What's hot on campus

Careers and Colleges, Nov-Dec, 2005

Three of our college field reporters checked in to tell us what the trends are on their campuses. Here's the latest on what's "in" from coast to coast.

* EAST COAST

Pre-torn jeans * clothes by Hollister * TV shows Laguna Beach and The OC (for girls) and Monday Night Football (for boys) * movies The Corpse Bride and Sin City * music Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and The Killers * dodgeball * Chinese food and pizza * piercings (especially the lower lip) * www.facebook.com.

--Michael Bordes, freshman, State University of New York, Albany, New York

* WEST COAST

T-shirts with cartoons or candy labels * clothing by Carhartt * TV shows The Simpsons, The Family Guy, Desperate Housewives, That '70s Show * movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Napoleon Dynamite * music Motorhead, Fugazi, and Marilyn Manson * Pel' Meni (a type of Russian dumpling often slathered in hot sauce) * kayaking and mountain climbing * www. myspace.com.

--Olivia Watson, junior, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, Alaska

* MID-AMERICA

Polo shirts under big old-fashioned sweaters * TV shows The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Charlie Rose, and Desperate Housewives * movies March of the Penguins and Wedding Crashers * music Kanye West, Immortal Technique, and Ben Harper (all music that is politically and socially aware is popular) * health food and organic food, especially caesar tofu salad * iPods.

--Matthew Kaplan, junior, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

TREND SEEKERS WANTED: We want to know what's "in" and "out" at your school. E-mail us at buzz@careersandcolleges. corn and tell us about TV, movies, music, food, fashion, activities, websites, and more. We can't wait to hear from you!