Pack for a Blackout Thanksgiving - HackCollege Season 2 Episode 7

Monday, November 24, 2008
Kelly Sutton in Virginia Tech, alert system, blackout, bundle wrapping, college blackout, gradefund, onebag.com, show, student loans, thanksgiving, wrinkled clothes

Just in time for turkey day. Save your mom the ironing job by packing your clothes in a way that prevents wrinkles. Then, scare the crap out of her by telling her that the average college student has had a black-out before. Plus, Kelly and Chris discuss how the government is buying $6.5 billion in student loans.Topics this week:

• Virginia Tech's text message alert system failed during a false alarm
• A new website that gets you paid for getting good grades
• The Education Department buys up $6.5 billion in student loans
• Use "bundle wrapping" to keep your clothes from getting wrinkled in a suitcase
• What do 101 college students say when asked: Have you ever blacked out?

Sponsors this week:

• Radar.net, the cameraphone picture-sharing service
• Squarespace

Article originally appeared on Student-Powered Lifehacking (http://www.hackcollege.com/).