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First fruits of a beautiful labor: Andre Agassi Prepatory Academy graduates inaugural class
Andre Agassi and one of the first graduates from the Andre Agassi Prepatory Academy on Saturday, June 13, during the graduation ceremony.(All Photos by Wireimage)by Kyle Hansen for the Las Vegas SuncontactLas Vegas, Saturday, June 13 -- The first ...[Read on]
Princeton to add gender neutral campus housing option next year
Via Emily Rutherford at Campus Progress: It's a pilot program which designates Spelman Hall, an apartment-style housing option for upperclass students (in which, significantly, every student gets their own bedroom), as gender-neutral. Instead of having t...[Read on]
An Alternative to Learning: Online Courses
Within the last few years, online college courses have progressively become more popular.  Now, to add something new, colleges are creating “hybrid” classes as well. I’ve played the part of guinea pig for both of these types of classes; not only a...[Read on]
Diapers and Diplomas: One More Challenge Facing Latinas in Schools
by Megan Tackney, Program Associate, National Women’s Law Center  Latinas have the highest teen pregnancy rate of any racial or ethnic group in the country.  A staggering 53 percent of Latina teens get pregnant at least once before age 20. That’s ...[Read on]
Chinese women now eating worms to get thin, but are they hungry an hour later?
In areas of China where the pressure to find employment is rising, female students are also struggling with the need to stay trim. Daily Mail reports that, in order to lose weight to impress employers in job interviews, Chinese students have been resortin...[Read on]
Female athletes outperform their male counterparts in college
College athletes are still setting records and dispelling myths — in the classroom. The NCAA’s latest graduation numbers show nearly four out of five student-athletes earn their diplomas on time, an all-time high, and federal statistics show athletes...[Read on]
Why it is important to find time to exercise
I don’t know about you chicks but college life is pretty stressful and hectic for me. My week seems to be work, school, work, school, work, work, sleep, repeat and it’s so hard to fit much else into my schedule.  The problem is, because there is so...[Read on]
Potentially life-saving personal safety app designed by a mom for her kids
Silent Bodyguard iPhone App Sends SOS and GPS Location Without Alerting Onlookers or an Attacker...[Read on]
[Video] Are their male and female jobs? Guess who?.
Did you know that in kids' movies, men can outnumber women five to one? And that the most common job description for women in those movies involves wearing a tiara ruling a kingdom? Princess' aside, Geena Davis noticed what she thought was a trend a few ...[Read on]
"Just your average college girl who's played ball with the President" - Glamour
Maya Moore was named to Glamour’s Top Ten College Women list. Although they describe the 10 women as “amazing women you haven’t heard of yet” and I’ve obviously heard of her, that’s a pretty cool honor!   Here’s what they had to say about...[Read on]
A Chick’s Guide to Beer
I can remember very well my first beer experience in the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had contact with alcoholic beverages, since in Brazil the drinking age is not as enforced as in the United States. The chance to try an American beer came...[Read on]
Waity Katie No More: Kate Middleton and Prince William to Wed in 2011
After a rather lengthy courtship that began when the two were students at St. Andrews college, Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged to be married. According to a statement by William’s father, Prince Charles, the marriage will take place next s...[Read on]
Lessons, some victories, and fresh worry: Is there life after college sports?
Odell (in blue) By Sarah Odell The other day, the Wellesley College Squash Team — my team — opened the 2009 season at home against Smith College. This is my last home opener. As a senior, who has spent four years holding the number one spot ...[Read on]
Give Back: A Chick’s Guide to Community Service
College is the time in your life when you’re allowed to be selfish in a sense. It’s your time to figure out who you are, what you want, and to start paving the way to make your future goals a reality. Because of that mentality, it’s easy to become w...[Read on]
A Chick’s Guide to Studying Abroad
If there is a single person whom absolutely no one would ever suspect to study abroad, that person is definitely… me. But come September, I will be boarding a plane to London, where I will be learning to navigate the Tube (the transportation system, th...[Read on]
A Chick’s Guide to Studying Abroad
If there is a single person whom absolutely no one would ever suspect to study abroad, that person is definitely… me. But come September, I will be boarding a plane to London, where I will be learning to navigate the Tube (the transportation system, th...[Read on]
HS sports: 'one of the next great markets'
According to rankings, the biggest high school football game in the country tonight will be played in South Florida tonight and will -- courtesy of ESPN -- be aired for the nation to watch. Marketers from Nike and other major brands will be watching becau...[Read on]
Go Girl: Pee Standing Up
<object width="425" height="344"></object> The anchor said, "laugh if you want, but the things taking off!" Imagine that, women are tired of dirty toilettes we can't sit on, waiting in long lines, holding it for miles or when in the woods alm...[Read on]
A Former Preschool Teacher Reviews Where the Wild Things Are
There’s only one movie theater in the neighborhood where my boyfriend and I are living in New Orleans this fall, a single-screen old pile called The Prytania. This means, we haven’t been able to see every good-bad film that we ordinarily would, alread...[Read on]
Purevolume: Unsigned bands you should be tuning into
As college students, we all know that we could use a distraction every once in a while. One of my favorite websites for that much needed distraction is Purevolume. It is a website dedicated to getting the word out about bands that you’ve probably never ...[Read on]
Female athletes head to college and beyond
Photo credit: ThePioneer.com What’s it like to head to college as a female athlete? I guess it all depends upon your sport and division. Right now, millions of young women are packing up their cars and heading to campus (some have actually started c...[Read on]
Violence, girls and sports
The popular reading of violence in women’s sports is that (a) part of the growth into the big-time arena and (b) bad for women’s sports in general. Last weekend, an article on violence in women’s sports ran in the New York Times, co...[Read on]
For College Students, Getting Accepted Ain't What It Used to Be
“While Arizona State’s economic problems have been particularly dramatic, layoffs and salary freezes are becoming common at public universities across the nation; the University of Florida recently eliminated 430 faculty and staff positions, the Unive...[Read on]
NCAA career development program for women
University of Minnesota women's softball coach Julie Standering / Photo credit: Gophersports.com The NCAA is holding a career development program that’s targeting women, announced today. It’s going to be held on December 17 in conjunction with the ...[Read on]
Worst A.P. U.S. History Project Ever Involves Wearing K.K.K. Outfits to School Cafeteria
A Georgia teacher with simply terrible judgment is experiencing quite a bit of backlash after she allowed students to wear Ku Klux Klan robes in a high-school cafeteria. It was a lesson about racism, and how destructive it is, obviously. “You cannot dis...[Read on]
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