Sorority Girls Vomit All Over Underground Railroad Museum

Anyone who’s attended college for an extended period of time knows that most campuses are littered with boozing and debauchery that would leave most parents aghast. It’s the known consequence of 18-22 year old kids escaping the confines of home and parents, structure and supervision, to be left to their own devices. They’re going to get […]

Unigo’s Top 10 Drinking Colleges

Ah college: the studying, the library, the traditions, the deep conversation, the cafeteria’s fine cuisine—what, that’s not what you “remember”? Was it the partying, the keggers, the frat parties where all hell broke loose? Well, that would likely be the case if you went to one of these top drinking colleges and universities, coast-to-coast, massive-to-small, […]

Top Ten Brainiest Students Part 2

Some of the final five are among the most expensive in the country – boasting high tuition because of small endowments (one could argue just how brainy is it to pay high tuition?).  One, however, has one of the largest endowments in the United States.  All but one was founded in the 20th century, with […]

Unigo.com’s Top Tens: The Brainiest Students

The top ten brainiest colleges, according to Unigo.com, range in size from small to super small.  Number one on the list is Reed College, Portland’s renowned liberal arts bastion.  The remaining nine schools are sprinkled throughout the United States, from Indiana to Massachusetts.  All but one has fewer than 3,000 students (University of Chicago, number […]

Financial Drain

I was at an event recently and we were talking about the state of education in the United States. One girl raised her hand and commented that, “The United States is the only country I know of that has free education.” I, personally, wanted to know where she was from that she thinks that education […]

State of My Union

When I watch the State of the Union address, I rarely expect to hear anything that is relevant to me as a young American in this country. Whenever I watched Bush do the State of the Union address, or speak for that matter, I never felt like he was talking to me. But from the […]

The Politricks of Christmas

It has begun. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. The music that is being played even though it’s not yet Thanksgiving, the sales, the movies, the influx of people in the mall that has spontaneously regenerated out of thing air as if they have been hibernating for the past six months; the cold […]

Free Health Care? or Free College?

I read this article on Yahoo about how states are now beginning to cut aid to college students. This is happening because of the recession. More people are asking for financial because more parents are losing their jobs, among other circumstances. States are struggling to balance budgets and are beginning to slash programs left and right.
As […]

The Impact of My Vote

So I was fortunate enough to go to the Democratic National Convention in 2008, and I have to say that I had one of the best times of my life. I got a glimpse into the political process and got to see how things work. That was when I decided that I was going to vote for […]

To Carry or Not to Carry

So I read this article about students who are fighting for a law to be passed to allow them to carry guns on campus. Before I give you my opinion on this, here’s a little background:
The second amendment is the part of the Bill of Rights that says: ”a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the […]

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