In 1948, a four-person musical group called the Four Freshmen performed its first gig at the 113 Club in downtown Fort Wayne. That one-week residency at the club led the group to become an influential ...

This fall’s crop of freshmen at Duke University will get a snazzy digital toy along with their campus maps, dormitory-room keys, and orientation booklets: a brand-new iPod, paid for by the university.

You know full well that it’s social suicide to show up to a pregame on time, so even though you’re all ready to go at 8, you make sure to hold off until 10:15 to show up. By the time you get there, ...