"Six months ago, we didn't have this kind of activity as a local college, " says Andy Berry, vice-principal of Bridgwater College.

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As we, at last, come to the end of the 35 college football bowl games, I would note that part of the expense of producing these ball throwing contests was incurred by the students and their parents currently attending college through tuition or activity fees.

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The true cost of the government assistance for a particular activity (such as subsidizing those paying college tuition) is not obvious.

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Arum and Roksa say that college has become a leisure activity, with the typical undergraduate spending 40 hours a week socializing and 13 hours studying.

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His specific areas of study include how our immune systems play a key role in our emotional lives and using compassion meditation to prevent depression in college students by reducing stress-related inflammatory activity.

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She also conceded she had written a case study at college discussing Napster, another service shut down because of illegal activity.

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Those who believe the Olympics can bring lasting change to a city -- beyond the spike in economic activity during the event -- are often misguided, suggested economist Rob Baade of Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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In the decision Thursday, Second Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes held that the union representing the City College of New York could not force David Seidemann to pay dues for "ideological" activity not related to the union's core job of collective bargaining.

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For example, in 1995, the American College of Sports Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly issued national guidelines called Physical Activity and Public Health, which were updated in 2007.

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