Mike Bellotti and Chip Kelly's Ducks helped me reconnect with my alma mater, and I faithfully fly west with my family once a year to visit the campus and take in a game.

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He describes the time, in the mid-nineties, when Jerry Yang and David Filo took him to visit their campus trailer, which was littered with pizza boxes and soda cans, to show off a directory of Web sites called Yahoo.

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So, as students zip up their backpacks for a return to the classroom, it's a good time for any traveler to pack up a trunk and visit one of these bustling campus locations.

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Many students can't afford to visit the campus, so they are depending on the podcasts and blogs to get answers.

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Visit the Art Museum with the Rodin collection on Stanford campus and head on to University Avenue afterward for some window shopping and lunch.

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Mark Prisk, Minister for Business and Enterprise, announced the funding for the Tremough campus ahead of his two-day visit to Cornwall.

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For example, 20% of male university applicants, and 15% of female applicants, do not even visit a single university campus before taking up their places.

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Add in privacy rights that limit when mental health professionals can notify parents about red flags, and many in academia often feel that their hands are tied beyond simply urging struggling students to visit campus counseling centers.

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