They may have different friends and different interests but nothing brings high school students together like alphabetical order. For the eight students at a California high school with the same last name-Nguyen- it was obvious their wallet-size snapshots would be sharing the same yearbook page. So instead of exerting their …

By Veronica Claussen, Dakota Valley High School, North Sioux, South Dakota With the technology we have today, soon- to-be college students have to make the decision to spend their money on either a laptop or an iPad for classes.  Even though the iPad is really cool and is lightweight, many …

Fewer American teenagers and young adults are lighting up as cigarette taxes that have broken the $3-a-pack threshold in some states make smoking too costly, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Daily smoking, the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the U.S., fell to 15.8 …

Bronzed, glowing skin has been the height of fashion for decades, but there could be early signs that tanning may have had its day in the sun. Students at Maynard High School in Massachusetts made good on a “no tanning before prom” pledge at the event last Friday. In total, …

More colleges are making standardized tests optional, which officials say helps to broaden and diversify applicant pools. Ithaca College in New York last week became the latest institution to announce a “test-optional” policy: According to the college’s website, applicants for Ithaca College’s 2013 entering class will be given the option of …

The nearly 60 students suspended from a Hendricks County high school for protesting administrators’ handling of a senior prank will be allowed to return to school on Thursday. Five seniors and one junior at Cascade High School in Clayton were suspended for two days after they posted about 12,000 sticky notes …

By Jessica Goodman, Los Angeles, Author of  RED: Teenage girls in America write on what fires up their lives today. via I Heart Daily There was a time, before the common era of Justin Timberlake as solo act and movie star, when boy bands reigned. JT was the lead singer …

By Sidney Madden, via HerCampus.com   One of the best benefits of graduating, aside from cafeteria food freedom and no longer having to be saved by the bell is the immense pride you feel walking across that stage. You did it! High school is behind you and it seems like literally …