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Many college students looking for summer internships will settle for unpaid positions because even though they need money, they need career-related experience more. But what those students don’t realize is that in many cases, not paying interns is actually illegal.

This spring break, while their classmates are waking up hungover in Mexican hotel rooms at 3 p.m., many St. Thomas students will have already begun helping others.

Laptop computers are the best cure for classroom boredom.

I don’t even have to bring my own laptop to class to distract myself.

When I first saw the commercials for the 2010 Census, I laughed and wondered why the Census Bureau felt the need to pay millions of dollars for weak, not-that-funny attempts to encourage people to fill out a form. Bureaucracy at its best, I thought.

I’m looking forward to playing a game of tennis indoors, swimming a couple of laps in the pool and working out on the new equipment, which we’ve heard described as a “purple and gray” version of Lifetime Fitness, once the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex opens.

But I’m one of the lucky ones because I graduate next year, not this year.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis recently published new guidelines that address the question of who can speak at Catholic institutions in the archdiocese.

Electronic books are here to stay. Reading an e-book on an electronic reader isn’t a passing fad that will lose its appeal after the novelty wears off.