A recent column written by Purdue President Mitch Daniels touts the value of GPAs when used hand-in-hand with ACT and SAT scores to determine the “grit” of college applicants, a thesis statement clouded by his contradictory rhetoric and antagonistic view of students’ mental health. Read more

Entering the third year of his five-year contract, athletics director Mike Bobinski has been the architect behind the revival for the Purdue football program. His short tenure included the hiring and — more importantly — the retention of head coach Jeff Brohm. Read more

On the morning of Nov. 8, 1968, I was eating breakfast in my Grant Street apartment when the phone rang. Read more

Editor’s note: Kent Hannon was The Exponent sports editor and managing editor from 1967-69 before going on to a career as a writer at Sports Illustrated. He is now retired and living in Athens, Georgia, where he was an alumni magazine editor at the University of Georgia for nearly 25 years. Read more

A thin disc of dough rests on a delicate hand as the other hand dips into a bucket of water. The fingers trace around the circle, and then move to a spoon to scoop up filling. Then it’s fold and pinch until a dumpling forms in the palm of the hand. Read more

The Purdue housing crisis, well-known to many in the Purdue community, has recently gone viral due to a series of Buzzfeed News and Purdue Exponent articles and their responses on social media. The attention has also led to an investigation by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Read more

At the first meeting of a class I teach about the causes and consequences of World War I, each student is assigned a seat at a table with the flag of one of the combatant countries in the center. I explain that, during the semester, they will be asked to speak about and defend the actions of… Read more

You’ve seen the women’s protests, you’ve been told how men unfairly discriminate against women and you’ve definitely heard something about women making “77 cents to men’s dollar,” even though you’re still not really sure what that means. Read more

As Purdue’s Feminist Action Coalition for Today marched in a Take Back the Night rally against sexual violence last week, J.K. Stein’s memoir, “The Director,” provides a place to start the conversation on consent and the transition from discomfort to abuse. Read more

Of the top 10 highest-paid employees at Purdue University, seven are employed by Purdue Athletics, and one is Purdue President Mitch Daniels. Read more

The rising trend of protests at Purdue and across the country has caused the media and citizens alike to question their effectiveness. Read more

What percent of your peers are you smarter than? Read more

The Purdue Board of Trustees approved plans on Feb. 9 to research the best locations to construct two new dorms on campus to help deal with the over-enrollment of students in the past few years. Read more

For many young people, college represents the first foray into adulthood, and with that inexperience comes a slight hesitance to question the aims of professional entities and service providers. After all, they know what’s best, right? Read more

Recent events in the arena of personal data and social media have awoken the public’s fear that precious online records are being exploited without consent, which, while understandable, is ultimately ill-founded, as everyone essentially consents to their data being sold to private companies. Read more

Ever felt particularly hungry after a Wendy’s commercial? Felt better about yourself after buying "natural" products wrapped in green and beige plastic? Been enticed to buy cool sunglasses after seeing your favorite celebrity sport them in the latest action movie? Read more

The U.S. has come a long way since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death 50 years ago yesterday and the time of Jim Crow laws and segregated schools, but there are still implicit, and sometimes even explicit, differences in how people of different races are treated that should be noted. Read more

Purdue University Global has joined the ranks of universities like Harvard and MIT that offer online coursework, now free for Purdue employees and reduced-price for their families. Read more