Exclusive | Gen Z students move emotional support pets into dorm rooms — to cope with the ‘trauma’ of college: ‘Really comforting’

Exclusive | Gen Z students move emotional support pets into dorm rooms — to cope with the ‘trauma’ of college: ‘Really comforting’

In dorm rooms across America, college students used to go at it like rabbits. Now, they house the cutesy animals instead. As Gen Z forgoes sex, drugs, and alcohol, youngsters are instead spending their time on campus tending to emotional support pets. Students are housing dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in their dorm rooms … Read more

Exclusive | NYC colleges push back on trash with swap shops — where students can furnish dorm rooms for free: ‘Making a difference’

Exclusive | NYC colleges push back on trash with swap shops — where students can furnish dorm rooms for free: ‘Making a difference’

Shop ’til you swap. When Shannon Hughes saw the piles of discarded dorm-room furnishings that her fellow New School students ditched at the end of every school year, she always felt there had to be a better way to keep the scads of unwanted shower caddies, hangers, laundry baskets and lamps out of university dumpsters. … Read more

JELL-O releases inflatable ‘mold’ chair to make all your ‘80s dorm room dreams come true

JELL-O releases inflatable ‘mold’ chair to make all your ‘80s dorm room dreams come true

This one’s about to blow up. JELL-O has been known as one of America’s most traditional, comforting desserts for generations — now, the brand is breaking out of the mold and getting into the home decor game. Aimed squarely at nostalgic types who either had an inflatable chair in their childhood bedroom or college dorm room … Read more

Chiefs heiress Ava Hunt’s lavish SMU dorm room revealed in new photos

Chiefs heiress Ava Hunt’s lavish SMU dorm room revealed in new photos

Ava Hunt is kicking off her freshman year at Southern Methodist University in style. The 18-year-old daughter of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt settled into her dorm room at the Texas institution this past week, with mom Tavia Hunt posting new photos of the accommodations boasting plentiful pink accessories, including a neon sign above the bed … Read more

Suri Cruise moves into her Carnegie Mellon University dorm with help from mom Katie Holmes

Suri Cruise moves into her Carnegie Mellon University dorm with help from mom Katie Holmes

Suri Cruise is embarking on her next chapter. Over the weekend, Katie Holmes and her daughter touched down in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to move the 18-year-old into Carnegie Mellon University.  The “Dawson’s Creek” alum was photographed helping Suri carry boxes into the college freshman’s dorm room. Suri Cruise made her way to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to enter college as freshman at Carnegie Mellon University. BACKGRID … Read more

Mom sleeps in daughter’s dorm on her first night at college to make ‘memories’ — but critics say to ‘have boundaries’

Mom sleeps in daughter’s dorm on her first night at college to make ‘memories’ — but critics say to ‘have boundaries’

This mama-daughter sleepover has started an online pillow fight. A North Carolina mom is dividing opinion after sleeping in her daughter’s dorm room on her first night away at college. Critics have called Lori Miggins, 48, “creepy” and “weird” for bunking down with daughter Taylor, 18, at Appalachian State University last week, sharing footage of … Read more

I spent $55 a night to sleep in a London college dorm for my vacation — it was a disaster but I loved it

I spent  a night to sleep in a London college dorm for my vacation — it was a disaster but I loved it

The deal seemed too good to be true — Central London for $55 a night including breakfast at a well-reviewed hotel, and all I had to do was share a bathroom. No big thing, right? Except the hotel wasn’t a hotel at all. Look — I thought I understood the deal when I booked, that I’d … Read more

‘Momfluencer’ trolls son by placing life-size poster board of herself in his Maryville University dorm

‘Momfluencer’ trolls son by placing life-size poster board of herself in his Maryville University dorm

A so-called “momfluencer” hilariously trolled her son while helping him move into his college dorm — decorating his room with a life-size poster board of herself so “if any girls try to come into your room they can see me,” she quipped in a now-viral TikTok video. Jill Wagner pulled off the stunt after she … Read more