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  1. ask an expert
    The Ivy League Doesn’t Want Frasier CraneThe reboot finds him as a newly hired college professor. His real-life academic counterparts insist there’s “no way” it would happen.
    By Devon Ivie
  2. college
    Why Does Every Teen in Every Movie Want to Go to Yale?An investigation.
    By Hunter Harris
  3. last night on late night
    Hasan Minhaj Says Your College Tuition Is Paying for ‘Theme Park Bullshit’“Colleges shouldn’t be fun like Disney World. They should be soul crushing, like Epcot Center.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  4. commencement speeches
    Beyoncé Thanks Protesters, Calls Out Music-Industry Sexism in Graduation Speech“Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the world know that black lives matter.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  5. congratulations class of 2020!
    Jennifer Coolidge’s Spooky Advice for Emerson Grads Is Going to Be Tough to BeatWhich she delivers to a candlelit table of haunted dolls in formal wear.
    By Halle Kiefer
  6. potus
    Obama Is Sorry You’re Stuck at Home ‘Playing Board Games or Watching Tiger King’Watch his commencement speech for the class of 2020.
    By Devon Ivie
  7. operation varsity blues
    Felicity Huffman’s Daughter and Her Legit SAT Scores Are Off to CollegeCarnegie Mellon, here she comes.
    By Devon Ivie
  8. operation varsity blues
    Felicity Huffman May Face One Month in Prison Over College-Admissions ScamRuh-roh.
    By Halle Kiefer
  9. stranger things
    What Will the Stranger Things Kids Write About in Their College Essays?Their scariest challenge yet.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  10. vulture lists
    9 Great College Acceptance Scenes From TV ShowsGossip Girl, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and our other favorite college-bound TV characters.
    By Marianne Eloise
  11. game of thrones
    Game of Thrones Ruined Isaac Hempstead Wright’s Time at University“I could not anticipate the chaos.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. us
    For Your Consideration: Winston Duke’s Howard Sweatshirt in UsCurrent students, and Winston Duke, talk Us’s most memorable supporting character.
    By Hunter Harris
  13. college admissions scandal
    Lori Loughlin’s Daughter Is Reportedly Getting the Hell Away From USCOlivia Jade has already lost a bunch of sponsorships.
    By Devon Ivie
  14. first person
    Comedians and College Students Are Not EnemiesStand-up comedy is not “us versus them.” It is call-and-response.
    By Jes Tom
  15. stand-up
    Former SNL Writer Kicked Off Stand-up Show by Columbia StudentsThey took issue with his joke about a gay black man.
    By Megh Wright
  16. bill cosby
    42 Universities on the Status of Bill Cosby’s Honorary DegreesIncluding Yale, Carnegie Mellon, UConn, UPenn, Temple, and Notre Dame.
    By Devon Ivie
  17. roll clip!
    Michael Keaton Imparts Special Alumni Wisdom to College Graduates: ‘I’m Batman’It’s true. He played Batman. Twice!
    By Devon Ivie
  18. student loans
    Did Lady Bird Make the Right College Choice?Examining Lady Bird’s decision with the benefit of hindsight.
    By Nate Jones
  19. vulture lists
    25 Iconic Soundtrack Songs, RankedYou won’t be surprised to learn that “My Heart Will Go On” is on here.
    By Anne T. Donahue
  20. roll clip!
    Will Ferrell Wanted to ‘Torture’ USC Grads With His Whitney Houston RenditionThis guy.
    By Devon Ivie
  21. pomp and circumstance
    Hannibal Buress Gives a Special Fake Commencement Speech to the Class of 2017When in doubt, watch Martin or Friends or Downton Abbey or …
    By Halle Kiefer
  22. adam carolla
    Adam Carolla Is Crowdfunding for His Documentary Criticizing College Safe SpacesCarolla’s project focuses on the campus protests of conservative guest speakers.
    By Tolly Wright
  23. letters of recommendation
    Michelle Obama Wrote Black-ish’s Yara Shahidi a College-Recommendation LetterYeah, that should help.
    By Karen Brill
  24. what a cool and hip college
    Georgia College Offering ‘Southernness’ Course All About OutKastI’m sorry, Ms. Jackson, this course is for real.
    By Devon Ivie
  25. The Student, by Julien Darmoni Dear Anton, Our parents, though they are dead to me, often remarked upon my sullen nature as a child. So somber, so soon! It was as if I […]
    By Brian Boone
  26. roll clip!
    Michelle Obama and Seth Meyers Visit HowardTip #1: An all-Skittles diet is a road to ruin.
