As the Campus Turns

Can Brad, Alexis, Valerie, and Chad — college students with little acting experience and a meager production budget — concoct a convincing daytime drama? (Cue organ music. Long, tortured reaction shot.)

Dorm-room drama and sorority scandal are such natural soap-opera fodder that it's not surprising that student-produced versions of the sudsy genre have been popping up at colleges and universities for more than 20 years. Shows are generally produced on a shoestring

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