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College Dorms a Breeding Ground for Substance Abuse?

3 hours ago ago from Drug Rehab Centers Blog

A recent article that appeared in the Reuters News Agency regarding a study published in the Journal of American College Health showed a 2.5 times increase in weekly binge drinking at co-ed college dorms (41 percent of the total students surveyed).  Given that that binge drinking creates a higher incidence of risky behavior, the report also showed an increase of promiscuity, with twice the amount of students in co-ed dorms claiming to have ...

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Educators: Find ways to make Web work for you

14 minutes ago ago from The Scheduling Insider

A Wired magazine article making the rounds on the Interwebs today features a unique program at Abilene Christian University (not far from NetSimplicity HQ) that goes beyond putting an iPhone/iTouch device in the hands of its students, it also build a curriculum around them. The key thing to understand about that the i-device is not the point: What is the point is the ever-presence of the Web and the ubiquity of access to it. ...

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News That Sounds Like a Comic Book #10: Man Killed by Exploding Chewing Gum!

42 minutes ago ago from Scott (The Mad Thinker)

Trickster2 You read that correctly. According to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti by way of the Huffington Post , a 25-year-old student in the Ukraine has been killed by an exploding stick of chewing gum. A loud pop was heard from the student's room, a police officer explained. When his relatives entered the room they saw that the lower part of the young man's face had been blown off. What might ...

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Freshman and Upperclassman Move-In Weekend! | iloveuab.com

7 hours ago ago from iloveuab.com - The best thing to happen to UAB since Taco Bell...

Rast Hall welcomes students to UAB Like most move-in weekends at UAB, this one was hectic, tiring, and exciting. Here's what the scene was like as students settled into their new dormitories: UAB's Catholic Student Association was one of the on-campus groups helping incoming students. The cold water and sodas were very welcome, what with all of the heavy lifting that was going on that day. The drinks ...

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Chemistry student killed by ‘exploding chewing gum’

4 hours ago ago from Gene Puddle News

A chemistry student has reportedly been killed by what is believed to be exploding chewing gum. Russian news agency Ria Novosti reports the 25-year-old chemistry student was found dead with his jaw blown off after he was working on a computer at his parents’ house in the Ukraine city of Konotop. A loud pop was heard from the student's room, a city police chief aide told ukranews.com. When his relatives entered the room they saw ...

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Virginia Student Charged in School Shooting

2 hours ago ago from The New York Times

WOODBRIDGE, Va. A community college student who opened fire on his math professor in a crowded classroom Tuesday was arraigned Wednesday on charges of attempted murder and discharging a firearm in a school zone. No one was injured in the shooting, which took place at one of the campuses of the state's largest university system, but it rattled a region where memories linger of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting shootings in which 32 people were ...

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Police: Shots fired at Va. college; no injuries

20 hours ago ago from FanHouse

WOODBRIDGE, Va. -A man accused of aiming a rifle at a teacher in a Virginia community college and firing several shots was arrested Tuesday. No injuries were reported. "The teacher hit the floor when she saw a gun come up," said Sgt. Kim Chinn, spokeswoman for Prince William County Police. The shooting happened around 2:40 p.m. at Northern Virginia Community College's campus in Woodbridge, about 25 miles south of Washington, D.C. Officer ...

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