Cover Story
Ready or Not, Here They Come: Nine college students you don't know, but will. For now they're walking amongst us on campus but pretty soon they'll be making it big time.
Other Features
The Smarter Sex?: More females are applying to college, and with better GPAs, than their male peers. What that's doing to the gender ratio and how college admissions officers are reacting.
Bring Out the Body Paint: These college sports fans take their loyalty to the extreme. A look at some of the intense traditions and why college basketball provokes such madness.
Columns
Your Opinions, Your words
Relationships: One co-ed is determined to take things from BF to BFF, no matter how long it takes.
Health: Why we should take over-the-counter painkillers with a heavy dose of caution.
Sports: A look at what it's like to be made immortal by college basketball video games. Trends: Reflections on struggles with those indie scenesters you love to hate..even if you're sort of one of them.
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Current's quick takes on the news you care aboutDrinking and politicking...The superdelegate we relate to...Celeb campaign endorsements...LGBTQ sanctuary on Jesuit ground...Solving the English Major's Dilemma...Forget the credit card - charge it to my cellphone...Avoiding the textbook price hike...Professors' paychecks going to the 2008 election...Dr. Money! cures your wallet woes...Explaining the health care debate...Presidential firsts...A precursor to Watergate...Remember Legends of the Hidden Temple? We do too!...Taking Facebook stalking to a new level...Don't be that guy...
Interview
Amy Poehler is mad rich.
Backspin
Arts & culture, both highbrow and low
Fashion: Even ad campaigns play the race card.
Kick those ankle boots to the curb.
Film: Donnie Darko's wormhole isn't as farfetched as you think
Books: Some summer reading you'll actually enjoy
Book picks from Sunil Gulati, an econ prof and president of the U.S. Soccer Federation
Bloggers talk books
Music: An indie band from North Carolina gets national fame.
With no vocals, they have plenty of dance appeal.
Two 13-year olds with a dream keep on rocking, seven years later.
Food & Drink: A summer drink with a college price tag.
Mo's Bacon Bar looks like it's right up Homer's alley.
Gaming: Dive into the primordial ooze with "Spore."
