25 Jun
Drunk Watch 22:18Students show up drunk to 'sober' cruise
A high school graduation cruise - advertised as being strictly "sober", and with chaperones carrying out multiple checks for licquor - never left dock because some of the students were drunk, the Vallejo Times-Herald reports in California.Some creative teenagers passed around a water bottle full of vodka.
Kristi Lash, head of the Sober Grad Nite committee, said, "I'm heartbroken these children would (drink), knowing that it's a safe-and-sober grad night and sober is the key."
Honours 19:11Honour for motormouth Clarkson
Protests are growing against Oxford Brookes University's decision to award Jeremy Clarkson an honorary degree, the Guardian reports.The motoring journalist is an enemy of cyclists, environmentalists and health and safety experts, but the university said it wanted to recognise his support for engineering and motor sports.
A student-organised petition against the award has gathered support from 1,400 people.
21 Jun
Academia 18:23Student finds exam results online early
News from Durham where an "enterprising" business student has discovered his exam results online three days before they should have been published.Apparently he'd been fiddling with the URLs where the results were due to be published, based on ones that already had been.
A spokesman said it was a "minor" problem, the Guardian reports.