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College student lives in 96-square-foot solar-powered house

College student lives in 96-square-foot solar-powered house

POULTNEY, Vt. (AP) — A college student in Vermont is living in a 96-square-foot house he built to reduce his carbon footprint — and save money.

Senh: For just $3,000, he's a homeowner. That's amazing. You really don't need all that space, especially when you're in college and single. It's really nice of the landowner to let him built his house there rent-free, although I'm curious to see how they would deal with the situation after he graduates from college

 

Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan

House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans.

 

Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead

Sunil Tripathi - CNN

Reddit apologized for the 'dangerous speculation' on the site that pointed fingers at the student. A body pulled from the water off Indian Point Park in Rhode Island has been identified as the Brown University student mistakenly linked by amateur sleuths on a social media site to the Boston bombings.

 

EW! Hidden health dangers of beer pong: Balls crawling with salmonella, e. Coli, staph germs

Peer Pong - NY Daily News

The most dangerous part of playing beer pong might not be drinking too much beer. A group of Clemson University students tested pingpong balls being used in beer pong games across campus one weekend last fall and discovered teeming bacteria. More research found that dangerous bacteria such as salmonella, listeria, e. Coli and staph on the balls end up in the beer when players make successful tosses into glasses.

 

Student Arrested in Stabbing at Texas College

Officials arrested a 21-year-old student, saying he appeared to have attacked students on Tuesday “at random” before being wrestled to the ground.

 

CourseSmart E-Textbooks Track Students’ Progress for Teachers

CourseSmart - NY Times

Educators from nine universities are testing technology from a Silicon Valley start-up, CourseSmart, that allows them to track their students’ progress with digital textbooks.

 

Weapons, explosives found in dorm on Fla. campus

University of Florida - AP

A college student killed himself in a dorm at the University of Central Florida and authorities found explosives and guns in the room early Monday, authorities said, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of students and cancellation of morning classes.

 

Biden’s office apologizes to student reporter for ‘unfortunate mistake’

The office of the vice president has apologized to a University of Maryland student after a member of Joe Biden’s staff confronted the college reporter and forced him to delete photos of an event.

 

12 Charged With Manslaughter in Florida Hazing Death

Prosecutors are charging 12 former Florida A&M University band members with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.

 

Video: Professor strips, confusing class

A Columbia University professor gave memorable, yet unorthodox, lecture to his quantum mechanics students.

 

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