Jeremy Taylor
Is College Still Worth the Money It Costs? — Survey of the Day
It used to be a given that a college education was worth the money. But the price of a four-year education has skyrocketed over the last couple decades, and — due to the bad economy –a college degree has become less of a surefire job guarantee.
So have these factors changed opinions on college’s worthiness?
Get Certified In Alien Hunting With New Online College Course
There are some students graduating college with pretty nontraditional degrees, especially those from individualized study programs, but the latest online offering from The University of Edinburgh is a little bit out-of-this-world.
Do You Trust the Internet? — Survey of the Day
The scope of the internet is mind-boggling. These days, there is more information available to you on your Smartphone than there is the world’s largest libraries.
But is this information you can so easily access from the web reliable?
Hero Dad Delivers Newborn on Side of Busy Highway
We’ve all heard the jokes about babies who were conceived in a car. But being born in a car is a much trickier proposition. Especially when that car is on one of the busiest highways in America.
Are You Using Your Cell Phone for the Majority of Your Web Browsing? — Survey of the Day
In our 4G world, the internet connection you can get on your cellphone is almost as good as the one on your home computer or laptop.
Greenpeace Tricks Media With Another Shell Oil Hoax
At first glance, it seemed like Shell Oil had set themselves up for some pretty epic trolling.
Did You Cheat When You Were in School? — Survey of the Day
New York City is just the latest school district to be rocked with a large-scale high school cheating scandal, this one involving state exams and cell phones.
Earlier this year there were also high profile cases of mass cheating in Houston and Long Island.
Ultimate Belly Flop Compilation Brings the Pain Over and Over
They are two types of belly flops — The first comes courtesy of a daredevil with a masochistic streak who deliberately falls into the water gut first. The second happens when somebody just isn’t very good at diving into a pool.
‘Rafting Gone Wild’ Gets Predictably Crazy
Over the weekend, 4000 revelers took to tubes of varying sizes and set up shop on the Sacramento-area American River for an afternoon billed as ‘Rafting Gone Wild.’ But instead of just the good booze-and-bikini fueled kind of wild, the event descended into a series of brawls.
‘Encyclopedia Brown’ Author Donald J. Sobol Dies at 87
Donald J. Sobol, the author of the extremely popular boy-detective book series ‘Encyclopedia Brown,’ died last week of natural causes. He was 87.
You May Not Believe How Much Parents Will Spend On Back-to-School Supplies This Year — Survey of the Day
For a kid, there may be nothing more depressing than the first advertisements for back-to-school sales, which remind them that their summer vacation won’t last forever.
The only thing more depressing for parents may be the cost of sending their little ones back to a new classroom.
Woman Performs the Ultimate Challenge – Hugging a Person a Day for a Year
Melinda Schmidt has been a hugger her whole live. So when the 35-year-old mother of two recently moved to Raleigh, NC, she immediately started missing the parade of embraces she used to get in her smaller hometown.
Melinda decided to do something about this, and since she couldn’t import her friends and family to Raleigh, she started hugging strangers instead.