Boston Campus Tours

Theme of the day: TRILLIONS for BANKS and WARS, and SCRAPS for the REST.

"In step with tradition: Campus tours thriving" by Vivian Nereim, Globe Correspondent | August 3, 2009

NEWTON - .... Despite the troubled economy, the cost of travel, and the growth of online virtual visits, the New England college tour not only endures, but thrives - with some schools even showing an increase in visits....

Oh, then I won't worry about the poor kids anymore.

The soon-to-be high school seniors who were following him peeked into a basketball practice and inspected a physics laboratory. They craned their necks up toward the stained-glass windows in an airy library. They were waiting for that sense of belonging to overtake them: Could I toss a Frisbee around here? Could I watch the sun come up after an all-nighter here? Is this my college?

So WHAT is with the INSULTS hurled at the SOON-TO-BE FRESHMAN going off to school? Come on, Globe! If you are trying to be funny, it's not funny, it's JUST INSULTING!!!

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Btw, what is with the ALL-NIGHT, NIGHT-on-the-TOWN promotions in the pieces?

Don't we want COLLEGE-AGED KIDS to STOP DRINKING?

Or is the AGENDA-PUSHING PAPER about something else entirely?

Also see: A Real World Ejerkashun