Topic “College”

By Jeannine Stein (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Making the transition from adolescence into young adulthood can be challenging, and it could also come with some health risks. A study finds that regular exercise may take a steep drop after high school, especially for young men.

Researchers from McMaster University and the University of Toronto, both in Canada, followed 640 Canadian...

By Mary MacVean (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

LOS ANGELES — It hadn’t occurred to me that my husband and I might skip the college family weekend this fall, when our older son becomes a freshman. But the authors of “Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money” have given me pause.

Parents and their college-age sons and daughters are tied by an electronic umbilical cord. That’s the good...

By Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore (getbuttonedup.com/SHNS)

The lazy, hazy days of summer are wonderfully slow, but if you’re heading to college in the fall, the time to move in to campus housing will be here before you know it.

If you thought all the blood, sweat and tears spent on preparing the application was the hard part, think again. Actually moving to college can be as stressful as writing...

By Cailley Hammel (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT))

Your first apartment — if you're a typical college student, it can be a little overwhelming.


You're out of the cramped dorms, a good thing, but you're also out of the dorm cafeteria. Cooking real meals for yourself may sound intimidating, especially when it's just so easy to whip up a box of macaroni and cheese or order...