A few weeks back we told about the Benefits of Working In A College Town, Morgantown, W.Va, home of West Virginia University to be specific.

Morgantown has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S. — just 3.9% — and the university itself has about 260 job openings, from nurses to professors to programmers.

Forbes has ranks states by their rate of college graduate retention after graduation and the statistics might give us a clue as to why there are so many job openings in Morgantown.

Apparently the state can’t keep the graduates of its top public university from leaving the state and its own natives won’t stay either.

Check out the statistics and once you’re done viewing the Worst States For Keeping College Grads check out Best States For Keeping College Grads.

Are billionaires born or made? What are the common attributes among the uber-wealthy? Are there any true secrets of the self-made?

Forbes Magazine gets these questions a lot, and decided it was time to go beyond the broad answers of smarts, ambition and luck by sorting through their database of wealthy individuals in search of bona fide trends. They analyzed everything from the billionaires’ parents’ professions to where they went to school, their track records in the early stages of their careers and other experiences that may have put them on the path to extreme wealth.

Check out why working for Goldman Sachs, joining Skull & Bones and…dropping out of college are three of the most prominant traits of American billionaires.

NFL teams will need to lower their expectations overall this year as they evaluate the realities of supply and demand related to the 2009 draft class. Thanks to an infusion of talented underclassmen — who are among five of the top 10 and 15 of the top 32 overall prospects — teams will certainly be able to enlist top-shelf talent. [USA Today]

College Ousts Marine For Legally Concealed Gun

A Marine has been arrested, suspended from college and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation for bringing a handgun and knife to campus, even though he holds a concealed carry permit issued by the state. [World Net Daily]

Twittering, With Pete Carroll

Twittering has an Adrian Peterson feel to it, no? AP dives into the line three times, and then gallops for a long touchdown. You might skip a couple days of twitter, and then go nuts with like 10 updates in a day. USC football coach Pete Carroll is on Twitter. But what nobody knows is that he’s deleted a ton of entries. We were able to find the deleted ones! Nobody else has been privy to these! [Big Lead]

In college basketball, when the home team wins a big game, possibly even an upset, the student section storms the court in celebration. It’s one of those unique college basketball traditions that bring the fans and players together in a moment of spontaneous jubilation. The students love it. The TV cameras love it. The winning players love it. It seems like everyone loves storming the court — except me. I don’t want to be a scrooge, but it’s time to put an end to one of the most sacred myths in college basketball. [Sports Illustrated]

12 College Classes We Wish Our Schools Had Offered

I once took a course called “Research Methods and Theory.” It was as exciting as it sounds. I would much rather have been taking one of these 12 classes. From pop culture to maple syrup, these aren’t your average lectures. [Mental Floss]

Data Show College Endowments Loss Is Worst Drop Since ’70s

The value of university endowments fell about 23 percent on average in the five months ended Nov. 30, according to two newly released reports. The steep declines are forcing colleges and universities across the country to contemplate wage freezes, layoffs and a halt to construction projects. The drop found by the reports is the biggest in the value of college and university endowments since the mid-1970s, said John S. Griswold Jr., executive director of the Commonfund Institute, which manages money for educational institutions and other nonprofits. [NY Times]

Local College Student Designs NBA All-Rookie Jerseys

A little brother can be a pain in the neck, but thanks to his, Tim Ahmed is now taking his first steps toward style stardom. Ahmed, an 18-year-old freshman at Baruch College, won an online contest his kid brother told him about. The contest called for designs for this year’s Rookies vs. Sophomores Game, all part of NBA All-Star weekend in Phoenix next month. Ahmed’s design beat out submissions from more than 12,000 others. [MSNBC]

The Stanford Tree Is Officially Out Of Control

More sexy shenanigans involving cheerleaders and the Stanford Tree have been unearthed; this time in broad daylight, on campus. What is this strange power the tree seems to have over women?  Last week we brought you coverage of the Stanford Tree and and cheerleader booty-licking allegations, which included a response from the tree itself. But now other photos have surfaced. Are these Stanford cheerleaders, or will they turn out to be, as before, band members posing as cheerleaders? [Dead Spin]

College Basketball Gets Another Postseason Tournament

Do we really need a fourth postseason college basketball tournament? Because it looks like we may be getting one. The Boston-based Web site CollegeInsider.com has announced the formation of a 16-team invitational tournament this March that “will be determined after the official announcements of the two existing tournaments,” referring to the N.C.A.A. and N.I.T. tournaments without mentioning the 16-team College Basketball Invitational, which was initiated last year to limited fanfare. [NY Times]

Boston Has Banned Tobacco Sales At All Area Colleges

The Boston Public Health Commission has just banned the sale of all tobacco products at colleges. Not high schools. Colleges. Anti-smoking activists are ecstatic. “Boston has taken another step that puts it in the forefront in the United States in protecting people against secondhand smoke,” says the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. But the Boston regulations don’t restrict just smoking. They forbid the sale of “any substance containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe, tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco and dipping tobacco.” [Slate]

Five Tips  For Students Getting Ready to Graduate With An Ad Degree

There are thousands of college students with advertising or marketing degrees set to graduate in 2009 — entering directly into the headwinds of a recession that has claimed 41,500 advertising, marketing services and media jobs since November 2007, according to Ad Age estimates. So what’s an advertising/marketing grad to do? Well first, don’t lose faith: Finding an entry-level job in advertising will be difficult, but it will not be impossible. [AdAge]

