Psst! Deep, Dark Secrets Shared

ABC News On Campus reporter Michelle San Miguel blogs: A grief-stricken mother confesses to eating her deceased child’s ashes. A teacher admits failing a student so she can flirt with his father. These are among the compelling anonymous tales sent...

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July 14, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

‘Beer Is Recession Proof’

(photo by Michelle San Miguel/ABC News On Campus) ABC News On Campus reporter Matthew Nojiri blogs: More than 5,000 people packed into Syracuse’s Clinton Square over the weekend to sample more than 300 styles of beer from 110 breweries. The...

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July 13, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Making Sure the Bedbugs Don't Bite

(Associated Press) ABC News On Campus reporter Heather Riggs blogs: University of Florida researchers say they have a developed a solution to the creepy crawly, blood-sucking insects that live in beds and furniture everywhere. Phil Koehler, an urban entomologist and...

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July 13, 2009 in Science | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Facebook Goes a Bit More Public

ABC News on Campus reporter Maxine Park blogs: Your privacy on Facebook just got a little less private. The company announced that it has begun making a user’s status messages, photos and videos visible to the general public by default...

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July 12, 2009 in social media | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Austin Report Probes Construction Hazards

ABC News On Campus reporter Xorje Olivares blogs: A month after a scaffolding accident claimed the lives of three immigrant workers, construction continues at a high-rise student apartment complex near the University of Texas at Austin. After the June 10...

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July 11, 2009 in safety | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Giving Mold the Cold Shoulder

ABC News On Campus reporter Chris Badders blogs: With the average daily summer temperatures hovering in the 90s, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are getting a healthy blast of air conditioning in each classroom. It’s...

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July 10, 2009 in Science | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Flag Costs South Carolina a Tournament

ABC News on Campus reporter Nadine Maeser blogs: The Confederate flag that flies high at South Carolina’s statehouse represents a piece of American history. Now the flag is making a new kind of history in the world of collegiate sports....

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July 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | Permalink | User Comments (18)

U. of Texas Sinks Teeth Into Vampire Classes

ABC News On Campus reporter Xorje Olivares blogs: You don’t need garlic, a cross, or even holy water to talk to University of Texas professor Thomas Garza -- just an open mind. Chair of the department of Slavic and Eurasian...

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July 9, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

The Country’s Shortest Celebration

ABC News On Campus reporter Loren Grush blogs: At around half past noon today, a momentous occasion occurred that only happens once a century: the numbers aligned. At exactly 12:34 and 56 seconds, the date and time read 12:34:56 07/08/09....

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July 8, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

Newspapers ‘Get Schooled’ by College Students

Students from the West Virginia Uncovered project are working with editors and writers from small, rural newspapers on ways to use the Internet to deliver news and information. Pocahontas Times editor Pam Pritt, back left, discusses the launch of the...

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July 8, 2009 in Web/Tech | Permalink | User Comments (1)