Entries from November 2008

November 26, 2008

11.25.08 Featured blogs of the day

After 20 years on this spinning sphere Teresa has some advice for baby Teresa. Now would be a good time to get on that time machine, engineering majors… [by teresa wu]
Reflections on returning home from college. [This Side of Tomorrow] Excerpt:
I walked down the curving street that connects to where my aunt and uncle live. [...]

November 25, 2008

11.24.08 Featured blogs of the day

New ammunition to guilt your parents with this holiday thanks to USA Today. [The Student Leader Blog]
“I googled you,” has apparently become the new “I found something in your room today,” for parents to freak out their children. [Secretista]
The difficult task of rehabilitating a pet becomes increasingly difficult when your parent drinks its home. [CSU [...]

November 24, 2008

HP Magic Giveaway

Holy sweet simmering holiday, Batman! With the success of the Freshman 15 giveaway not more than a month ago, HP is working with Microsoft to sweeten the pot enough to make me really wish I was on the other end of this blog. Last time around Student Bloggers, along with 14 other college blogs gave [...]

November 24, 2008

11.23.08 Featured blogs of the day

With Thanksgiving coming up and the college football season starting to wind down, it’s time to get serious. Stephen at [Life as a Hyperbole] helps us prepare for those pre-kickoff and between plays moments with a breakdown of the best and worst fight songs, best entrance music, and other such gridiron accompaniments.
A Canadian in Texas [...]

November 21, 2008

11.20.08 Featured blogs of the day

NYU’s student council reaffirms their ban against Coke. Excerpt:
The CAS vote supports a ban put in place by the NYU Senate in 2005 in response to the paramilitary assasinations and kidnappings of Columbian Coke Bottling Plant union leaders and their families.  The vote rejects claims made by the Coke Company and their supporters that a [...]

November 14, 2008

Student blogging opportunity: MNN

Bruce, my beloved laptop, is still in the shop, but to tide you all over I have another student blogging opportunity for you.

It seems that the keyboardist from the Rolling Stones, Chuck Leavell, has started an environmental news and information site, Mother Nature Network. They are looking for college students from all colleges across the [...]

November 10, 2008

Temporary break

Due to computer issues Student Bloggers will be temporarily interrupted.

November 7, 2008

11.06.08 Featured blogs of the day

Fighting back against the claims that young people don’t turn out to vote. [Politics as Puppetry]
Being sexiled and having to do your roommate’s dishes is not a good for the relationship [jmdaniel's Xanga]… maybe signs would help? [the old college try]
French Baroque? More like, your design history knowledge is… baroque.* [[Almost] A Designer]
Tip links:

Decorating tips [...]

November 6, 2008

11.05.08 Featured blogs of the day

5 good options for post-graduation… including one strangely similar to the plot of Doc Hollywood. [i write with pictures]
In the lastest college d-bag report, it seems that week night drunken renditions of Whitney Houston classics are, in fact, not appreciated. [Kill Jill Goes To College]
A normally sketchy neighborhood in the big city is pleasantly sketch-free [...]

November 5, 2008

11.04.08 Featured blogs of the day

College endowments took a big hit in the U.S. economic crisis. [EphBlog]
In lieu of the vast majority of posts on last night’s election, here is Patrice’s breakdown of Facebook status responses (note that some are pretty… unpleasant). [Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman.]
And now for something completely nonpolitical – knitting graffiti. [The Danosphere]