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Personal Advice

Health Insurance: Are You Covered?

Tweet As a college student, it is easy to overlook medical coverage when considering college costs. After all, you are young and vibrant and if you come down with strep

Campus News Education Tips

Free Tests For College Credit In Minnesota

Tweet The state of Minnesota is offering a unique program for high school students: free college credits are being given to those who take (and pass) certain state-approved tests. Unfortunately,

Campus Cars

Chevy Aveo: The Lowest Priced Car In America

Tweet Affording a new car is difficult these days for some consumers as prices continue to climb upwards to an average of just under $30,000. Certainly, luxury cars pull that

Personal Advice

You Can Still Eat Healthy On A Budget

Tweet Not every college student wants to “feast” regularly on campus food, choosing to forgo dining hall grub in favor of other culinary delights. Pizza and beer seem to be

Personal Advice

Dorm Free, But Furnishings Are Needed

Tweet Ask a handful of college students who live on campus what they think of dorm life and you’ll probably get a bunch of different answers including: “Its cool. I

Campus News

NYU Will Open A New Campus

Tweet Far from the teeming metropolis of New York, a university that bears the city’s name is planning to open up a new campus. No, I’m talking about a campus

Campus News

California Voters To Decide CC Fees Today

Tweet Lost in all the battling for the presidential primary sweepstakes are the many state and local initiatives which are also being put before voters this year. Today, which is

Career Planning Personal Advice

Attend Hamburger University For A Real Education

Tweet I don’t usually come right out and say it, but for nearly three years after I graduated from college I was a manager for Wendy’s, the fast food restaurant.

Campus Cars

The Smart Fortwo: Tiny & Affordable

Tweet One of the smallest cars ever made, the Smart Fortwo, is now available for sale in the US. First introduced by parent Daimler AG Company (Mercedes) in 1998, the

Campus News

U.S. Senate Investigates College Endowment Practices

Tweet Many top tier colleges and universities in the U.S. are sitting on a pile of cash, endowments built up over years of fund-raising, corporate giving, and investing. Now, the

NCAA Basketball

Men’s Basketball – Who Is Best?

Tweet I haven’t been paying that much attention to NCAA men’s basketball much this year, although two local teams — Duke and North Carolina — are doing quite well, but

Fun News

What’s Your Frat?

Tweet The college experience, at least for some students, is best spent through membership in fraternities and sororities, those “Greek” clubs where all sorts of debauchery is practiced. Okay, fraternities