February 2008 - Posts

• Avoid These 7 Danger Foods and Slay “The Freshman 15”

  February 19, 2008

  The dreaded Freshman 15 . When your all-nighters are fueled by sugar-laden and calorie-packed Monster Energy drinks, drive-thru Taco Bell and Jack in the Box combos, and 3:00 a.m. IHOP runs, and when you’re skipping the gym the next day to get caught Read More... Filed under: College, Health, The Students Blog, chocolate, soft drinks, diabetes, burger king, IHOP, danger foods, krispy kreme, gravy, trans fat, college habits, cancer, soda, carla wolper, donuts, jack in the box, weight-control, mash potatoes, taco bell, quad stacker, bad foods, processed lunchmeat, doughnuts, mike adams, soda pop, campbell's soup, cold stone, calories, dunkin donuts, new york obesity research center, hot dogs, freshman 15, kindey problems, monster energy drinks, obesity

• 6 College Dropouts Who Made Millions

  February 14, 2008 08:32 AM

  Before we go on, we want to make sure we make this clear: We are in no way advocating that anyone drop out of college. We’re strong believers in the value of a college education, both in its contribution to personal development and to future success. Read More... Filed under: College, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, iPhone, Yahoo, Harvard, the students' blog, Forbes, Graduate School, bachelors degree, RIAA, geeks, stanford university, northeastern university, paul allen, harvard dropouts, myspace, Larry Page, reed college, mark zuckerberg, computer geeks, steve jobs, nerds, atari, steve wozniak, gates foundation, napster, bill gates, gazillionaires, Sergey Brin, 400 Richest Americans of 2006, ipod, SNOCAP, metallica, dropouts, World's Richest People, US Census, shawn fanning

• 6 Cheapest Big-Name Laptops for Students

  February 11, 2008

  A new laptop for college doesn’t need to cost you $1,500. Don’t let the flashy ads and giant headlines fool you: You don’t need 4GB of RAM or a 2.4GHz dual-core processor to handle everything you need to do for class, even if you want to be able to download Read More... Filed under: College, Students, Entertainment, Apple, Mac, Video, Computers, Macintosh, The Students Blog, Mac OS, technology, camera, Windows Vista, Sony, ilife, HP, dell inspiron, Leopard, Dell, dual-core processor, bluetooth, toshiba satellite pro, Compaq Presario, HP Pavillian, wi-fi, c700t, Sony Vaio, isight, dv6700t, Intel, Airport Extreme, AMD, Toshiba, USB, firewire, Laptops, RAM