You freshmen will learn this quickly about the dining halls on campus: Quantity does not mean quality.

Those living on the north side of campus, sorry. You'll either lose weight because you don't eat or develop a nasty fetish for Twinkies.

Those of you on the south side are a little better off. It won't be gourmet, but it's not exactly vomit

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Former Wildcat David Schwimmer says he's ready to give up some of his career success. Only in exchange for love, though.

It's tough to give up on such a masterful career. A star of Friends (which made an impact in millions of lives...mostly by generating suicidal thoughts) and the wimpy guy in charge in Band of Brothers. He's also had success a

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It's important for all the incoming freshmen to get to know the fabulous alumni of Northwestern. In addition to providing prestige to an already outstanding university, they'll provide great connections when you're looking for a job. Here are the top 5:

1) Robert Hanssen- The name probably doesn't immediately ring a bell, but if you've seen the

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A little more sports news today, as the Big Ten men's basketball schedule has been released for the 2007-'08 season.

In what can only be described as a WTF!!??!!?? move, two of the Wildcats' games will be carried on ESPN or ESPN2. One of those games will be against perennial conference doormat Penn State. Boy, expect The Crappiest Game Ever to

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An addendum that begins with a question:

Are you married? No? Then get that the **** off Facebook.

Unless you're actually married, you're no longer allowed to put "married" as your relationship status. If you are married, good for you. Although there's a pretty good chance you won't be for much longer. Sorry.

Back to the original point, thou

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It’s shocking, really, that AD Mark Murphy and HC Pat Fitzgerald didn’t treat  former Head Coach Gary Barnett (1992-’98) like he had leprosy when he  was on hand to observe practices up at Northwestern’s football summer facilities in Camp Kenosha.

Some of Barnett's major problems at Colorado are anathema to collegiate athletics. During his tenu

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My, the unsuspecting freshmen will be surprised when something like this arrives in the mail from Northwestern's The Chronicle:

    Being of Irish descent, I find the Notre Dame team name and mascot overtly
    derogatory…Since "fighting Irish" no longer applies to Irish Americans, Notre
    Dame should modify their mascot so that it reflects...

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After perusing the Northwestern Class of 2011 on Facebook, two things are abundantly clear. One, the pathetic excuses for human beings that are this year’s freshmen have no idea what the hell they’re doing on Facebook. Two, Facebook is dangerously close to becoming MySpace.

People (especially college freshmen) aren’t smart enough to be given f

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