P. Diddy’s son gets a full-ride to UCLA and people get upset. What do you think: Should children of celebs who can afford to pay for college not be eligible for a free ride?
2nd June 2012
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From our story on Yale student and journalist Marina Keegan, who passed away in a car crash just days after her graduation:
“Marina Keegan was not just another college kid. From the time she set foot on Yale’s campus, the 22-year-old student applied herself not only in her work but in her career ambitions as well.
Keegan was an excellent writer, doling out pangs of wisdom with every line, sentence and phrase. One of her earlier articles Even Artichokes Have Doubts, which examined why so many Ivy League graduates were enticed by careers in finance, was even published in the New York Times.
But it is her final essay, published merely days before her untimely passing in the Yale Daily News, which will go down as the defining moment of her brief career.
In The Opposite of Loneliness, Keegan chronicled her thoughts as graduation beckoned and she prepared to head out into the world. The piece, which has now gone viral, was an amalgam of literary prowess. It was as inspiring, insightful, hilarious and completely enthralling throughout. In it, Keegan brilliantly and precisely described the feelings of college graduates nationwide as the prospect of adulthood loomed. ”
Maybe you do hate cats, but should you write about it for your school newspaper?
Things you did everyday at college are often not ok to do at your internship or first job.
The British are coming! Top 5 reasons to check out One Direction’s Up All Night Tour this summer.
These might be the greatest cupcakes ever built
As troops in Afghanistan decrease, the number of veterans enrolling in college classes is on the rise, according to one USA Today article. For some, the camaraderie they find on campus will determine their success in unstructured, civilian life. How does your school support veterans?
This article was written for a special edition of the Daily News distributed at the Yale 2012 commencement exercises last week. The author, Marina Keegan, died in a car accident on Saturday. She was 22.
Do you have any phobias?
We talked to one student who is afraid of squirrels (makes campus life kind of tough) and another who is afraid of car washes.
Memorial Day traditionally marks the start of summer. What are you doing this weekend?
- Camera: Nikon D3s
- Aperture: f/7.1
- Exposure: 1/1600th
- Focal Length: 24mm
