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Support the artists

Music is one of those things that can really define a person, especially for the typical college student. It would be rather hard to find someone that doesn’t enjoy some form of music and many college-age consumers get their music free by utilizing music web sites, some legal others not so much.

Credit CARD Act raises debate

Credits cards are everywhere. They are owned by senior citizens, adults, college students and even high school students. According to an article by Liz Pulliam Weston for MSN Money, 78 percent of college students own credit cards.  This high percentage of college students owning credit cards may be in part due to the high number of credit card companies marketing their cards on college campuses.

Time to insert an obligatory "life isn't fair" speech

There are times in life when the most technically-skilled individual isn’t going to get the job, promotion or recognition he or she may deserve. Whether that lack of recognition comes from a lower score on a test because someone else wrote a better essay, opportunities that are closed off because the professor would rather advise another student or a myriad of other examples, it’s bound to happen at some point.

Stay alive during spring break

Spring break is fast approaching and bringing along with it different environments for many college students. Whether students plan to spend the beloved nine-day vacation at home, across the border, overseas or in a well-deserved hibernation to make up for those hours of sleep lost cramming for midterms – it can be a dangerous terrain.

Don’t be misunderestimated

It’s easy enough to laugh at the obvious verbal gaffes of former president George W. Bush, other public figures or the intentionally warped grammar and spelling of the Internet phenomenon called “lolcats.” We can all share a laugh at the blatant lingual mishaps that everyone can recognize.

McLeod Center hosts history Saturday

Albert Chen of Sports Illustrated called it “the best-kept secret in college basketball” and a “program that should be taken seriously come tournament time.” Andrew Logue of The Des Moines Register called it “the state’s team of the decade.