<p>I am a stealth reader of several college online daily newspapers. I do like a variety of viewpoints…even though many of the ones I ■■■■■ are similiar in nature. My youngest son visited a few schools this fall on official visits and I found myself invested in each school. So, I periodically check their websites to see what is going on around campus…or around town. Of course, this is in addition to many of the national and a few international news sites. With the semester break, I am starved for new updates… and am glad many will be back in time for the inauguration. I am a very fast reader, so it doesn’t take as long as one might think…especially once you bookmark the pages. </p>
<p>For instance, I really loved our visit to Penn…and I feel like there are folks that have been suspended in time, stuck on the Philly South Street Bridge that closed on Dec 8th 2008. The coach commented during our visit how the bridge closure would really affect most everyone in the athletic department… and I want them to get back to school and resume daily news updates and stop with the bridge warning!! There are kids at Brown whose probation have been featured for a month now!! I go to the Harvard Crimson and smile every time they feature a new alum in the Obama administration. </p>
<p>Anyone else have a daily paper they enjoy perusing every now and then? or am I the only insane person on CC?</p>
<p>Definitely! My D is at Brown, and I really miss the Brown Daily Herald. All will be back to normal next week. It will be good to read the paper, but it will be hard to go back to missing the child/adult… :(</p>
<p>I do enjoy following the Ivy League sports articles… they all really stress each and every win. Almost like they do not accept that they are in a never ending battle. </p>
<p>I almost never start a thread, so thanks Franglish for responding… I found the 4 years of S#1 zoomed by… and S#2 starts in September, and I know that too will go by in a heartbeat. What is so amazing to me is how my own memories of high school and college seem to be in slow motion compared to my kids experiences. I was groveling for some time with S#2 last nite and in passing he said I can come visit him any time I want during his college experience. I did not react outwardly to that comment, but inside I felt the warmest glow. It was a little gift from him to me. Luckily things like college dailies help to keep us connected, providing things to chat about…etc. My kids have always competed with us for the morning paper…usually the sports section is the most in demand.</p>
<p>I love the Stanford Daily (online) and really miss it during breaks. Since my S is so far away, it is nice to be able to read about his school and see pictures of what is happening on campus. Many of the main articles supply important information about the school, and the features and opinion pages make me feel a little closer to my S.</p>
<p>Maineparent, he (like your S) would love to have us visit. He would prefer if we did not come on Parents’ Weekend, so that we’d have more time with him. Some year we’ll get to go, but not this financially shaky one.</p>
<p>I read my son’s college paper everyday. He is a staff writer and was assigned a beat this quarter. He is covering a juicy story so he is having fun.</p>
<p>I have to read my S’s weekly school paper to find out what’s going on. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of bad news there, too. He probably wishes I wouldn’t read it because I have to call him and ask about the outbreak of bedbugs or the campus muggings.</p>
<p>as the parent of a kid who tells me almost nothing, I appreciate her online college newpaper for up to date info about what’s going on at her school (and some of the EC’s I am paying tuition for even if she doesn’t participate!)</p>
<p>Toledo,
the Daily Pennsylvanian even has a street map with all the overnight crimes… or maybe weekly ones? I thought that was tooo much information… but when I looked at the specifics, turned out to be a lot of stolen bikes…</p>
<p>I guess I am the only one who reads online papers for schools other than the one my kid goes to…</p>
<p>I so enjoy reading The Dartmouth which definitely provides my daughter and me with more common ground for connecting. She also reads it every day. And ,thankfully, the Rhodes College newspaper, printed weekly, fills me in on college “going-ons” --as my son is not inclined to do so!</p>
<p>D’s school didn’t put their newspaper online- I suppose it would have given the parents of the prospies conniptions. ( or since the * parents *probably came of age during the 70’s, it would shock the students more than their parents)</p>