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Campus Progress is bringing back a renewed version of a feature called Campus Informer, a roundup of cool and interesting stuff happening at campuses around the country. Of course, the feature isn't only limited to campuses, since Campus Progress exists for non-college youth and to make higher education more accessible and affordable. If you think something in your area should be included in Campus Informer, just email us at campusprogresseditors [at] americanprogress [dot] org.
- Trent Fuenmayor is Princeton's only male cheerleader, and says, "In high school, some people gave me crap, but no one’s going to be closed-minded in college." [The Daily Princetonian]
- The number of first-time international students have increased by nearly 16 percent, just as the cost of college is hitting an all-time high. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
- As University of California schools are facing budget problems, out-of-state students are finding it hard to stay enrolled thanks to skyrocketing costs. [The Daily Bruin]
- It looks like student loan scandals aren't restricted to the United States. Ten executives at the Student Loan Company in the UK received nearly £2 million (more than $3.35 million) in bonuses as students are waiting for their loan and grant payments. [The Guardian]
- Indiana University will be offering a class on Twilight this spring. [Indiana Daily Student]
- The University of North Dakota creates the first graduate program in Sustainable Energy Engineering [The Dakota Student]
- The Oregon State University Students Alliance and the editor-in-chief of The Liberty at
Portland State University are suing over the disappearance of seven distribution bins during the last school year. [The Daily Vanguard] - Angry Asian Man, frequent contributor to Racialicious, shows his face on a panel at UT-Austin. [The Daily Texan]
- A student at Lehigh College discovered that her student health insurance plan doesn't cover birth control (although condoms are distributed for free on campus). [Change.org]
- A University of Florida graduate invented a new kind of condom; the new design makes condoms easier to put on. [The Alligator]
