No four year college education is cheap these days. With national tuition rates for public universities increasing nearly 4% a year, it’s outpacing both inflation and cost of living increases. So the best college value becomes more and more important in deciding an academic career. Kiplinger has once again released their list of the top […]
New football team in Georgia’s future
January 4, 2013
Since 2006, Kennesaw State University has been pushing to start a football program and now it looks as if their day is finally here. Like many other schools, KSU believes a strong athletics department led by football can increase the school’s exposure, prestige and credibility. Three key aspects to recruiting new talented students and increasing […]
Championship game getting a little more real for Notre Dame
January 3, 2013
With such a long break at the end of the season, it is easy to forget there is still another game to play. Well, maybe not too easy. The Fighting Irish touched down in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida yesterday escorted by some of the committee members of the Orange Bowl. Notre Dame sealed their BCS National […]
University of Tennessee gets into the drilling business
December 31, 2012
The University of Tennessee is renewing their plan to lease out 8,000 thousand acres of the university owned Cumberland Forest to GNX Gas Company for the drilling of oil and natural gas. UT says the project is to conduct research into possible hazards and ecological damage done by fracking, a process of injecting water into […]
Two new minerals get named after University of Maine professor
December 26, 2012
Edward Grew, is a research professor and geologist at the University of Maine. The 68 year old Maine native devoted nearly his entire life to his passion of studying earth and minerals. “I was attracted to rare minerals — boron and beryllium,” he said. “I just collected on my own. I went to a summer […]
University of Iowa students looking for cheap rent?
December 19, 2012
So you’re currently attending or will be attending the University of Iowa and you need a nice low cost place to live? Well we got the place for you. Currently the house is occupied by six members of the buckeyes baseball team, one hockey player, an older gentlemen named Tim and a 10 year old […]
University of Washington, a role model for college athletics
December 18, 2012
Big college football and athletics in general means big money, big success and overall better education, right? Well, it’s not really looking that way. Strangely, as emotions and finance goes, there is not a lot of logic or common sense floating around today regarding college athletics. Recent reports show as many as 120 higher division […]
Northern Illinois University alcohol related death considered hazing
December 18, 2012
College freshman, David Bogenberger, was found unresponsive last month in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house and later pronounced dead from cardiac arrhythmia. The sole contributing factor was alcohol. Toxicology results revealed a blood alcohol level over 0.33, more than three times the legal driving limit for a legal aged adult. Investigators discovered that many […]
Columbia University gifted $200 million for new institute
December 17, 2012
Mortimer “Mort” Zuckerman, a Canadian-born businessman, gifted $200 million to Columbia University towards the creation of a Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Zuckerman, well known for owning companies such as Fast Company magazine, U.S. News and World Report and New York Daily News was one of the top 200 wealthiest Americans. “This country has provided me […]
Lawrence University brings in some Ivy League muscle
December 14, 2012
After nine years of service as president of Lawrence University, Jill Beck has announced her retirement date, June 30. To fill that vacancy, LU has picked up the executive vice president from Princeton University. Mark Burstein announced his appointment yesterday and tendered his resignation from the Ivy League schools which he served since 2004. “It […]