College - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/college/?source=rss&aim=college en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT I got the writing fellowship -- so now I'm terrified! By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/30/writing_fellowship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/30/writing_fellowship/index.html?source=rss I'm lucky, I know I'm lucky, but I don't feel lucky. I just feel burdened. I don't want to go to my college friend's wedding By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/08/wedding_friends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/08/wedding_friends/index.html?source=rss Can't we just send a gift? It's seven hours away and we really dread going. I'm completely irresponsible and I live at home mooching off my parents By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/02/living_at_home/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/02/living_at_home/index.html?source=rss They bought me a truck and do everything for me, but it's killing me and I think I have to leave. Desperately unhappy in the top Ivy League school By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/22/ivy_league/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/22/ivy_league/index.html?source=rss I want to work in New York publishing, and I know this is the route, but I'm miserable and depressed. I'm a college student with no natural social skills By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/03/introversion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/03/introversion/index.html?source=rss I'm 21, female, and I don't know how to talk to people! I'm 21 and addicted to pot -- but I'm doing just great! By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/02/pot_smoker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/02/pot_smoker/index.html?source=rss Should I be worried? I'm performing at a high level and enjoying life, but I smoke pot all the time. Not just cute girls with pom-poms By Lynn Harris Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/26/cheer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/26/cheer/index.html?source=rss Author Kate Torgovnick peeks inside the competitive world of college cheerleading and finds more than clichés -- she finds serious athletes. Of Ph.D.s, gay lovers, slave narratives and the Ivy League By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/20/slave_narrative/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/20/slave_narrative/index.html?source=rss I have a choice of two schools for my doctorate; one is ranked 63 and the other is ranked 90. Which should I choose -- and what about my boyfriend? Now that I've got my master's in writing ... I'm not writing! By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/12/writing_and_fitness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/12/writing_and_fitness/index.html?source=rss I do well with things I know I'm great at, but I'm not sure I'm great at writing. I'm brilliant but I can't settle down. I can't keep a job. What's wrong with me? By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/03/get_grounded/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/03/get_grounded/index.html?source=rss I get panic attacks. I go from thing to thing. Do I need some kind of help? I'm wasting my semester abroad watching TV in my apartment By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/28/europe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/28/europe/index.html?source=rss Could I really be blowing the definitive period of my college life? The myth of "rape hype" Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/27/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/27/rape/index.html?source=rss Few are buying the argument that the rape crisis on college campuses is overblown. I'm a nude dancer trying to finish my Ph.D. By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/04/stripper_grad_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/04/stripper_grad_student/index.html?source=rss I love being a grad student stripper but I'm worried about fallout from family and professors. Birth control costs spike off campus, too Lynn Harris Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/19/marcotte_on_contraception/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/19/marcotte_on_contraception/index.html?source=rss Where's the outrage about hard-hit community clinics? Quote of the Day Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/15/harvard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/15/harvard/index.html?source=rss Harvard's first female president says her presence would have been unthinkable just a few years back. Hillary Clinton's smooth-talk express By Michael Scherer Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/13/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/13/hillary/index.html?source=rss Her campaign-trail game is in top form and her lead in the polls is widening. But will voters think she's on cruise control? The intruder By Laura Miller Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/10/01/trespass/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/10/01/trespass/index.html?source=rss A sexy Croatian college student disrupts the lives of a family of well-meaning New York liberals in Valerie Martin's "Trespass." I'm a new university student. How do I make friends? By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/07/freshman_friends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/07/freshman_friends/index.html?source=rss I like my solitude, but I can't do it all alone. There are 40,000 students here. Any advice? Men prefer a Mrs. to money? Carol Lloyd Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/30/college_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/30/college_men/index.html?source=rss A new study suggests young men are more likely than women to sacrifice their career for love, marriage and romance. Unstable starlets and little-girl voices Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/18/girl_voices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/18/girl_voices/index.html?source=rss Are exaggerated displays of female weakness comforting to men? What about women? How can we get back the thrill in our relationship? By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/08/stanford_girlfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/08/stanford_girlfriend/index.html?source=rss We're Stanford juniors in love, but the initial fizz is gone. The student loan rip-off By Julia Dahl Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/28/student_loans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/28/student_loans/index.html?source=rss For six years, Republicans let lenders rake in millions with inflated interest rates. Sexual harassment in art school By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/23/harassment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/23/harassment/index.html?source=rss A certain 50-ish lothario lured a student into his office and made clumsy advances. Should a complaint be lodged? I'm 18 and afraid it's time to break up with my first boyfriend By Cary Tennis Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/15/stillness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/15/stillness/index.html?source=rss I fell hard for his stillness -- but now I want movement. Would you put that on your résumé? Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/12/hot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/12/hot/index.html?source=rss Students hope potential employers will overlook participation in online "beauty" contests.