College Jolt

The Pros and Cons of Coed Dorm Rooms and The Schools That Offer Them

Coed dorms were first introduced during the hippie movement in the 1970’s and then further down the road someonde decided to push the envelope and introduced coed dorm ROOMS. Only about 2 dozen of the thousands of schools in the U.S. provide coed housing options (that is in the same room). Apparently, they are merely [...]

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The Many Flavors of Hot Chocolate

It’s hot chocolate season again and oh how I love thee. But I’ve grown tired of plain old hot chocolate. Even french vanilla hot chocolate is becoming so…well, vanilla. (No pun intended…okay pun intended) Fortunately for me (and you) hot chocolate comes in many many flavors now.  Here’s 10 that I would looooove to try: Hazelnut Hot Chocolate Raspberry Hot Chocolate - [...]

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Which Schools Have the Hottest Nightlife? The Rankings Are In!

Good academic program? Check. Decent on-campus housing? Check. Plenty of hot guys/girls? Check. What’s missing? How the hell is the nightlife?! That’s an important question to ask oneself and for some of us, a very important element of our college careers. Student by day does not have to mean student by night. Everyone has got to put down [...]

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A Very Frugal Christmas: 10 Homemade Gift Ideas

I for one know I have little to no money to spend on Christmas presents this year and it’s likely that you don’t either. So what is one to do? Get an extra job over Christmas break to earn more money (gasp!)? Nah. Stand on the street corner and ring a bell to collect money for your holiday gift giving fund? [...]

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Cheap Party Dresses For The Holiday Season

It seems that this time of year is when I most often “have nothing to wear.” With all the family gatherings and parties with friends I always want to have something new and cute to wear. But that gets costly when you want to buy something new for each individual event. So I have found some dresses for this year’s upcoming [...]

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Whitney Port Getting Her Own Reality Show, What??

So apparently Whitney Port, who we all know and love from The Hills, is getting her own MTV reality show called The City. (Couldn’t they get a little more creative with the titles?) Whitney is moving out of Los Angeles and into Manhattan taking on a new job in the fashion industry at Diane Von Furstenberg, making [...]

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No Doubt Set To Walk Into Spiderwebs Again For 2009 Reunion Tour

Following the trend of reuniting pop groups, No Doubt will be reuniting in 2009 to once again tour and write and record a new album. They have announced it on their official website, http://www.nodoubt.com/, via an instant message transcript between the members. One of the quotes from Gwen Stefani was, “I think we should go [...]

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Trouble Finding the Right School? Check out the College Prowler Facebook Application

Choosing a college is probably one of the most important decisions you will make in life and I think it’s safe to say that we all have a hard time figuring out where to go and what exactly we are looking for in a school. The good news is that you are just one click [...]

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Britney’s New Album Leaked On the Internet

Britney’s new album, Circus, is not set to be released until December 2nd, however thanks to the magical wonders of the internet some songs from the much-anticipated album (well depending on who you talk to I guess) have been leaked. Six of the thirteen songs can be found on YouTube including “Womanizer,” which has been out since [...]

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Most Annoying Commercials On The Air

As if it wasn’t irritating enough to have 50 commercials aired during your favorite show but apparently it’s also necessary that some of them be uber annoying, obnoxious, stupid, or all of the above. Although Billy Mays (pictured) comes to mind here I’m going to leave him out of this for now. He’s kind of in [...]

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