    By Halle Kiefer
  27. Being a Well-Rounded Person Is More Important to Working in Comedy Than […] As a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV […]
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  28. Is This the Best Character Piece on YouTube?In a content-ravenous ecosystem where YouTube home pages everywhere are flooded with hacky celebrity impressions and lazy bits (“This is my […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  29. A Syllabus From a Really Cool Professor, by Zack Stovall What follows is a syllabus that was discovered following an extensive legal background examination, unearthed from the pages of a textbook […]
    By Brian Boone
  30. Jay Pharoah and Michelle Obama Made a Rap Video Together Called ‘Go to […]First Lady Michelle Obama is always open to working with funny people so long as there’s a good cause attached – in the case of Billy Eichner […]
    By Megh Wright
  31. Emerson College Will Offer a BFA in Comedic Arts Next YearAre you a young, bright high school graduate interested in accumulating thousands of dollars in student loan debt all in the name of comedy? If […]
    By Megh Wright
  32. Larry Wilmore and the ‘Nightly Show’ Panel Explore Some Unconventional […]Last night’s Nightly Show took on the topic of of the value of a college degree and skyrocketing tuition costs, and during the panel, Wilmore […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. Check Out ‘The Harvard Crimson’s Comedy IssueHarvard’s daily newspaper The Crimson published a new comedy-centric issue of its weekly magazine Fifteen Minutes dedicated to the university’s […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. How to Start Your Career in Comedy: A Guide for College StudentsIf you want a career in comedy, you’re probably wondering what you can do to get from Point A: Where You Are Now, to Point B: Life Dreams Achieved.
    By Nicole Dieker
  35. This Week In Web Videos: B1G Ten Trash Talk There’s like one month a year when I don’t feel like a total misfit: late July/early August. Hockey fans have forgotten all about the Cup, […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  36. vulture asks
    Vulture Asks: What Pop Culture Did a Roommate Ruin for You?For Jesse David Fox, a college roommate listened to a song so often that he now cringes at the mere thought of it.
    By Jesse David Fox
  37. Here’s an Infomercial for a Fake College Written by Ex-’Onion’ Writers […] Adult Swim has been quietly airing this fake infomercial for “For-Profit Online University” all this week at 4am. FPOU is a one-off special […]
    By Bradford Evans
  38. Fox Wins the Bidding War for Tina Fey’s New College SitcomNext season, Tina Fey might end up having new comedies on two different networks. Last week, we told you that Tina Fey and her fellow 30 Rock […]
    By Bradford Evans
  39. Watch ‘Community’s Jim Rash in a Recruitment Video for Greendale Here’s a fun three-minute recruitment video for Community’s Greendale College, starring Jim Rash as Dean Pelton. The video is a promotion for […]
    By Bradford Evans
  40. Watch Lewis Black Give a College Commencement Speech Of course, Lewis Black is the first person you’d pick to speak at a college commencement ceremony. (via Laughspin)
    By Bradford Evans
  41. Every Advantage, by Nick TaylorWhen I was five minutes old, my father gave my umbilical cord to a man in a pinstriped suit, who was waiting in the hall. “He’s going to bank […]
    By Brian Boone
  42. The Complete Guide To Everything: College Urban LegendsThis week’s episode is the first installment of our new series of Urban Legends themed episodes (which will appear monthly, or until we forget […]
    By Splitsider Editors
  43. A Funny Thing #32: The Old College Try with Jon GabrusJon Gabrus lived the quintessential Hollywood college experience, if Hollywood was the name of an alternate world where everyone thought it was […]
    By Splitsider Editors
  44. Nick Offerman Reveals the Secrets of Ron Swanson’s Mustache“Two weeks is a passable mustache. It’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s a mustache.’ But it takes longer for the upper nasal labial whiskers to reach the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  45. Listen to a Young Johnny Carson Explain Humor WritingFor his senior thesis at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Johnny Carson created an audio program that explained how to write comedy for […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  46. How College Comedies Are Watched by All Ages of Dudes“College is the best time of your life,” is something people like to say and believe. It’s also something that self-perpetuates itself: you […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. Inside the Second City’s Comedy Studies ProgramC.J. Toledano is a familiar face in the Chicago comedy community. He’s a stand-up comedian, and has a natural ease that sets him apart from […]
    By Stephen Winchell
  48. A Reading List: The Best College Humor PublicationsCollege humor magazines have been around for literally hundreds of years, with the oldest of these entertainment publications beginning in the […]
    By Laura Jayne Martin
  49. Jon Stewart to College Kids: ‘Don’t Eat from the Salad Bar’ and Vote, […] Get More: www.mtvu.com Shut up, Dad. I don’t need to listen to you anymore; I’m at college. I’m going to live forever and Presidents are […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  50. 12 Colleges with Great Improv GroupsThese days, it’s safe to say every college in the country has an improv group. Most of them perform “short-form” games, but several have also […]
    By Erik Voss
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