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Fact: HackCollege has shotgunned more beer than any other four-year-old in history. Image courtesy of Flickr user Omer Wazir and licensed under CC by SA 2.0

If you'll allow us a moment of self-revelry, today is HackCollege's fourth birthday!  Pretty impressive for a student-run site.  This corner of the internet actually began life as mksutton.us (a catchy URL to be sure) and officially transformed into HackCollege.com on September 22, 2006.  If you're looking for a little nostalgia, click here for the first post penned under the HackCollege moniker, or here for the first post on mksutton.us.  Thanks for reading all this time!

HackCollege in her younger days.

If you had to go a week without a computer, could you do it? – Intel Conversations

As part of Intel sponsoring the HackCollege Summit, we produced a few videos talking about the necessities of college students. We will be releasing these videos over the next few weeks. Christine and Kiesha prompt each question and add insights from an "older generation," while Mike, Laura, Luke and Shep participate in the discussions.

Kiesha and Christine tried to challenge us with our fifth and final session of our Intel Conversations. What would we do without access to any computer for a week? Would we be able to survive?

What are the important things in your system? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter.

What are your dorm room essentials? – Intel Conversations

As part of Intel sponsoring the HackCollege Summit, we produced a few videos talking about the necessities of college students. We will be releasing these videos over the next few weeks. Christine and Kiesha prompt each question and add insights from an "older generation," while Mike, Laura, Luke and Shep participate in the discussions.

For our fourth Intel Conversation, we discuss what some of our dorm room essentials are. What can help you avoid Hourglass Syndrome while away from the computer?

What are the important things in your system? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter.

HackCollege Podcast: Episode 4

In this week's episode, Laura, Emily, and Shep discuss changing up your study space for better recall, a Groupon clone for college students, and yet another tablet claiming that it will be your textbook.  If your browser doesn't support the HTML5 player below, just download the .mp3 here.

Show Notes

• Changing Up Your Study Spaces (Lifehacker)
• CampusDibs Student Deals (TechCrunch)
• Kno Tablet and Student Reactions (TabletCrunch)

Want us to talk about something on the next episode? Let us know in the comments!

What are the entertainment system essentials for college students? – Intel Conversations

As part of Intel sponsoring the HackCollege Summit, we produced a few videos talking about the necessities of college students. We will be releasing these videos over the next few weeks. Christine and Kiesha prompt each question and add insights from an "older generation," while Mike, Laura, Luke and Shep participate in the discussions.

In the third Intel Conversations session, Kiesha and Christine ask, "What are the entertainment essentials as college students?" Can you get by with just a laptop, or is it nice to have a TV? What are some pieces of software that can make your media consumption easier?

What are the important things in your system? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter.

What do you look for in your system? – Intel Conversations

As part of Intel sponsoring the HackCollege Summit, we produced a few videos talking about the necessities of college students. We will be releasing these videos over the next few weeks. Christine and Kiesha prompt each question and add insights from an "older generation," while Mike, Laura, Luke and Shep participate in the discussions.

In our second session, we ask, "What do you look for in your systems?" Is speed important? Choosing the right system is important to having something that "just works."

What are the important things in your system? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter.

What devices are necessary as college students? — Intel Conversations

As part of Intel sponsoring the HackCollege Summit, we produced a few videos talking about the necessities of college students. We will be releasing these videos over the next few weeks. Christine and Kiesha prompt each question and add insights from an "older generation," while Mike, Laura, Luke and Shep participate in the discussions.

Today's conversation centers around the devices necessary for college students. How important is a laptop or a smart phone? Can you go without them?

Let us know what you think in the comments. Again, big thanks to Intel for sponsoring the summit!

Is Your Organization Doing it Right? Tell Us!

Think about the clubs and groups you're passionate about on campus. Which one is owning it? Is your blog ousting the campus newspaper? Is your small business idea helping students party more? Is your sorority raising money for a good cause in a unique way? Is your club sports team inventing new strategies in dodgeball? 

HackCollege is looking for one such stellar, innovative organization and we're awarding it with a free year-long subscription to RingCentral (worth $300).

Communication is key at any growing club. The winning group will get access to a comprehensive digital phone service to keep your club, staff or leadership in perfect sync. This package gives you a fancy 800 number and several extensions that forward on to all of your members/officers. The winning org will also be put in the running to win a grad prize that includes a new logo design, business cards and a bunch of web hosting. 

As long as you're innovating, we're interested. You could be saving time with a clever leadership stucture. You could be making a splash in social media. You could be doing an unconventional fundraiser to earn cash. Think about the ideals of "hacking" college and if your club is doing it, we want to hear about it! If it's good enough, we might even feature you on HackCollege! 

Email your submissions to our tip line. Just a simple summary of your idea and a link or two will suffice! You have until Wednesday, April 21st at 9pm Eastern -- so don't hesitate! 

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