WSJ: College Isn’t Just For Youngsters
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Tom Lauricella over at the Wall Street Journal gives some hope to those who want to head back to college later in life. You don’t have to be 18, and the opportunities are endless.
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Listology: Why the Price of College Is Ridiculous
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
A blog from U.S. News & World Report gives the top 7 reasons as to why universities are having trouble keeping their tuition prices down. We’re seeing a downturn in the economy (still) and certainly having issues paying for college and colleges are having trouble giving students better opportunities. The list is as follows:
State Appropriations [...]
Seven Must-See Videos from the NCAA Tournament 2009
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
It’s Final Four time, with the 2009 edition featuring UNC vs. Villanova and Michigan State vs. UConn. Those teams are headed to Detroit, a city clearly booming at the moment, which sort of begs the question, “Why Detroit?” But whatever. The tournament resumes on April 4, but if you’ve missed absolutely everything that happened so [...]
From the Folks Who Brought You Rick-Rolling…
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Youtube has decided to expand its college-based audience from silly videos, to free lectures, to a new way to search for colleges. Youtube.com/edu now allows viewers to sift through a number of college’s and university’s tours of campuses, research the college is looking towards, and campus news. This ushers in a whole new era of [...]
NCAA Tournament Second Round Wrap-Up: Turns out the Big East is pretty good
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
For the first time in tournament history, five teams from one conference ended up in the Sweet Sixteen. Sorry Duke fans, it ain’t the ACC. Yesterday, the Big East showed itself to be one of the strongest conferences in tournament history when Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, UConn, and Villanova each advanced to the next round of [...]
The Weirdest Mascots in College Sports
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
College mascots tend to range from the stereotypical to embarrassing. In my own experience, it’s tended to be the latter. My high school team, the highly questionable Bellarmine Bells, had a mascot called the Bellarman. Literally, a giant bell with a mean face. Not exactly fear-inducing.
Then at NYU, our team name was the Violets. And [...]
Obama Takes on the Baggy Pants Initiative
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Without any direct policy making, President Obama has decided to bring young Black students back to the roots (no pun intended) of well-groomed dress wear. In Durham, NC students have been tackling the issue at local colleges. Cards have been given out that explain precisely the type of dress that should be worn by students [...]
