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Not-So-Happy Birthday Wishes To Sallie Mae — Twitter's Best Sarcastic Tweets to 40-Year-Old Loan Company

Elva Aguilar — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:34:20 +0000

It was Sallie Mae’s birthday on Monday, and every college-aged person (or college graduate with debt) on Twitter wanted to make sure she felt those birthday blues. And it was hilarious. Last week, stories surfaced proving that many university endowments and professor pension salaries were the catalyst in Sallie Mae’s profit boost for the year. [...]

What Are the Best Cities for 2013 College Graduates?

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:30:18 +0000

After getting their diplomas, a lot of college graduates decide to head to the big city to try and make it big. The question that arises, though, is which city is the right one? Well, after four (or five, or – gulp! – six) years of life on campus, 2013 college grads may want to [...]

Watch These People Finding Out They Just Got Into College — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:00:53 +0000

[onescreen item="5030469"] After weeks, sometimes months, of waiting for the news, it can lead to quite the emotional release. The college-application process is long, tedious and exhaustingâ€”and that’s not even including the years of adding extracurricular activities and honors classes that precede it. But sometimes it works out in the end and, well, wow. It’s [...]

How Much Sex are College Students Really Having? Survey Says…

Eric Rogell — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:00:52 +0000

Ah, College -- it's not just the place to get an advanced education, but a carnal education as well. On campus we learn a lot about hooking up (and if we're lucky, some freaky experimentation) before settling down after graduation. Are students really hitting the sheets as much as they are hitting the books? According to a recent Sexual Satisfaction Survey conducted by Lifestyles Condoms, they sure are. Lucky bastards.

Recent College Graduates Having a Ridiculously Tough Time Finding Work

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:50:09 +0000

As the debate rages over whether getting a college degree is worth the money, a new set of statistics is giving many people pause — seems half of recent college grads are either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.

Hundreds of Drunk Naked College Kids Trash a $280 Million Ferry

Patrick Bateman — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:30:42 +0000

A story like this only comes around maybe once in a lifetime. Picture a “ferry” filled to the brim with college kids getting absolutely hammered then stripping down to their birthday suits and just wreaking havoc. While terrified passengers took shelter in a secure room, kids from the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University ”smashed glasses and [...]

SUNY Fredonia On List Of "Druggiest" Colleges

Jack FM Staff — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:00:30 +0000

The website "The Daily Beast" recently conducted a study which ranked the nation's "druggiest" colleges and we have one in our neck of the woods!

What College Has Been Named the Top Party School in the US?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:20:04 +0000

Pop another keg in Athens, Ohio because Ohio University has been named the top party school in the nation by a student survey in the Princeton Review’s annual ‘Best Colleges’ edition.

Ohio University has made the best party school list 12 times since 1997, but

Get a Job! Top Five Summer Jobs for Youth

Kari-Lynn Wirth — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:55:47 +0000

Summer means no homework and studying for students. But kicking back and relaxing isn’t an option for many high school and college students.