* A student at UC San Diego has built a portable multi-touch pad out of a cardboard box, a piece of glass, paper, and his Philips SPC900NC webcam. Gizmodo has the details.

* The Huffington Post talked to the editor of Harvard Magazine to find out why Facebook is destroying college alumni magazines.

* Jess T. at Columbia told College Candy there’s 5 subjects you must avoid on a first date.

* SI On Campus knows the guilty pleasure of USC cheerleader Allison.

* From the vault of Co-Ed Magazine: Lauren from UMich knows what guys do wrong in the bedroom.

* They’re not even close to starting the fall semester, but Wesleying reports the Wesleyan Class of 2011 is already getting frisky on Facebook.

* UW Madison’s Critical Badger is on the hunt to find out who set the SigEp frat house on fire.

* The soon-to-be Big East Lacrosse league will include Syracuse, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, Providence, and Villanova. Find out why the folks at Orange44 aren’t happy about it.