Back-to-school time reminds most people of sweater weather, seeing old friends and making new ones, and the start of classes. In contrast, back-to-school reminds me of the devastating loss of $40,000+ for ever-increasing Columbia tuition and inspires me to be frugal. My quest for inexpensive floor lamps a

“Overjoyed, enraptured, entranced; are we ready? Yes! Good! In we go!” --- I'll be UMD's new Campus Editor. Yahoo for school! Yahoo for me! I hope you enjoy what you find here.

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The First Look Fair – where student groups and the like gather on McKeldin Mall to woo impressionabl

Just in case you aren't buying the whole "every vote counts" and "your future, your choice" lines, here are a couple of tangible incentives to go out and vote:

First, free coffee! Granted, it is only a tall cup of Starbucks coffee, so your venti caramel macchiato will still set you back six bucks, an

It's Earth Day, and although CSU embraces all that is environmentally friendly every day of the year, students today were provided with a wonderful array of booths on environmental issues and free stuff.  Campus was filled with students made environmentally aware by free clif bars, frisbees, pens, posters, food, ,and various other goodies.