SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 63 percent rate at which athletes graduated from Syracuse is a low in eight years of available archives, though it matches the national average. Meanwhile, 82 percent of the general student population in the same class graduated, giving Syracuse the eighth worst discrepancy in the nation.

Pennsylvania college students overwhelmingly back Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic and national races, but view Sen. John McCain as the best candidate with the right experience to be president, according to the results of a CBS News / UWIRE poll released Friday.

Yale University senior art major Aliza Shvarts has caused an uproar at Yale and on online media outlets across the globe after The Yale Daily News (YDN) reported Thursday that Shvarts’ senior art project involved her impregnating herself and inducing abortions “as often as possible” during a nine-month process.

A college education has helped elevate an ordinary table to beer pong nirvana at a house just outside of the West Virginia University Evansdale Campus.

The fact Alex Smith’s favorite band is classic rock legend Led Zeppelin should come as no surprise — he’s the chairman of the College Republicans. While the two facts seem to be unrelated, a recent survey released by a rock radio consulting firm found that anyone who listens to classic rock is more likely to vote Republican.

For Jena Merl, a senior at Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Northwestern University was a back-up. She applied early to Columbia University in the fall after falling in love with the Manhattan campus.