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It's the bitter little pill stewing in the subconscious of every brilliant writer here at Money College: No matter how many fascinating pieces we write about how to save money and soft-shoe smart with fall's best buys for dance clogs, or how to catapult yourself through a master's program in a year...

I try to tread lightly on the snarky side of cultural criticism, but when I saw that, for some odd reason, several of the week's most popular "Arts & Culture" articles on Digg had to do with tattoos, I just couldn't resist a sort of counterpoint. Tattoos, it seems, are rapidly falling away as...

A pair of abstracted women inhabiting a cubist painting cast aspersions on a third, whose eyes hover close to anatomical accuracy: "Oh, she's definitely had work done." A duo of English aristocrats take an Enlightened spin on Abbott and Costello's most famous routine before veering off in a...

It's one of the dirtiest little secrets about mandatory student health insurance and the rise of college-sponsored health care plans: for all those dollars in hefty premiums the plans take in from students, they spend comparative peanuts paying out students for benefits -- sometimes as little as 30...

By now, the typical criteria for college financial aid have emblazoned themselves into the collective consciousness of students nationwide: demonstrable need, merit, perhaps ethnicity or specific college major for certain scholarships and grants. A relatively new website, however, aims to...

It's one of the most heartbreaking realities of the digital music era: When the newest crop of rising indie rock stars gear up for a tour of small clubs, it's often a "one and done" affair. Bands graduate to the mid-size theaters or opening slots on arena tours at the speed of a cable Internet...

For a music lover, it's perhaps the quintessential summer experience: sharing sweat, heat stroke and generational anthems with 200,000 of your shirtless, screaming peers at an outdoor music festival. But with ticket prices at the likes of Bonaroo and Lollapalooza soaring into the $300 range, what...

In part two of this two-part series, Money College columnist Steven Kent talks about a subject he knows extremely well: the college concert scene, and what makes it tick. Read part one here. "Some things are just gonna work in Boston that won't fly in Sioux City, Iowa." That's where we left off...

In part one of this two-part series, Money College columnist Steven Kent talks about a subject he knows extremely well: the college concert scene, and what makes it tick. Look for part two of the series next Sunday. A couple of years ago, COED Magazine ran a derisive little piece pointing a finger...

Linda calls me up first thing in the morning just about every single day. She rings with such regularity, in fact, that I hardly need to set an alarm clock anymore. I'm usually too groggy to answer, but when I check my voicemail, I can picture the dimple-bursting smile on her face as she chirps...