The Douchiest Colleges of 2011

Harvard beats out Columbia for most internet references

(NEWSER) - Institutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners:

1. Harvard University
2. Columbia University
3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
4. University of California, Berkeley
5. Stanford University

Six sponsors out of today's game, others reviewing plans

(NEWSER) - More tangible fallout from the Penn State scandal: About six sponsors, including Cars.com, have pulled out of today's noon game on ESPN, and other marketers are asking the station not to air their ads anywhere near discussion of the matter. "I have multiple advertisers pulling ads from the ESPN broadcast," one ad buyer tells the Wall Street Journal . More»

Future in question for assistant coach

(NEWSER) - Mike McQueary—the assistant coach in the middle of the Penn State scandal —has received multiple threats and won't be at tomorrow's game against Nebraska after all, officials say. Interim head coach Tom Bradley, who took charge after the firing of Joe Paterno , had earlier told a press conference that McQueary would be coaching, but it would be a "game-time decision" whether he'd be on the sideline as usual, or in the coaches' booth, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. More»

Congratulations, class of 1931

(AP) - Two alumna from Cornell University will be attending their class reunion today, and there's a good excuse for the low turnout—the classmates are 102 years old. Cornell University is holding its first 80th class reunion for Ruth Laible Tallmadge and Rosemary Hunt Todd of the class of 1931. The women will present a spirit banner for Cornell's newest alumni class that's reuniting, the class of 2006. They are two of 30 living members from that graduating year. More»

In student survey, Ohio U. finishes second

(NEWSER) - Good news for parents paying for their kids to study at the University of Georgia: The school is finally No. 1. The bad news: The Princeton Review list ranks the nation's top party schools. "UGA has been on the party school list for a while, but it’s one we prefer not to lead," a university rep tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Too late. "People need to understand the parties go on at night," says a rising senior. "We do actually go to class and study." More»