#college-campuses

#college-campuses

Local The Boston Globe, File By Eli Curwin March 16, 2023 | 12:45 PM As thousands of students flock to darties, parties, and parades this St.Patrick's Day, colleges in Boston are warning their students to be wary of BORGs.' BORGs, or blackout rage gallons, have taken college campuses by storm in recent months.

Before you ask, BORG which is pronounced like the aliens from Star Trek is an acronym for blackout rage gallon.The drink going by this name is a mixture of water, alcohol, sweet flavorings and some hangover remedy, like Liquid I.V. or Pedialyte.The concoction has become increasingly popular on college campuses across the country, thanks at least in part to TikTok, where videos of students brandishing their jugs at parties and demonstrating how to make the beverage have been widely shared.

AUSTIN, Texas A new bill has been filed in Texas to prohibit polling sites at colleges and universities.Texas Rep. Carrie Isaac, a Republican from Hays County, south of Austin, introduced the bill this week."Here in Texas, we have one of the longest early voting periods of any state in the nation," Isaac said.

AUSTIN, Texas The Austin City Council will vote on a resolution aimed at bringing more affordable housing to college campuses.District 5 Councilmember Ryan Alter is a sponsor of the resolution that will be discussed at this Thursday's city council meeting.He said the goal is to bring more affordable housing both on and off campus for students at places like the University of Texas at Austin, St. Edwards, Huston-Tillotson and Austin Community College.

Howard Community College in Maryland opened its first family-friendly study space on campus earlier this month.The room is designed to give parenting students a place to study and keep their children safe and (hopefully) occupied.What it includes: The Family Study Room, located in the college's library, has computers, whiteboards, comfy seats, a TV, a DVD player, an interactive touch-screen table, age-appropriate books, games, magazines and more.

Opponents and proponents of legalizing marijuana have long debated whether prohibiting or decriminalizing it would lead to increased usage of the drug by young people.The jury may still be out on who's right, although some studies have shown that recreational cannabis use increased by 20 percent in states that legalized it.

Pressure is continuing to build upon colleges and universities that have partnerships with sports betting companies.Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, announced on Monday that he sent a letter to 66 of the country's colleges and universities with the largest athletic budgets, demanding information about their efforts to form partnerships with sports betting companies, as well as what the schools are doing to prevent underage betting and to combat gambling addiction.

Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News!Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot's media team.A potential TikTok ban is looming in the U.S.After the app has been banned on government devices and some college campuses, the Biden Administration threatened a nationwide ban if ByteDance, the China-based company that owns TikTok, doesn't sell its stakes in the platform.

Jim Mellen, a Marxist former college professor and ideological firebrand who in the 1960s became a founding member and philosophical leader of the Weathermen, the headline-grabbing brigade of far-left revolutionaries, died on Feb. 17 at his home in Zirahuen, Mexico.He was 87.His wife, Terry Baumgart, said the cause was chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.

The violence at Michigan State University on Monday was the latest episode in a string of mass shootings on college campuses in the United States over the past few decades.Here are some of them: Three University of Virginia students, who all played on the football team, were killed when a gunman opened fire in a garage.

The borg - "blackout rage gallon" - has become the drink of choice on college campuses across the country.Made with half water, half vodka, a caffeinated flavor enhancer and a dash of powdered electrolytes, the drink has been hailed by many students on TikTok as a hangover-proof party staple.

Legislation making firearms legal on college campuses is waiting to be signed into law by West Virginia's Republican governor.The state's House of Delegates passed the Campus Self-Defense Act Tuesday.Thirteen Democrats argued that research from Johns Hopkins University indicated firearms make schools less safe.