Scholarship Media

My friends and I get together for movie night pretty often. One friend always hosts, because he always seems to have access to whatever movie we want to watch. Sometimes that means something in his Blu-Ray collection and sometimes it means Netflix or Hulu. But other times it means using services that look pretty sketchy to me. I hate to be the killjoy, but I’m kind of uncomfortable with the idea that we might be stealing movies for our movie nights. I know movie stars have plenty of money, but they worked hard to make their films, and it’s not up to us to decide we can just take them for free. I’m nervous about talking to me friend about this, though, because I don’t want to insult him. Can you help me?

The internet scares me sometimes. The other day, I had a date with a girl that I met (on the internet, actually!) just a week ago. She already knew a ton about me, she said, because she’d Googled me before our date! I was a little shocked, to be honest. It wasn’t that she searched my name--I know people do that, and I don’t think it’s so weird--it’s that when she did, she was able to find so much! It’s crazy to me that now anytime I apply for a job or a loan, the company will track down a bunch of details about my life to decide what to do. How can I better manage my internet presence? I don’t want people to be able to find me quite so easily.

My son is now at college. Has backpacking remained popular with students, since my college days in the 80s?

What are the rules covering computers and the internet for those that suffer visual impairments?

Most students end up with debt, but why do more of them tend to be women?

I have a chronic medical condition. How will this affect my college life?

What are the rules if a student is stopped by the police?

I use the internet a lot for shopping. Why do I always end up spending more than I should?

I’m not athletic (at all, really), but I love playing casual sports with friends—or, at least, I did until I got to college. Now I feel like people are rarely in the mood for any kind of pick-up game, and if they are, they’re looking for something more competitive than I am. So I’ve gotten the idea in my head that I want to start some kind of sports organization that helps people meet up to enjoy playing and watching sports without getting too competitive. The only problem is that I’ve never started any kind of organization in my life before. So, uh, any tips?