Britney Spears' lip-syncing draws outrage and controversy in Australia, proof the Aussies have unrealistic expectations from the pop star.

There’s no arguing that the Wash. U. undergraduate population is driven. We’re driven to be doctors, driven to make it to the East Coast for graduate school and driven to get straight A’s. Unfortunately, though, there are too many of us who are driven to do whatever it takes to make our transcripts impeccable. At Monday’s Controversy n’ Coffee forum, “Am I cheating? A special forum on academic integrity,” Dean Dirk Killen said that every year the College of Arts & Sciences hears about 20-

0 0 0 The controversy over NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield’s alleged crystal meth use is priceless. Personally, I don’t know, and honestly don’t care, whether Mayfield is a meth head, although I can see how other drivers might object. I mean, meth isn’t exactly Red Bull, or even Adderall, which is widely believed to be NASCAR drivers’ stimulant of choice. But now the Mayfield controversy is getting hot and heavy enough to qualify as entertainment, with comments and denials that s

The annual USN&WR rankings and the inevitable controversy that follows, steroid use by baseball players, and a recent article in the New Yorker ("Brain Gain," April 27, 2009) have made me realize that I am not sure what it means to cheat. It's not that I do not regard lying as cheating but things get very blurry after that. You could say that cheating means everything that creates a perception that is not accurate. In the law school ranking context, employment rates are suppose to reflect

Two photos in this story from WIRE IMAGE . HERE’S a picture I want AMY WINEHOUSE to take a long hard look at – BRITNEY SPEARS looking truly stunning, The U.K. Sun reports August 21st. It was less than six months ago that the American singer was put in hospital for her own good. Just like Amy today, Britney was a drug-crazed wreck, dogged by controversy. But look at her now. Brit was the picture of health at a charity bash hosted by actor JIM CARREY as she posed with hi