Universities

Surprising support for lower drinking age

College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.

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Set the Bar: Conference of Gulf Coast Colleges for Initiating Environmental Programs and Policies

Submitted by amandag327 on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 13:31.
Because of the large influence of oil production, large-scale factories and coal burning corporations that have settled in the southern states, most specifically those bordering the coast, the environmental destruction is greater than any other region in the United States.

B.E.N.A.B (Because Everyone needs a book)

Submitted by AlibiaHenry on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 16:20.
The need for an affordable means to obtain required textbooks is clear among university and college students. Expensive textbooks obscure aspirations for the financially struggling college student and add to the already stressful experience of transitioning to the collegiate level. BENAB will be a member-based organization that offers a solution to the problem of pricey textbooks. BENAB will provide a system through which students are given the opportunity to rent the required books needed for their classes.