If you’re a busy college student with an iPhone or iPod touch, you already know the benefit of having handy applications. But did you know there are apps designed specifically for you?  Here are 5 iPhone apps that will make your life easier, and more fun as you attend the University of Texas. #1 Go […]

Nobody likes a sore loser. And even worse is a sore winner. And if it’s a cocky victor or a whiny newbie that pushes your wrong buttons, then maybe you should consider chess boxing.  It’s intellectual, you get to beat the snot out of your opponent (and take some bitter pleasure in it if he’s […]

They went to the extremes for a story, and in doing so revealed themselves to be selfish pseudo-martyrs of journalism. While many tried to see the silver lining in the situation that Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling left in their rescued wake, latching onto hopes of better diplomatic ties between the United […]

Summer’s coming to a close, class will soon be back in session, and for many students that means the familiar onset of stress and worry (unless you’re in summer school; you’ve already started suffering weeks ago). No more sleeping in or staying out late, class and homework everyday, working on your major, that internship, planning […]

Do you live near a fast food restaurant? A recent study suggests proximity to fast food joints is linked to obesity in students.

Flogging Molly’s newest album ‘Float’ came out in March of last year. The album marks a significant milestone in the rowdy Irish band’s history through the several musical styles and genres it explores.  The band is widely known for breeding Celtic music with punk, the offspring of which has a strangely charming roughhouse kind of […]

If you’re like most college students, you rely on your bicycle to get you from point A to point B around town. Be sure that you don’t leave it in an attractive position for bike snatchers.

They’re right, you know. There’s a reason that you haven’t found anyone yet. Besides your unkempt hair, lack of fashion sense, and poor posture. Those,right there,by your feet. Enough to make any suitor run in repulsion. Your unseemly and unsightly cankles, my dear. Yeeeaaah. That’s society talking, and what I’m hearing is troubling. Think of […]

College students are trading in ramen noodles and futons for posh college amenities. Why not live like a rock star in college? You can always cram some roommates together in an apartment after you graduate and start making your student loan payments. Princeton Review’s The Best 371 Colleges 2010 rates colleges based on dorm comfort. […]

Anyone following the news lately has heard of the case of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a young woman in Malaysia who has been sentenced under Sharia law to be “caned” for having a beer. This is a young woman, 32 years old, with two young children. She will be punished in prison, away from public […]