LAWRENCE, KA -- A man died today after not studying hard enough, say authorities, sending a clear message to students everywhere to take their educations seriously.

Ernest Bograve, 20, traded the opportunity of a study session for his upcoming biology test for a mushroom trip with friend and negative influence, Mike Owers, also 20. On their way to Big Lake, where the two planned to take their trip, Bograve was hit by a bus.

“I never thought I would die from a lack of studying. I just thought I would get bad grades,” Bograve said. “I guess, if I had to do it over again, I would never do drugs and would just study all the time.”

The University of Kansas, where Bograve was earning his Bachelor degree, lamented his death, but championed the student’s quick change of heart.

“We are not glad that Ernest is dead,” read a released statement. “But we will be erecting an 18-foot statue of the student to warn the rest of them.”

The school has since expelled Owers, and named every February 24th, “Study all day day.”