4/20, Califonia Style

College students are likely celebrating the holiday on meadows and rooftops across the country today, and we just happened to have this gem of a video in our archives. Behold last year’s toke-fest at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Cali is where the annual tradition originated, and this herd of UCSC students demonstrates that […]

Villanova Makes It to the Final Four

From the battlegrounds at Villanova, where the Wildcats advanced to the Final Four on Saturday for the first time in nearly 25 years:

The Today Show Takes on the Gap Year

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Want to Win a Trip to Africa?

STA Travel, a discount student travel agency, and Keep A Child Alive, a nonprofit that serves African children and families with HIV/AIDS, have partnered to offer you a contest. If you text “alive” to the number 90999, $5 are added to your phone bill as a donation to Keep a Child Alive. The contest […]

Tuition Hike Sparks Boos at SUNY

On Tuesday, State University of New York (SUNY) students congregated in Albany to protest Governor David Paterson’s plan to raise tuition as a budget-boosting measure. The $620 hike puts annual tuition at $4,970. (SUNY students, by the way, have done a 180: in October, they were asking for tuition increases.) Here, watch the protest.

Franklin and Marshall Students Say there Isn’t Enough Housing

According to students, Franklin and Marshall is way too crowded. There’s not enough housing for undergrads, especially upperclassmen. Hopefully, overcrowding won’t become a common issue as schools like Wesleyan University consider increasing class sizes to bolster their endowments.
For more student takes on the issues blighting their schools, go here.

Binghamton Bearcats at the Top of Their Game — But at What Cost?

A recent New York Times article revealed that Binghamton University has made several not-so-moral moves to ensure the success of its DI basketball team, including pressuring teachers to change their grading policies for the athletes. Here, a student interviews fellow Binghamton undergrads on game day.

Saving Money by Eating People’s Trash

You might not have free tuition, but you can still save money at college. One Princeton student advocates “freeganism” — living off of other people’s trash — as not only a cost-cutting measure, but also a political statement: why waste? For more (and maybe more appealing) tips on surviving the recession as a student, go […]

College Students Can’t Get Enough Toilet Paper

Nothing makes college students act less like the adults they’re supposedly becoming than a big win. After the Florida Gators beat the Oklahoma Sooners last week, fans in “orange and blue shirts, wigs, hats, jerseys, beads, scarves, plastic Hawaiian leis, and face paint” — and, for one student, “lucky underwear” — went crazy.
Chants of […]

Cupid’s Calling…

With Valentine’s Day a week away, some college students are loading up on saccharine gifts for their sweethearts. But if you’re single, buck up! In a column earlier this week, the Arizona Daily Wildcat’s Laura Donovan makes the case for staying solo: “Being single doesn’t translate into being weird or unwanted. In many cases, it’s […]

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