Meteors, State of the Union, Watergate, and the Harlem Shake [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

Another week, some more news! Here you go.

Bombing in Iraq Kills 21, Injures Over 100

We here at CC are sad to report of the bombings that occurred in Baghdad, Iraq. The bombs exploded in Baghdad on Sunday morning, police have said.

The Need for Weed: What These 4 Women Are Doing To Get You High

Here are the four most influential women in the legalization of cannabis.

Zooey Deschanel And Sophia Rossi Start Production Company, Girl Power, Etc.!

Zooey Deschanel and HelloGiggles co-founder, Sophia Rossi have started their own television production company. Pretty girl swag.

Woman Buys Ad Space To Dump Boyfriend On V-Day [Sugar Binge]

A woman was so fed up with her boyfriend that she decided to publicly humiliate him.

J.T.T. Looks The Same, Makes Come Back, Tiger Beat Posters, Etc.

Please make a sequel to Tom and Huck. Please be featured in a Hanson music video. Thank you. Please and thank you.

See The Roaring ’20s In Color For The First Time With Vintage Kodachrome Footage

Slate unearthed this Kodak footage from 1922 and it’s absolutely stunning and unreal. It’s some of the first full-color, moving pictures available. I always wonder how authentic the aesthetics are because the only images I’ve seen from the era are in black and white.

College Offers Loan Repayment Assistance To Its Broke College Grads

A liberal arts college in Michigan is offering its future broke, college grads loan repayment assistance to its incoming freshman.

Richard III, Dogs of the Iditarod, and David Beckham in Underwear [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

A rogue police officer, a king’s remains and David Beckhan in his under garments, round out this week’s current events cheat sheet.

Is The New Cover Of Sylvia Plath’s ‘The Bell Jar’ Sexist?

There’s been some debate as to whether the new cover of The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath’s groundbreaking novel about a woman who suffers from clinical depression due to the pressures of gender norms and misogyny, is sexist.

That One Time Australia Tried To Ruin Every Kid’s Birthday

The best part of any birthday party is getting your cake with an amount of candles equivalent to your age (maybe even one more for good luck) and then making a wish about getting that pink bike you wanted and blowing our your damn candles like a pro. But Australian officials ain’t having any of that.

NC Students Divided Over Butt Plug Bingo, True Story

North Carolina State University decided to host a kinky bingo night. Oddly enough, many students were pretty pissed that their student fees were going to such a “crass” game.

Fashion Student Commits Suicide, Leaves Behind Louis Vuitton Bag of Names Banned From Funeral

The lack of support she felt from her “friends” after a supposed bullying incident seem to have caused the young student to turn to suicide.

Can Your College Sue You? Hint: Yes, It Can.

U.S. borrowers have accumulated around $1 billion in loans and schools like Yale and The University of Pennsylvania have been forced to take extreme measures. They’re suing students.

Super (Beyonce) Bowl, Blackouts, and a Kid President [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

The day after the Super Bowl: if you were partying it up last night, sorry about that hangover. If, like me, you only tuned in at halftime to see Beyonce and Destiny’s Child give the BEST halftime performance ever, congratulations, your thoughts are probably still full of her fabulousness.

Women in Combat, Norovirus, and Manti Te’o Songified [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

Katie Couric pushed Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o for some answers about his fake-dead-girlfriend controversy. And because the internet is beautiful, the Gregory Brothers songified it. Why, why, Manti?