounter. And, seeing as Wilson keeps his…
Does anything inspire as much nostalgia as the thought of back-to-school shopping? Can't you see the rows and rows of school supplies, beckoning with promises of fresh starts and better grades? Let the memories of crisp Lisa Frank folders and fresh spiral-bound notebooks and squeaking new sneakers wash over you. You…
It’s back-to-school time and all of the parents on your Facebook feed are thrilled to have their lives back. That is, right after they stopped crying about the cost of sending their little monsters to class with new clothes, learning supplies and cell phones. And these days, if a kid’s at least 12, many think it’s…
It feels like fall today, and fall will always feel like school supplies: rows of three-hole punch binders with 10-tabbed separates, unscuffed erasers, Sanrio Spotty Dotty pencil bags. Those were my weaknesses, along with Kipling backpacks (those overpriced gorillas were so cool at my high school for reasons I still…
Members of JCPenney's marketing team all put their thinking caps on this summer and decided that a great way to trap people in their stores and cajole them into buying pantsuits or sweatshirts was to offer free back-to-school haircuts to kids. CEO Ron Johnson, however, soon discovered that free back-to-school haircuts…
For these prices, you'd expect these most expensive of all dorm rooms to come with fancy Swedish mattresses and maid service. We're guessing you'll still have to settle for having your crap stolen from the laundry room.
With school around the corner (or already begun) for many kids, it's time to consider an often overlooked part of the day: recess.
Whatever your age, the first day of school is one of the most dangerous social minefields of all. Luckily, we have some tips for keeping your head high and your notebooks un-flushed-down-the-toilet.
Says Alex Knepper: "my columns are to be neutered, and I will no longer be allowed to engage with my readers. [...] I cannot morally sanction this; therefore, I must leave." Also resigning: a blogger who supported him. [Eagle, Sexist]
"Here's a little math equation Knepper's critics will never understand: Guys + Gals + Parties + Excessive Boozing = Some gal(s) getting raped or some guy(s) getting falsely accused of rape." — Gregory Hane [Washington Examiner]
Alex Knepper's claim that "date rape is an incoherent concept" continues to make waves, this time with an interview in which he says people of color are anti-gay, but at least smart enough not to get raped.
The American University Eagle will issue an apology for publishing Alex Knepper's column claiming "'date rape' is an incoherent concept." Says the editor-in-chief, "The column offended a lot of people, and as a human being, that upsets me." [Washington Post]
After sophomore Alex Knepper claimed that "'date rape' is an incoherent concept" in the American University Eagle, many AU students wrote us to voice their anger. And Knepper himself wrote in to explain his "call for personal responsibility."
