Chicago Tribune

(KRT)

HOUSTON _ Two ultimate teams in the ultimate team sport are playing in the ultimate game, at least until next year. So why does Super Bowl XXXVIII have the personality of a beige sweatshirt?

The Super Bowl is about glitter and glamour; the best football teams are about grime and grit.

The cost of higher education is rising, making it necessary for many college students to obtain employment.

According to the College Board, since 1981, the cost of a college education has gone up five times faster than family incomes. Figures from Sebago Associates say 57 percent of college students have jobs.

Sociologists talk of a new life stage tucked between adolescence and adulthood: men and women in their 20s lingering in college and postponing marriage as they fortify their resumes and amass savings beneath the roofs of their parents. They are leery of student-loan debt and prohibitive housing costs, drawn to the undeniable allure of free laundry and home cooking.

Another semester, another packed schedule of activities for students to enjoy brought to you by the Office of Student Activities and the Campus Activities Board.

WASHINGTON – President Bush described a nation at peril Tuesday in a State of the Union speech that focused on the threat of terrorism, the challenges in Iraq and the need for more economic growth.

In a nationally televised address that previewed the themes of his re-election campaign, Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq and warned Americans that the nation remains vulnerable to terrorists.