Spring Break Ideas
Spring is nearly here and just like so many animals are ready to get back out, so are the college students. Like most college students you probably don’t have much money. Yes, that cruise to Cancun would be nice, but you got student loans and bill to pay. Fortunately there are plenty of ways to have a [...]
Rethinking College
Through our history, most people have aspired to attend college, it’s part of the American Dream, yet lately it has come under great criticism. With soaring costs and heavy student debts, many are left wondering if a degree is worth it or at the very best, what kind of degree they should get. Many students are [...]
More Great Traditions
So far we have talked in detail about college football and to a lesser degree college basketball. Now we continue in our much anticipated collegiate sports talk extravaganza. We all know the big football programs, there are also many other great programs that have a rich lush history. NCAA Basketball is fmaous for several of [...]
March Madness
Awhile back we wrote our groundbreaking story on the BCS and SEC football. Now we look at the sport of basketball, known as March madness. If college football is the most popular college sport, it is closely followed college basketball. Every March people gather around at work to fill out “the brackets” and place bets on [...]
A New Start To An Old School
New Year’s Resolutions, you have always heard them, and you probably made and broke, a few yourself. Most involve relationships or quitting smoking or something like that. But hey you’re in college and there is always time to start one. Lose the freshmen 15 – Whether the freshman 15 is true or not it can’t [...]
Avoid School Burnout
Every year the college class completion rate for students’ drops lower and lower. More students are not finishing their classes and many out right fail them. College is a big investment to be wasting money on and you need to use your time there wisely. Here are a few simple steps many people over look. To [...]
Making Students Bright
As a college student, if you could have anything for Christmas what would it be and why? Here are some fun ideas, but good luck convincing Santa to bring them. - Free tuition for a year. What more could you even want? Gone would be the days of sweating the repayment plans. When tuition can be anywhere [...]
Loans, Grants And Scholarships, Oh My!
College, few words bring so much excitement to students and so much intimidation to parents. In addition to worrying about just what kind of trouble your offspring might be getting into, even more so you are probably more worried about paying for it. Let’s face it, as a general rule, college is expensive. In [...]
College Mascot Names
Mascots, you’ve seen them, you’ve loved them. Some weird, some cute, they can be seen every week roaming the sidelines of football games everywhere. Sometimes they are animals, sometimes costumes, sometimes animal costumes and sometimes they are things that we just have no clue what they are at all. They have come to represent the [...]