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It’s back-to-school time, and you know what that means–awesome parties, hot chicks and lots and lots of beer. Sure, college is supposed to be about studying and bettering yourself. But that’s only half of it. To prepare you for the forgotten drunken wonderful nights you’re about to endure, we’ve put together the quintessential compilation of the one thing that’s best about the college experience–Beer Bong Babes.
Online ‘Textbooks’ Are Hitting The Mainstream
As textbook prices skyrocket, college students and faculty seeking more affordable options increasingly are turning to “open textbooks” as an alternative.
Open textbooks are free textbooks available online that are licensed to allow users to download, customize and print any part of the text. Professors can change content to fit their teaching styles. Some authors offer a print-on-demand service that produces professionally bound copies for $10 to $20.
Textbook prices have outpaced inflation 2-to-1 in the past two decades, says a 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office. They account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges, the GAO says. [USA Today]
10 Of The Greenest Colleges in America
When it comes to protecting the planet, many schools have given it more than a college try. In fact, America’s institutions of higher learning are some of the best incubators of sustainable solutions to myriad problems, and they are molding and inspiring the bright minds that will inherit the environment from the current generation of leaders.
Here are some of the colleges that excite us with their strong commitment to going green. Thankfully, the list isn’t comprehensive. [The Daily Green]
The 25 Toughest Stadiums In EA’s NCAA 09
Florida is #2 so why don’t you check out who is #1, and view the rest of the top 25 while you are at it. [I Gotta Rant]
In Stunning Victory Fresno State Wins The College World Series
Steve Susdorf brandished the championship trophy and Kris Tomlinson held a bag of ice to the left eye socket he had bruised moments earlier in a celebratory dog pile. Their Fresno State teammates wandered through a crowd of players, coaches, friends and family in front of the first-base dugout, looking for people to hug.
Four weeks after they scraped into the NCAA tournament, seeded fourth and last in their regional pod, the Bulldogs were perhaps the most unlikely champions in college baseball history, and no one could stop smiling. [uwire]
Mocking the Mock Draft
With the NBA draft just around the corner, it’s time to project which players will have which shiny new hats bestowed upon them. But this isn’t your typical mock draft; it’s SIOC’s Mock Mock Draft, where you’ll find out what each team really needs. [SI On Campus]
University of Minnesota Denies Victoria’s Secret
Don’t expect to see Goldy Gopher on Victoria’s Secret merchandise anytime soon.
University of Minnesota officials have notified its licensing agency that they do not want their mascot associated with Victoria’s Secret PINK Collegiate Collection.
“We are not making a judgment in regards to Victoria’s Secret,” said University spokesman Dan Wolter. “We just don’t feel it is in our institution’s best interest right now.” [Star Tribune]
Despite Poor Economy, Coaches Still Making Bank
Gas is $4 a gallon—and rising. The economy is struggling. Some believe the worst is yet to come.
But you can’t tell it by college football coaches’ salaries. They’re breaking the bank.
In 1995, Bobby Bowden became the first $1 million coach in college football. Now, the average salary for head coaches at major college football programs exceeds $1 million a year. [Tennessean]
Victoria’s Secret Plans Clothing Line For 33 Schools
Starting July 1, University of Minnesota students and fans can get a little more intimate with Goldy Gopher.
The University’s mascot and other school logos will appear on apparel from Victoria’s Secret’s PINK Collegiate Collection clothing line next month.
The line will consist of nine types of apparel, including panties, fleece pants and T-shirts. It will include licensed products from 33 colleges and universities to be sold in select stores, online and in catalogues.
Big Ten rivals Michigan and Wisconsin will also have PINK merchandise sold. [Minnesota Daily]
The Top Ten Tailgating Schools in the Nation
Back in March of this year, Tailgater Monthly gave their list of the “Top Ten Tailgating schools. While they had their own methods and criteria of coming up with this list (which included word of mouth, drinking, food etc.), we decided the best way to settle this would be to take this list and find a decent picture to represent each school in the list.
