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• The price of free speech? -

  A student government association cut off a student newspaper's funding because the paper hired a lawyer because the SGA often meets in secret. The SGA has relented. Sort of. Temporarily. Read about it here.

• Halloween fun -

  The creepy, furry spiders are out in public and candy corn is stacked on shelves, so that means everyone's favorite spooky holiday is nearing.

  And, even if your bosses is a monster, I'm not talking about talking about National Boss Day, but Halloween.

  So, to make things more festive around here, we want to hear from you. How do you plan to dress for trick-or-treat (or drink), as it may be?

  Send us your best costume ideas, then make sure you take losts of pics.

  We'll feature a few, let you vote on the winners and those could be featured in an article.

  Happy Halloween!

• $10,000 blogging scholarship -

  Think your rants about life might be worth some cash?

  You can write a 300-word essay, submit your thoughts and site here, and hope your friends -- and the rest of the world -- votes for you.

  For the second year, collegescholarships.org is handing out money to the best full-time college student/blogger. You must be a U.S. citizen and willing to put your name out there, if you win.

  So, think about the most inspiring blog you've ever read, or any else on this list. Send it in by Oct. 6. and let us know when you win.

  Winners will be notified by Oct. 28.

• Online forum to talk about campus security -

  The day after holding a statewide conference on campus security, Gov. Tim Kaine's office announced the creation of a web site where "members of the Virginia college community," can discuss campus security.

  Go here for more information and to register to have access to the site.

  The governor's panel on the Virginia Tech shootings is expected to release a fairly thick report on the work it's done this summer in the next week or two and Tech's own internal review is also scheduled for completion soon.

  Security is one of many topics expected to be covered in those reports. This forum seems to be an attempt to keep the conversation fluid and share information more between universities.

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Rhode Island native and Virginia Tech reporter Greg Esposito posts on everyday college life, trends and issues affecting the 35,000-plus students in the New River Valley and beyond.

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Tim Thornton, who is old enough to have children attending college, is still taking classes and is still fascinated by colleges, the students who populate them and the bureaucrats who operate them. His reporting beat is Radford University.

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