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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Left: Student in glasses sobbing, wiping tears from her face. Text overlay reads, "AI is ruining my college experience, I guess I'll be meeting with the dean." Right: Word document time stamps.

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Culture

“Bro I spent hours…hours”: Student breaks down after professor flags her hard-written paper as AI

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Left: Man in a blue shirt disrupting University of Washington Psychology lecture. Middle: Woman chasing man in blue shirt. Right: Man in blue shirt on the ground, surrounded by students.

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“FAFO never hit so hard”: College students chase down man who stormed lecture with Nazi salutes and slurs

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“Is that meme ever gonna die?”: Woman featured in Jimmy Tatro skit explains how it came to be

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Sorority “cold rooms” go viral on TikTok: why they exist and how they work

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“You can’t even copy and paste anymore”: New program allows teachers to access a “writing report” that records every word you type

Left: Tweet reading 'Some of the recruiting letters my husband’s parents withheld from him until he was 24 because “we didn’t want to have travel far to home meets, and you aren’t that smart anyway.'" Right: Opened recruitment letters

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“I’d struggle to EVER forgive them”: Boomer backlash erupts after man learns his parents hid Ivy League offers…because they didn’t want to drive that far

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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These viral questions from college parents are making everyone worry about Gen Z

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Viral Politics

“I’m not even gonna justify”: A college student called out a surprised Charlie Kirk with an insult from his father

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Video: Plane flies above Stanford’s graduation with a “Congrats! Don’t work for Elon” banner

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Image from a Columbia graduation ceremony and Columbia president, Claire Shipman, in an interview. A tweet overlaid reads: the columbia college class of 2025 is booing through the president's speech.

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“You arrested us!”: Students boo and heckle Columbia president during her graduation speech

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Teen app founder goes viral after being rejected by every single Ivy League school

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy, and elsewhere.

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South Carolina students attend ‘normal’ assembly. Then they learn their college is shutting down (updated)

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

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Everyone got the University of Waterloo meme wrong—but it doesn’t matter

Woman says college gave her faulty fridge causing all her insulin to expire within 30 days

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‘I’m paying them tens of thousands of dollars a year’: Woman says college gave her faulty fridge causing all her insulin to expire within 30 days

Heather Stewart is a freelance reporter and previous intern for the Daily Dot. She was previously an executive producer at The Drag, UT&#8217;s award-winning podcast production house as well as a projects intern for KUT Austin. Her work can be found in the Austin Chronicle, the Victoria Advocate and more.

Heather Stewart

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‘This was your EMPLOYER????’: Woman slams Poppi Cosmetics manager for blocking her mid-internship. It was for school credit only

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