Freshmen Padding Their Independence
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Half a dozen freshman Democrats took to the House floor one late-October morning to cast their lot with Republicans.
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Free Wi-Fi, subsidized music-download services, even free iPods at Duke University. There&#39;s no question that high-tech perks are a fixture of today&#39;s college experience.
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College campuses are stirring back to life, and Eric Hoplin's vote machine is ready to spring into action.
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Spending a year abroad before going to college can foster a solid sense of direction.
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Ten years ago, The Citadel threw open its doors to women after a protracted, heated legal fight. On Saturday, a new class of 650 freshmen &#151; including about 40 women &#151; arrive. But the challenge of bringing women into the once all-male cadet corps isn't over. Some male cadets and alumni still don't like the idea.
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DURHAM, N.C. - Newly arrived Duke University freshmen got something considerably snazzier than the usual Blue Devils T-shirts and ball caps: Their goodie bags included a free iPod digital music player engraved with the school's crest and the words "Class of 2008."   The university says the unique welcoming gifts, which Apple Computer Inc...
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Many of college basketball's traditional powers feature lineups full of freshman who may have otherwise jumped from high school to the NBA.
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Money talks. New graduates shouldn't be afraid of talking back.
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By Frank, Maggie  Back in the day, a college student who skipped class but cared about what he had missed borrowed a classmate's notes. A few beers or bucks might change hands, and everybody was happy. Not so this fall when N.C.
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The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.
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With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
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By MICHAEL HIMOWITZ  With their newly minted high school graduates headed off to college this fall, millions of parents face two agonizing prospects. One is coming up with the first tuition check. The other is buying their freshman a computer.
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By Adam Smeltz, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep.
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Strolling between classes at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Blake Ross looks like any other bleary-eyed sophomore. Few would guess that the laptop-carrying 19-year-old is a tech
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Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams&#39; success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an &quot;arms
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Chelsea Robinson, 18, a freshman at Towson University, is looking forward to spending time with her family during her upcoming winter break.
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Sam Shields, Javarris James and Ryan Hill all turned some heads when they arrived on Miami's campus this summer, with each freshman boldly predicting that he would quickly earn significant playing time. Turns out, they all were probably right.