Columbia has been crunching numbers and it looks like they have a serious problem on their hands: Nutella thievery. The school started offering the wonderful, incredible innovation in spreadable wonder last semester, and it's been a little too popular. They say they're losing $5,000 of Nutella every week, or nearly one hundred pounds every day. It's possible students are simply eating it by the bucketload during lunchtime, but officials suspect foul play: hoarders who stockpile it for their own dorms. Columbia estimates the losses are costing them about $250,000 a year which, as Buzzfeed points out, is the equivalent of annual tuition and fees for four students. So, the crime is sinister, yes, but is it understandable? If you've ever eaten Nutella, you know the answer ... Discuss

In an age in which people are weighing the actual value of a college degree, here's something to keep in mind: tuition at public universities is skyrocketing. Last year, the average cost jumped by a record 8.3%. Meanwhile, the average state funding per student fell about 9%, which is the biggest drop that number has taken since 1980, when the State Higher Education Executive Officers first started collecting that data. The point is, tuition is rising at about the same rate government funding is eroding. Probably just a coincidence ... Discuss