FOX Botches Heisman Story, Announces Tebow As Winner

While most people predicted a close Heisman race, FOX apparently thought Tebow had it in the bag. So much so that they published a Tebow victory story on their site. Screen grab after the jump.  Correct headline, check. Correct story, um…. [Dead Spin]

According To Vegas Odds USC Would Win Hypothetical Playoff

Leave it to Las Vegas to sate all our needs. Even those we didn’t know we had before. (I’m looking at you midget escort service.) Everyone knows that the idea of a playoff is so awfully complicated that it would require a Manhattan Project-level commitment before anything could happen. Or, you know, a sports book could just seed the top 8 teams based on the final BCS standings and run the odds for each of those match-ups. Like the guys at BetOnline.com did. The result is a USC victory. [Dead Spin]

Eeek, I Might Be Failing! Tips For Saving Your Grade.

What do you mean it’s too late to drop a class? I forgot I was even enrolled!

If that’s part of the conversation you’re having with the registrar this far into the semester, you might be in trouble. But never fear. It’s not over until the fat lady sings…or the TA enters the grades. If you’ve over-slacked it this semester, there still might be a way to save your grade. [College Candy]

Arizona State Volleyball Girls Seem Fun!

This undated photo of members of the ASU volleyball team comes via creepy yet efficient Don Chavez, and from it we can draw a stunning revelation: some undergraduate college students may imbibe alcohol.

If you can call Sour Apple Pucker alcohol. [With Leather]

16 Year-old Gets Degree From UT in 2 Years

A teenager graduates from the University of Texas this weekend at 16, an age when most students have yet to receive their high school diplomas. Andrew Brisbin of Denton, Texas, entered North Central Texas College at 14 and transferred to the university a year later, the Austin American-Statesman reported. He completed the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in finance in two years by attending summer school and taking a heavy course load. [UPI]

U of NF Basketball Go-Go Dancers Put On Show For Santa

We rarely dabble in Atlantic Sun basketball action – unless women are involved. And thanks to a forward thinking cheerleader/dance team coach who knows how to dress her troops, the ladies of the University of North Florida are now welcomed into the sports blogosphere. Just this weekend the UNF dancers took the floor of a barren college basketball court to shake it – in their go-go dancing outfits. If the University of Idaho cheerleaders made you blush, wait until you see Osprey dancers pole dancing unis. [Busted Coverage]

Time for Obama to Drop the Hammer on the Joke of a BCS

Obama, Teddy Roosevelt and the BCS: Best column we’ve read in quite some time from Bill Rhoden of the Times. “Obama should summon a group of college presidents, conference commissioners and bowl representatives to the White House and deliver an ultimatum: come up with a comprehensive playoff system, or risk losing the bogus tax-exempt status they have enjoyed for so long.” Don’t laugh – Teddy Roosevelt did it in 1905 and it saved the game, according to Rhoden. [The Big Lead]

Who Is The Big Brand On Campus?

Among college kids’ favorite brands: Facebook, Nike, iPod — and Time magazine. Those were among the findings of this year’s Anderson Analytics fall survey, which since 2005 has posed a series of open-ended questions to college kids about their favorite brands and activities. This year more than 1,000 students across the nation were asked to quickly list things such as a favorite magazine or good book they had read recently. [Ad Age]

Real Classes I Wish I Could Have Taken in College

Whether you think so or not, college was a pretty easy place in life. Think about it. The majority of people who attend college are going there on their parents’ bill. There’s virtually zero responsibility and we all know well over 50% of people wind up doing something career wise that has nothing to do with their majors. I’m sure the number is higher but I don’t feel like finding the link. In any event, here are some real college classes I wish I could have taken back in my school days. [Uncoached]

5 Things Facebook Needs to Improve Right Now

We love Facebook, ok? It’s a wild love affair. However, just like in every relationship, frustration abounds, because many of Facebook’s features either don’t work as intended, are too slow, or simply lack the details to be truly great. Here’s our list of possible Facebook improvements that would make our hearts smile. [Mashable]

Stephen Curry Scores 0 Points, Davidson Still Wins By 30

By the third possession, Davidson’s Stephen Curry had figured it out. Loyola (Md.) was double-teaming him. Everywhere, on each possession, no matter what the scenario.

So Curry decided to test the triangle-and-2 defense taken to the ultimate extreme. He went into the corner and two defenders followed him, setting up a 4-on-3 for his teammates.

Curry decided to keep standing there, and his teammates kept scoring – for 40 minutes – in a 78-48 head-scratching win for the 24th-ranked Wildcats that will be remembered for some time. [USA Today]

Latest BCS Rankings Using 15 Hot College Fans

It’s that time again and I am starting to run out of creative ideas to display the most recent BCS Rankings to you guys. Maybe I shouldn’t just say you guys, girls as well right? I know that 10% of the demographic for this site is females. Though I seriously doubt you’ll be seeing any hot guy contests around here any time soon. [Uncoached]

Iowa Fans Do It In The Bathroom

Just weeks after two Bills fans were arrested for having sex in a bathroom at the stadium, a pair of Iowa fans matched the feat during the Hawkeyes’ road trip to Minnesota on Saturday. A group of 15 onlookers were gawking at the scene by the time officers broke the couple up and wrote them misdemeanor citations. [With Leather]