And what constitutes a good picture? A hot chick of course. Two more schools were added for good measure: Michigan State and Texas.
So ladies and gentlemen, get ready for my top ten tailgating schools, included because of their pictures of an attractive female. This list is in no particular order - you be the judge. [Uncoached]
Digger Phelps Interested In Notre Dame AD Job
The Journal Gazette caught up with former Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Digger Phelps on Monday afternoon.
He surprised them when he confirmed interest in the vacant athletic director’s job, left open by the departure of Kevin White to Duke. [JournalGazette]
Weed has a really schizophrenic status in American culture. Pretty much everyone’s tried it, but getting busted with even a small amount of it can land you some serious jail time.
Meanwhile, magazines like High Times boast super-ridiculous, high-definition marijuana centerfolds and smoking tips, and you can buy amazingly ornate smoking paraphernalia, like, at the local mall. Way to be low-key.
Although smoking pot is normalized, if not practically mainstream (we’re long past the “Reefer Madness” era, after all), there have been over eight million cannabis arrests in the United States since 1993 — at a rate of 1 cannabis users arrested every 40 seconds. And this is in a country where growing and selling pot, at least for medicinal purposes, is totally legal in many states. Could it get more convoluted?
In hopes of alleviating the confusing f*ck-all of cannabis culture in the United States, a new higher institution (pun intended) in the Bay Area has opened its doors to curious stoners, enterprising hydroponic botanists, and legalization activists. Half-jokingly dubbed “Oaksterdam University,” this Oakland trade school is a full-fledged university of weed. Read More »
When you bring home a one-night stand from the local bar, or even step barefoot into a dorm shower, you may be putting yourself at great physical risk.
So we spoke to doctors from several universities about sexually transmitted infections, sexual dysfunction, steroids, pregnancies and even pubic-hair removal. It wasn’t pleasant.
I. You gave me what?
Most college-student health centers spend lots of time screening patients for sexually transmitted infections, or STIs. Doctors say the number-one reason students schedule appointments is for Pap tests or pelvic exams. Their results might come as a surprise: You’re definitely carrying something, and that something is called HPV. Dr. Davis Smith, medical director of the student health center at Wesleyan University, says: “For college-aged students moderately sexually active - about two to three partners a year - the likelihood of exposure to an HPV (Human Papil-lomavirus) is 100 percent.” Ouch!
Campus Squeeze recently put out a list of “The 20 Ugliest Colleges in the USA” as a follow up to their “The 20 Most Beautiful Colleges in the USA” list published back in August.
I’ve been to the majority of these campuses and for the most part I agree, although I was surprised to see Drew University and Ithaca College on the list.
If your school is on this list don’t feel too bad - I’m sure you make up for it by having crazy parties and good-looking babes. (But if you don’t, the joke’s on you!)
Check out the Top 20 after the jump! Read More »
One of the first things every college student should locate when they hit campus is the best place to catch the game. Sure watching it in your room with a bag of Cheetos can be fun, but nothing beats catching it with a few thousands of your classmates. And the students on these campuses have it way better then the rest. Read More »
Here is my response to the UK’s Daily Mail article titled “The ladettes who glorify their shameful drunken antics on Facebook”:
“Drunken antics” points out how Facebook is being used as a tool for girls to flaunt how drunk and wild they get in college. I know this sounds like an oxymoron; but just look at the Facebook group “30 Reasons Girls Should Call It A Night” for proof.
Over 157,000+ skanky members and growing by the minute.
What I expected to be an article featuring telling photographic proof of the graphic “gone wild” antics of college girls turned out to be a PG-censored fest. Very disappointing!
At first I assumed that I was the only person who felt they were duped into clicking the story by an eye-catching, NSFW-esque title, but apparently I wasn’t - just look at the disgruntled Digg comment board for the story!
To help everyone better understand the drunken antics of today’s college girls I have compiled a series of seven galleries, each representing seven different major US colleges.
***All pictures were taken from Facebook, thus proving there is indeed drunken madness going down 24/7 on college campuses…and girls love to flaunt it on Facebook!***
