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Making Good on Your Party Foul

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

As the cooler months come, you’re more apt to have your parties indoors.  As a result, you’ll still have the beirut [or, beer pong to all you heathens] table set up, but it will be in closer quarters.  You’ll have to get creative.  Once you are all proud of yourself for the set up you’ve done, [...]

What You Wouldn’t Expect About Students and Jobs

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

A study about students and their employment habits was conducted by Charlene Kalenkoski (associate professor of economics at Ohio University) and Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia (research economist in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Division of Productivity Research and Program Development), which will be published in the Journal of Population Economics.  The study looked at the correlation between [...]

Beer Becoming Popular Again

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

I know what you’re thinking, ‘Was beer every unpopular?’  But, for a while, colleges weren’t all to keen on having beer or any type of alcohol at football games and the like.  But, with money tight a number of schools, administrators are looking for new ways to make some cash.  Beer at sporting events does, [...]

The Frightening Freshman Fifteen

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

It’s easy to gain weight your first year at college.  But, if you’re careful and make the right decisions, you can bypass it.  CNN gives some helpful tips for all you incoming Freshmen.

UPDATE: Bud Light Promo Getting Reigned In

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

From what I reported last week, the promotion that Anheuser-Busch was pushing for its college consumers is being bullied into the corner by certain campuses.  It’s certainly not as acceptable as they may have thought, I suppose.

Being an Inebriated Freshman Is Not Necessarily a Good Road To Be On

Friday, August 21st, 2009

When you’re a Freshman, bright and full of wonder, the worst thing you can do is decide to get piss drunk all the time.  The Appalachian Online discusses how students at Appalachian State University should behave when around alcohol, and I think this is good advice across the board.

Students Must Jump Through Hoops For Spring Semester

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

In order for students under 22-years-old at Kansas State University to begin their Spring semester, they must take a course on the effects alcohol has on an individual.  The students are required to take a two-part course that deals with learning about the many aspects of drinking and alcoholism. From the Kansas Star,
‘The course is [...]

Campus Police May Be Held Accountable For Student’s Death

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

A student from SUNY-Geneseo died after he had been drinking for days on end at an off-campus residence in the village of Geneseo.  The campus police are being questioned as to how they handle students who are binge drinking and what their statistics include when they’re published.  The college may be implicated due to its [...]

Party School Ranking A Blessing and A Curse

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

As I wrote about last week, Penn State was ranked number one by the Princeton Review as the biggest party school in the country.  Since then, the administrators have been working hard to discourage anyone from thinking that this ranking reflects the overwhelming majority on campus.  A spokesman for the college explained that there were [...]

Minnesota and Liquor Don’t Mix

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

A recently passed agreement by administrators as the University of Minnesota has disallowed any alcohol to be served at any UM sporting event.  Needless to say, most students aren’t all too pleased.  This was brought on by pressure from campus legislators that were,
angered by the university’s plan to sell alcohol only in the private suites [...]