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The New York Times has a series they call Room for Debate, where they gather a few brilliant people and have them all answer the same question. The most recent one was "Does It Matter Where You Go to College?", and the answer from everyone seemed to ... Read more

 

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]]>collegeeducationEmily V. Gordon2010-12-06T14:30:00+00:00I Was Bullied -- Why It Has to Stophttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/21/i-was-bullied-an-open-letter-to-parents/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/21/i-was-bullied-an-open-letter-to-parents/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/21/i-was-bullied-an-open-letter-to-parents/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Dear Parents, Bullying isn't a "normal" behavior, and it's not just the kid on the playground stealing your lunchbox. It's the raw, painful reminders that you don't fit in with the rest of your classmates -- that you're an outsider in a sea of ... Read more

 

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]]>bullyingbullying in schoolsBullyingInSchoolsphoebe princePhoebePrincetyler clementiTylerClementiStacy Lipson2010-10-21T09:00:00+00:00Karen Owen's Duke University PowerPoint 'Sex List' Makes Us Sadhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/karen-owen-duke-sex-list-powerpoint/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/karen-owen-duke-sex-list-powerpoint/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/karen-owen-duke-sex-list-powerpoint/#commentsFiled under: , ,


If you've spent any time on the Internets over the past few days then you've probably caught some wind of this Duke F**k List situation. If you haven't -- and thank you for pulling the weight of the American work force -- here's your one-sentence ... Read more

 

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]]>collegeduke powerpointduke sex listDukePowerpointDukeSexListjessie rosenJessieRosenkaren owenkaren owen powerpointKarenOwenKarenOwenPowerpointsexsex webSexWebJessie Rosen2010-10-07T12:55:00+00:00High School Strips Transgendered Homecoming King of Titlehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/28/high-school-strips-transgendered-homecoming-king-of-title/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/28/high-school-strips-transgendered-homecoming-king-of-title/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/28/high-school-strips-transgendered-homecoming-king-of-title/#commentsFiled under: ,


Imagine being voted Homecoming King, then having your high school unceremoniously rescind the honor. That's exactly what happened to 17-year-old Oakley (nicknamed Oak) Reed, left, a senior at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, Mich. The problem ... Read more

 

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]]>homecomingoak reedoakleigh reedOakleighReedOakReedpromprom kingPromKingtransgendertransgender prom kingtransgenderedtransgendered studentTransgenderedStudentTransgenderPromKingCarrie Sloan2010-09-28T16:15:00+00:00Apple CEO Steve Jobs Disses College Student -- 'Leave Us Alone'http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/24/steve-jobs-vs-college-student-chelsea-kate-isaacs/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/24/steve-jobs-vs-college-student-chelsea-kate-isaacs/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/24/steve-jobs-vs-college-student-chelsea-kate-isaacs/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


UPDATE: Chelsea Isaac's response to Steve Jobs. It was the cybershot heard 'round the world. "Please leave us alone," Apple's CEO Steve Jobs fired off in an email to Chelsea Isaacs, left, a senior in the journalism department at Long Island ... Read more

 

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]]>chelsea isaacsChelseaIsaacssteve jobs commencementsteve jobs emailsteve jobs graduation speechSteveJobsCommencementSteveJobsEmailSteveJobsGraduationSpeechCarrie Sloan2010-09-24T10:30:00+00:00Study Luxury, Bakery Science or ... Death! 10 Crazy Advanced Degreeshttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/01/considering-grad-school-10-masters-degrees-youve-never-heard/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/01/considering-grad-school-10-masters-degrees-youve-never-heard/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/01/considering-grad-school-10-masters-degrees-youve-never-heard/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Out of a job, can't find a job, or really want to quit the job you've been slaving away at, without a raise, since the economy tanked? All of the above reasons have contributed to a big influx of back-to-schoolers. According to the Census Bureau, ... Read more

 

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]]>bakery scienceBakeryScienceget a mastersGetAMastersgrad schoolGradSchoolgraduate schoolGraduateSchoolmasters in pop culturemasters in popular musicmasters of recreation administrationMastersInPopCultureMastersInPopularMusicMastersOfRecreationAdministrationstudy gastronomyStudyGastronomythanatologyLiz Ozaist2010-09-01T09:00:00+00:00Hot Professors 'Hate' the Attention -- Men, Welcome to Life As a Womanhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/12/hot-college-professors-male-teachers-hate-being-hot/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/12/hot-college-professors-male-teachers-hate-being-hot/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/12/hot-college-professors-male-teachers-hate-being-hot/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Sometimes it's called the "pretty woman discount" -- the way life caters to the good-looking -- but these hot professors say it's more like a tax. Last May, Lemondrop -- fans of cute, brainy men that we are -- nominated the 50 Hottest Professors ... Read more

 

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]]>chronicle for higher educationChronicleForHigherEducationcollegecollege professorCollegeProfessorHOPAhot professorhot professorsHotProfessorHotProfessorsHPOAMILFPILFprofessorprofessorsCarrie Sloan2010-08-12T09:00:00+00:00U.K. School Bans Skirtshttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/17/uk-school-bans-skirts-for-girls/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/17/uk-school-bans-skirts-for-girls/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/17/uk-school-bans-skirts-for-girls/#commentsFiled under: ,


Remember once upon a time, when skirts were seen as a liberating style statement? These days, they're viewed as a high-risk factor, at least by one school in North Yorkshire, England. St. Aidan's Church of England High School, a mixed secondary ... Read more

