Recreational Reading Habits

Reading Ana Barraza 1-1-1-1 Recreational Reading Habits The College Student and Recreational Reading Do College Students Read? “Catcher in the Rye”, “1984”, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “The Great Gatsby” and “Harry Potter”- Using the wonders of Facebook, these are the top books read by college students in the California State University Northridge network.

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Empty recycle bins (revised copy)

Since the release of the controversial documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” everyone is thinking about recycling and saving Mother Earth. But once you’re done reading this issue of The Roundup, what do you do? Do you do the convenient way and kindly recycle it? It’s sad to say that most of these newspapers will simply become trash since they are being left on benches once readers are done and will be scattered all over campus creating an eyesore on that green grass of the campus.

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College “Lab Rats” Just After The Cheese (Updated)

It’s the backdrop for countless teen comedies. A guy is broke, so he goes with a friend to the neighborhood sperm bank, and after some embarrassing antics, he comes away with some quick cash and that’s that. This perfect mix of pleasure and quick cash kind of makes someone wonder why they keep making more Starbucks and not more sperm banks, right? “I’ve been to a (sperm bank) before,” said Jaime Garza, 23, a business student on campus.

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$$One textbook bill passes, another dies

N-TXTBK-NY 1-1-1-1 Two bills, attempting to combat high textbook prices, were sent to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk this month, but on Oct. 12 Assembly Bill 1548 passed, and will take affect in 2010, while Senate Bill 832 was vetoed. Both bills were similar in that they aim to inform instructors about edition changes, what additional supplements come with the books and most importantly prices.

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$$Eighteen and still waiting

12.25″ Most of us were probably counting the minutes as they slowly ticked by on the long and ever-so-slow march towards becoming 18 years old. Hitting 18 struck a victory bell that rang loudly and clearly-you know, that kind of ring that renders nearby witnesses into a state of shock because it is just that epic.

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New Colors Could Be In Order

The Pierce College Council met on Thursday to address potential beautification efforts on campus as well as discuss several school-related issues. Some members of the council, made up mostly of administrators and faculty members, suggested that the school’s current arrangement of buildings and their colors may not be as welcoming to students as they would like.

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