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Beware: Bedbug Epidemic Plagues Campuses

Texas A&M, Ohio State and UF have all got the itch.

Latest comment by JeanDesiree: Hey, I just graduated and live in Brooklyn, NY. NYC is the bedbug capital of the world! But I don't hear NYU admitting to anything yet. But this whole town seems to be plagued with the damn things. Yo... MORE »
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Top 10 Craziest College Traditions

Every student must adhere to the traditions of their university, no matter how crazy, boring or downright dumb they may be. 

Latest comment by Anonymous: Cornell University: home hockey games for harvard, fans throw fish, and other various sea creatures (like octopus) at the opposing players as they enter the stadium.
Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

All the news we missed, served fresh.

Watermelon: Bringing the Sexy Back to Fruit

If you're feeling parched this July 4th, try biting into a big, juicy watermelon. Careful though--scientists claim that this tasty fruit could also send your hormones a-raging.

Latest comment by Anonymous: sweet.
Adriana Lima Inches Closer To Harvard Degree

She'll probably never get an Ivy degree, but at least she can look the part.

Latest comment by aquamarine: I guess there's no getting away from PINK.

Who cares if they play great football?  These uniforms can make 30,000 fans wince in the unison.

Latest comment by SunnySideUp: Oregon's uniforms are not too bad accept for the ones with like the metal plate pattern on them. Phil Knight likes to show his support by giving our team a bazillion different uniforms but those particular uniforms are just terrible
ASU Wrestling Saved!
The Ice Queen ASU Wrestling Saved! ASU Wrestling Saved! ASU Wrestling Saved! ASU Wrestling Saved!
In mid-May, I reported that the ASU sports department was axing three teams due to lack of funding -- wrestling, men's swimming and men's tennis teams. Needless to say, I was pretty pissed off and had less than kind words for Lisa Love, the Vice President of University Athletics.

As it turns out, however, Li... MORE »
Eight Great College Marching Bands
Standing in the shadow of every great college sports team is the school marching band. Here's a list of the eight best drum-banging, trumpet-playing bands in the country!
Latest comment by Anonymous: I've seen five of the bands on your list. Not sure how you can rank them above the OSUMB. Have you seen TBDBITL? I'll bet not.
TAMU's Engineering Program Triumphs Over New Rankings
Texas A&M Engineering's undergraduate program ranked 17th overall (9th among public institutions) in the latest U.S. News & World Report survey, America's Best Colleges 2008.

But this isn't the first time we've ranked in surveys. Nuclear Engineering, last ranked in 2004, was... MORE »
An Awful Article by an Awful Editor- "11 Things You ALREADY Know"
When one says that their is something you need to know, the idea is that their going to tell you something. That was the idea of the "Welcome to Aggieland- 11 things you need to know" article written by the editor in chief of Crap Journal (read: Crap Journal=The Batta... MORE »
Link: http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper65...

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