 

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]]>dress codeDressCoderiskschool uniformsSchoolUniformsskirts bannedSkirtsBannedunited kingdomUnitedKingdomJennifer Barton2010-06-17T14:00:00+00:00Sarah Palin Attacked My High School -- Here's Why She's Wronghttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/18/sarah-palin-slandered-my-high-school-heres-why-shes-wrong/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/18/sarah-palin-slandered-my-high-school-heres-why-shes-wrong/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/18/sarah-palin-slandered-my-high-school-heres-why-shes-wrong/#commentsFiled under: , ,


I'm a junior at Highland Park High School in Chicago, where our superintendent recently canceled the girls varsity basketball team's trip to Arizona in protest of the state's new immigration bill. Almost instantly, complaints from team members and ... Read more

 

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]]>sarah palinSarahPalinElizabeth Kapnick2010-05-18T15:00:00+00:00What These B-School Students Really Want Is an 'M.R.S.' Degreehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/11/columbia-business-school-single-ladies-want-an-m-r-s-degree/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/11/columbia-business-school-single-ladies-want-an-m-r-s-degree/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/11/columbia-business-school-single-ladies-want-an-m-r-s-degree/#commentsFiled under: , ,


"I'm in business school to get me my M-R-S ..." Three Columbia Business School "single ladies" hit the "it's funny because it's true" nail on the head with this mock on Beyoncé's original tune. Their premise? That the decades-old M-R-S ... Read more

 

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]]>beyonceColumbia Business SchoolColumbiaBusinessSchoolM.R.S. degreeM.r.s.Degreesinglesingle ladiesSingleLadiesGuest Blogger2010-05-11T13:00:00+00:00Colleges' Newest Requirement? Clean Up Your Online Reputationhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/07/your-resumes-ready-but-is-it-too-late-to-clean-up-your-online/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/07/your-resumes-ready-but-is-it-too-late-to-clean-up-your-online/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/07/your-resumes-ready-but-is-it-too-late-to-clean-up-your-online/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Preparation for the job search now looks like this: Update résumé, write cover letters, reach out to contacts, make Twitter feed private, and delete that Mardi Gras photo album on Facebook. And now at least one college will be ... Read more

 

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]]>brandbrand yourselfBrandYourselfcollegefacebookget a jobGetAJobjobjob searchJobSearchonline reputationOnlineReputationpersonal brandingPersonalBrandingrecruiterrecruitmenttwitterDiana Vilibert2010-05-07T10:00:00+00:0012 Campus Fashion Trends We Love to Hatehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/03/12-campus-fashion-trends-we-love-to-hate/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/03/12-campus-fashion-trends-we-love-to-hate/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/03/12-campus-fashion-trends-we-love-to-hate/#commentsFiled under: , ,


My name is Ashley Carr, and I attend the glorious University of Missouri -- Columbia, or as you all probably know it -- MIzzou. Let me explain a little something about Mizzou to you: The campus is huge. So here I am walking the 15 minutes to my 9 ... Read more

 

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]]>black nail polishBlackNailPolishbump itBumpItcampus fashionCampusFashioncollegecollege fashioncollege trendsCollegeFashionCollegeTrendsjersey shoreJerseyShoreNorthfacenorthface fleeceNorthfaceFleecerainbootsrhinestone decalsRhinestoneDecalsrhinestonessnookiugg bootsUggBootsuggsvera bradleyVeraBradleyAshely Carr2010-05-03T11:00:00+00:00Lemondrop Goes Prom Dress Shopping With Operation Fairy Dusthttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/20/lemondrop-goes-prom-dress-shopping-with-operation-fairy-dust/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/20/lemondrop-goes-prom-dress-shopping-with-operation-fairy-dust/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/20/lemondrop-goes-prom-dress-shopping-with-operation-fairy-dust/#commentsFiled under: , ,


When 30-year-old Megan Kerrigan recalls her senior prom, her mind goes straight to one thing: her hair. "I had just chopped it all off to my chin because that was the style," says Megan. "But then I found the hairstyle I wanted -- big barrel ... Read more

 

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]]>beyoncebridesmaidbridesmaidsbridesmaids dressesBridesmaidsDressesdress donationDressDonationOperation Fairy DustOperationFairyDustprom dressprom dressesPromDressPromDressesErin Scottberg2010-04-20T15:00:00+00:00I Quit My Sorority Because They Accused Me of Being Anorexichttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/03/18/sorority-hazing/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/03/18/sorority-hazing/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/03/18/sorority-hazing/#commentsFiled under: , ,


When I signed up for sorority recruitment my freshman year, I told no one. I wasn't your typical sorority girl to begin with. I came to a large northwestern university part designer-jeans connoisseur, part new-age hippie, and part skier-chick from ... Read more

 

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]]>Special Guest Blogger2010-03-18T13:00:00+00:00'Help, I Have $122,000 in Student Loans' -- What Do I Do Now?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/03/11/i-have-122-000-in-student-loans/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/03/11/i-have-122-000-in-student-loans/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/03/11/i-have-122-000-in-student-loans/#commentsFiled under: , ,


The girl: Allison Age: 31 Job: Public relations Where she calls home: The Midwest Her sitch: Allison borrowed about $40,000 for her undergrad degree and another $80,000 for graduate school, and now she's swimming in the combined debt. ... Read more

 

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