Archive - 2005 - Story

The population of Castlewood, South Dakota? 666. The population of Tempe, Arizona? 160,000. Besides being the fifth largest city in Arizona and home of the fifth largest university in the nation, Arizona State University, the city itself has eight distinct zip codes. 

So how does a girl from Castlewood find comfort at a university where her class sizes are larger than the population of her high school?

A personal column about adjusting to life in a dorm

A college dorm is a melting pot, filled to the brim with different people, styles, and cultures, all coexisting and influencing each other. When I chose to write a story on college dorm life I expected to hear nothing but complaints, horror stories about communal bathrooms, terrible roommates, gripes and dislikes galore. Instead, I was surprised to find that people enjoy living the dorm life.

Turn on the news these days and you’re liable to see everything about colleges except academics. You’ll hear about how this college is being sued for discrimination, and that school is bribing its athletes; University of Here is limiting students’ rights while College of Over There is expelling protesters. But rarely do you ever here a word about the state of academics across the country. So iMPrint took up the task. From coast to coast, at party schools and preppy universities, students from across the nation share their thoughts on the current state of academia in America.

Giant banana slugs and Gorloks and penguins, oh my! Attend just about any sporting event and you’ll spot ‘em. We’re talking about those sometimes outrageous, sometimes ferocious, often goofy mascots and team names.