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Olympian Eric Shanteau Gets Back In The Pool... Cancer-Free This Time

Olympian Eric Shanteau Gets Back In The Pool... Cancer-Free This Time

When you think Beijing Olympics and swimming, you probably think of Ryan Lochte or What’s-his-name Phelps. But Eric Shanteau was there and he was swimming with testicular cancer.
 

The 25-year-old Auburn grad had his day in the national news, but unfortunately it wasn’t for his medal count. Instead, it was because he was diagnosed with testicula...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: michael phelps is a great swimmer... but far from attractive

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How to Seduce an Olympic Swimmer? Don't Be a College Girl

How to Seduce an Olympic Swimmer? Don't Be a College Girl

Matt Grevers sure was a busy guy this weekend. The Olympic swimmer and NU grad who took gold and silver medals in Beijing this summer was the Grand Marshall of the homecoming parade on Friday night.


But, of course, it's what he did afterwards that has got us all in an OTR-tizzy. According to a tipster, three sexy junior girls snuck into the You...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: I have a friend who bartended at Beijing, She said that the US Olympic village was like a giant orgy. I'm sure he's busy sticking it to gymnasts

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Propagandists Accuse CNN of Propaganda

Propagandists Accuse CNN of Propaganda

Chinese pop music ranges from not-so-good to horrifically awful, which is why a recent Chinese attempt at propaganda makes you scratch your head more than that time you got lice in the second grade.


A ballad called “Don’t Be Too CNN” accusing the western press of propagandizing the political crisis in Tibet, during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Game...

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Columbia Student Wins Silver Medal In Beijing

Columbia Student Wins Silver Medal In Beijing

I may be a Dartmouth student, but I have to give it up to fellow Ivy Leaguer James L. Williams, a Columbia ’07 alumnus, for winning a silver medal in fencing at the Beijing Olympics.

 

 

 Fenciing.net reports,

 

Fencing in his first Olympic bout, James Williams went right after the more experienced French fencers. "Surpisingly, I didn't feel ver...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Co-ed Magazine compiled a list of the “top 9 U.S. Olympic Athlete-Producing College.” Naturally, an Ivy League university took the top spot.

 

Over at College Candy, Northeastern blogger, Melanie, wrote an interesting op-ed about the growing number of Adderal users on college campuses.

 

Uncoached laughed at a man who tried to pass as a “porn in...

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Top 5 Most Agonizing Olympic Defeats

Top 5 Most Agonizing Olympic Defeats

Yesterday, Alicia Sacramone fumbled terribly, costing the American team 1.70 points in deductions. The Olympics are possibly the greatest test of mental preparation for any high level athlete. With the weight of one’s entire country to carry and the knowledge that the Olympics come only every four years, it is undoubtedly unlike any other event....

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Latest comment by Anonymous: shawn and nastia also stepped out of bounds during the floor routine. it's not all to blame on alicia. she contributed the most, yes, but not all comepletely to blame.

and china should be banned from gymnastics. every year they have girls of questionable age. a mess.

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Co-ed Magazine’s Seton Hall blogger, Steve Gebhardt, reported that the most difficult item to find on the Internet is the customized #4 Brett Favre Jets jersey.
 

If hot female Olympians don’t tickle your fancy, College Candy has a list of the hottest U.S. hunks competing in the Beijing games.
 

Uncoached proved that they have exquisite taste i...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: hey my name is demetrius allgood and i paid $700 it go see the jersey game a couple week ago so i got money u got pussy maybe we can help each outher out.

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The Olympics' Best Opening Ceremonies

The Olympics' Best Opening Ceremonies

While the world watches the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games in Beijing, audiences are looking to be dazzled by an elaborate culturally-inclined opening show. The Chinese are spending close to $100 million on the costs of the ceremony alone.

 

The Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics typically showcase the country's history and cultural be...

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A Guide To Getting Lucky on 8-8-8

A Guide To Getting Lucky on 8-8-8

As superstitious brides and grooms inch closer to walking down the aisle tomorrow, the Olympic Games in Beijing prepare to kick off - both on the luckiest day of the year – 8-8-8.

 

The Chinese believe that 8 is a number that brings both wealth and good fortune, even the pronunciation of the number 8 in Cantonese and Mandarin is similar to that ...

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Ivy Leaguers Represent In Beijing

Ivy Leaguers Represent In Beijing

The Ivy League is known as the national elite union of brains and brawns. Made up of eight schools, the Ivy League has continually cranked out the nation’s best and brightest and this is just another example of how truly awesome we are.


The Ivy League has broken yet another Olympic/Ivy record and will be represented in four categories across th...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Hendo isn't on the list because the Ivy League was represented in Men's Soccer before.

But he is on Ivies in China.

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Co-ed Magazine’s Florida State contributor, Kari, warned college students never to tell their parents about these five aspects of the college experience.
 

Over at College Candy, a UConn student compiled five ways to motivate students to vote in the upcoming presidential election.

 

In the first installment of their new weekly series “Tailgatin...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Co-ed Magazine’s Seton Hall blogger, Steve Gebhardt, reported that Hoboken, NJ has the highest % of singles in the entire U.S. Shock and awe.

 

Over at College Candy, UMich’s Lauren invited readers to feel better about their own lives by poking fun at the skeleton-like Madonna.

 

The Pre Req posted a brief recap of the Princeton Review’s newly r...

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Lady Wrestling Too Hardcore for the NCAA?

Lady Wrestling Too Hardcore for the NCAA?
High school girls wrestling has tripled in popularity over the last ten years, and the sport is gaining even more international recognition and respect in the run-up to its second showing at the Olympic Summer Games. More college women actually wrestle today than compete in archery or equestrian, which the N.C.A.A. has classified as "emerging sp

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Latest comment by Anonymous: There are a lot more schools than listed in this article that have wrestling opportunities.

College/Universities (wrestling Freestyle)
o University of the Cumberlands (NAIA) - Willi

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College Athletes Make Olympic Splash

College Athletes Make Olympic Splash
While you're trying to figure out how to write that paper on 18th Century British Literature and still make it to the Row in time for a party, these students are balancing their course load with training. Sports Training. For the OLYMPICS. Yeah.

Jenny Barringer- University of Colorado- Track and Field
Barringer burst onto the national scene by

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USA Flags On The Ground at Penn State

USA Flags On The Ground at Penn State
So, something interesting was pointed out to me today by a stalker reader about the picture on the front page of The Collegian of the Chinese Friendship Association's (CFA) rally at Old Main yesterday to show their support for China and the Beijing Olympics. Two American flags are touching the ground, which is kind of a no-no. But the flags were

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Latest comment by Anonymous: You should never stand on the ground, but fly in the air to show respect to yourself.

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