colleges

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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Improving Mental Health in Higher Education

Using funds provided through the GameStop Grants and other community partners, State of Mine, a youth run non profit organization dedicated to decreasing stigma and increasing awareness surrounding mental health in the community, will hold a series of focus groups with college and university students in the Washington Metro area.

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

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.