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Back-to-School Blogging

Web logs help new students prepare for campus life

By BROCK READ

Like almost any student preparing to move into a freshman dormitory, Nora Goldberger spent much of the summer batting around questions about college life: Would she struggle to make friends? Which courses should she take, and which ones should she avoid? How would she get her laundry done?

Such concerns are...

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