# College student discovers extragalactic pulsar

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721 "2012-09-14T19:55:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721/1 "2012-09-14T19:55:00Z")

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Talk about bragging rights…!

> **[Franklin & Marshall – Why F&M is Right for Your Student](https://www.fandm.edu/admission/why-f-m-is-right-for-your-student)**
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> Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as an individual, and their successes continue long after F&M. The...

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721/2 "2012-09-14T20:02:45Z")

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“Jack Madden '14”

wtf?

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721/3 "2012-09-14T20:15:03Z")

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EAsports’ advance release of the new CFL version of the popular John Madden NFL football video game series…duh.

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721/4 "2012-09-14T21:45:19Z")

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Maybe his dad was Jack Madden '13?

Or maybe the paper has a policy to specify the expected graduation date of its students.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721/5 "2012-09-14T22:10:23Z")

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> [@Punoqllads](#):
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> Or maybe the paper has a policy to specify the expected graduation date of its students.

Correct. Always list the grad year of a student in any news piece.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-discovers-extragalactic-pulsar/634721/6 "2012-09-14T22:16:08Z")

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Flip-flops in a physics lab? He’s going to be sorry when the Higgs Boson falls on his left foot.