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What students are talking about today (December 13th edition)
Puppy parties, NHL lockout and the plot to kill Bieber
Therapy dogs in Hawaii (Photo: Beverly & Pack on Flickr)
1. If you’ve fallen into an exam stress hole and your university doesn’t offer the burgeoning (and cute) service of dog therapy, watch this video – you can’t possibly be in a bad mood after watching a man high-five a Labradoodle. CBC Edmonton reports that the University of Alberta is the latest Canadian school jumping on the dog therapy wagon – and it’s wildly popular. Students lined up down the hallway for a chance to play with the pups, and a university official told CBC they hope to make the visits an ongoing program throughout the year.
2. In a bid to improve the college experience for LGBT students, the AP reports that the University of Iowa has become the first U.S. public university to pose options question about sexual orientation and gender on its application. The application asks students whether they “identify with the LGBTQ Community” among other optional questions, data the university hopes to use to gauge how well LGBT students feel supported. If a student answers yes to the question, Iowa’s admissions office will also e-mail them with information on housing options and campus resources.The AP reports that the only other U.S. college to track LGBT students is Elmhurst College, a private liberal-arts school in suburban Chicago.
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$38,000 scholarship for one Tweet
Essays are unoriginal, says student aid official
The University of Iowa is offering a $38,000 scholarship to its business school for the best tweet by a prospective student who explains why he or she will make a good MBA hire, reports USA Today. That’s right, it’s a 140-character application that pays $271 per letter.
Jodi Schafer, the University of Iowa’s director of MBA admissions and financial aid, told the newspaper that application essays were “becoming unoriginal,” She explained that, “we’re hoping that incorporating social media in the process will help bring back some of that creativity.” Students can include a link to anything they like in their tweet, including blogs, videos or Facebook accounts.
The University of Iowa isn’t the first school to eschew the 800-word entry essay in favour of the Tweet. Kentucky Fried Chicken received 2,800 applications for it’s $20,000 Twitter scholarship last year. To enter, students explained why they deserved the cash. The $20,000 winning entry was by a student who didn’t even use all 140 characters. She wrote that the scholarship “is the secret ingredient missing from my recipe for success.”
Ban on corn eating contest partially lifted at UIowa
The University of Iowa has partially lifted restrictions on an annual corn eating contest in the corn producing state. Last year, the university’s vice president for student services banned the event due to the event’s encouragement of gluttony. This year, the winner is no longer the person who eats the most corn; instead the will [...]
The University of Iowa has partially lifted restrictions on an annual corn eating contest in the corn producing state.
Last year, the university’s vice president for student services banned the event due to the event’s encouragement of gluttony.
This year, the winner is no longer the person who eats the most corn; instead the will be the student who eats a single ear of corn the quickest.
Good to know the University of Iowa is leading the way in cracking down on fun.
