Apr 11th, 2008 · A small private university in Pennsylvania is trying novel approaches to enroll next fall's freshman class. Applicants who have been accepted but have yet to choose Wilkes University can expect to see personalized ads on everything from billboards to pizza boxes asking them to pick the school.
Oct 7th, 2007 · HIV and AIDS are not among the subjects discussed with incoming college freshmen during orientation, even on campuses in Washington, D.C., which has the highest rate of HIV in the country.
Aug 28th, 2007 · Many college freshmen are about to have their first roommate experience. Many of them may experience their new cohabitant's unfortunate inability to communicate directly. A Web site, Passiveaggressivenotes.com, collects all kinds of notes, among them the artifacts from domestic arrangements gone wrong.
Aug 3rd, 2007 · Two freshmen U.S. representatives have been checking in throughout their first session. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) have both traveled to Iraq recently. They talk about their trips and the effects on their thinking on the Iraq war.
May 22nd, 2007 · Robert Siegel talks to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL). Periodically, we check in with these freshmen members of Congress to gauge their first year in office. Today, we get their respective views on the so-called Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act currently being debated by the Senate.
Apr 9th, 2007 · Michele Norris talks with the two freshmen representatives we've been checking in with periodically during their first year in office: Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Gabrille Giffords (D-AZ). Both lawmakers heard from their constituents during the spring recess.
Aug 29th, 2006 · Each year Beloit College in Wisconsin publishes a list of historical and culture touchstones that have, and have not happened, during the lifetime of entering freshmen. Subjects range from the Soviet Union to carbon paper. Steve Inskeep talks to Adam Kennedy, a freshman at Beloit.
Aug 23rd, 2006 · The three original members of the band Guster met as freshmen at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and never really quite gave up the college gig. And for their fans, that's a good thing. Their latest, critically lauded CD promises to make new fans off-campus.