Oh Fox News, how I love your hypocrisy — especially when it involves teens and nude pictures.

According to a FOXNews.com report, teenagers in Columbus, OH are using their cell phones to send risqué photos and videos of themselves in a Digital Age note-passing that kicks so much more ass than the intricately folded blather I use to scribble on a scrap of wide-rule.

Apparently not everyone sees the improvement, like the FBI:

“I’ve seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed,” said Reynoldsburg police Detective Brian Marvin, a member of the FBI Cyber Crime Task Force of Central Ohio. “You name it, they will do it at their home under this perceived anonymity.”

You name it, they will do it. It sounds like this guy knows a lot about the Central Ohio cell phone kiddie porn ring. That’s an awkward job to have; going home to your wife every night. Read More »

So you’ve been saving you change (and significantly more) for months now in hopes of finally completing that wild two week summer European backpacking trip. Only problem is gas prices are on the rise and the price of flights to Europe have gotten completely out of hand.

Fear not, because Zoom Air is here to cater to college students in the San Diego, Ft. Lauderdale, New York and Vancouver regions looking to go abroad this summer.

They are offering ridiculous discounts any college student could afford — Ft. Lauderdale, New York City or the UK for $225! I really don’t think there is a better deal to be found anywhere.

I flew Zoom Air from NYC to London in September and it was a great experience — spacious seating, my flights were on time, they didn’t lose my bags and, most importantly, the flight attendants were gorgeous. Seriously: if you have any interest at all in visiting Europe this summer check out the promotional deals on Zoom Air.

School: Kepler College
Location: Lynwood, Washington
Tuition: $1,667 per semester
Student Population: 40-50 students; 10 to 12 students per class.
Best class: Financial and Investment Cycles
(Covers the fundamentals of astro-economics, the astrology of the marketplace and investment, planetary cycles and their relationship to the stock market.)

Some considered it ‘a historic accomplishment at the dawn of a new millennium.’ Others ‘don’t like our use of ironic quote marks.’ In either case, March 10, 2000 marked the founding of Kepler College, the first college of astrological studies in the United States.

Kepler’s founders believe that it’s the right time to bring astrology back into the college setting [Editor’s note: hey, at least it’s not intelligent design.] Others disagree. ‘If I set up a college of tae kwon do, would they approve it?’ mocked Alvin Kwiram, vice provost for research at the University of Washington, in an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Read More »

Since students are super-busy writing papers, studying, and surviving finals, the GoCollege Weblog says that you shouldn’t have to venture far off campus to get a good job. In fact, one of the most in-demand positions is a campus network technician.

Obtaining a technician job has many benefits including flexable scheduling and high pay. Visit LifeHacker to check out tips on how to obtain this job and view the rest of Go College’s list of best jobs for college students.

Graduation days is slowing approaching so that means it’s time to start fine tuning that resume. We asked some industry professionals to give us a few resume mistakes that you should try to avoid at all costs.

Check them out after the jump!

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In college there are certain rites of passage: drunken (and regrettable) sexual encounters, the subsequent trips to student health, and then…well. Nevermind.

But at any rate, college is in a lot of ways like a training ground for the real world, and while you can f*ck up quite a bit and emerge virtually unscathed, a wise man once said “Tis better to…” uhh..actually, I’m pretty sure I slept through that class.

If I could remember that quote, it would have been something about learning from the mistakes of others. So in that spirit, here is our guide to leaving the dorm behind and getting your first apartment.

Beware of Crooked Landlords
Despite their regal-sounding title, many landlords are typically less than honorable in their treatment of college students. Maybe it’s their inability to cope with the number of upper-decked toilets they’ve had to clean over the years, but most landlords aren’t willing to provide college students with much more than the basic amenities provided to a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay.

OK, bit of a stretch, but one thing landlords do know is that college students are generally a lazy bunch, and that given a standard “adjustment period”, most students can generally learn to happily co-exist with the mice and vermin sharing their abode. Read More »

Finals are just around the corner. Job interviews are being had. Apartments in new cities are being looked for.

Holy sh*t. College is ending.

And I am having a serious breakdown.

1. What the hell am I going to do with my English degree?

2. When am I going to see my friends again?

3. Where am I going to live?

4. How am I going to support myself without the help of my dad (who I have totally wrapped around my finger, might I add)?

5. What am I going to do when the college life I have gotten so accustomed to is over?

I know that these are things most people thought about months ago (especially the job stuff!), but I am really bad at accepting reality. Like the fact that everyone can tell my Marc Jacobs bag is fake. I like to pretend that everything is fine. In my world, if I think something is true then it must be true. So for awhile, I pretended like college wasn’t ending. Instead, this was just another year leading into yet another summer. Read More »

We all know the obvious reasons to lace up the Nikes and sweat it out at the gym: calories burned, harder abs, a flatter ass, a better shape, weight loss, etc. Those are all well and good, but there are many rarely-mentioned benefits to working out that are even more important to your body.Daily exercise:

Improves Memory: Working out boosts blood flow to the brain, which improves your mental abilities. So, each trip to the gym is doing double duty: working your quads and your brain! Exercising is a sure-fire preventative measure to keep your brain working and sharp as you age.

Helps You Sleep Better: This seems like such an obvious one — working out makes you tired, so you sleep – but it’s deeper than that. Physical activity for 20-30 minutes 3-4 times a week has been proven to help you stay asleep longer and enjoy more of the deep sleep, which is the stuff we benefit most from. But, the workouts have to be in the morning or afternoon, because exercising at night will energize you too much to sleep. Read More »

Sometimes I think about how our Founding Fathers intended to guarantee everyone a free education; not a professional education, but the basics anyone needs in order to get by in society. Unfortunately, I think the standards have changed. College is now just as necessary as high school.Does that mean it should be free?

On the surface, I’d say yes. But then again, if it were free, would we want it? Read More »

Go beyond the cruise ship, past the safari, further than you’ve ever gone before… study abroad in the Galapagos with the Isabella Oceanographic Institute (IOI) this year!This is seriously one of the coolest programs I’ve come across.

1.As they note on their website, teaching inhabitants to conserve is essential to ecological preservation.

My boyfriend’s mom often laments that her twin goals—environmental friendly goods and fair trade seldom coincide for this very reason—local inhabitants often use inefficient and environmentally harmful practices to produce their goods. But honestly who can blame them? Especially given the poverty of these places? Read More »