Making the varsity green team.

• Position: ENVIRONMENT - Brief article

Friendly competition is helping to raise energy-awareness on college campuses. Students living in the Eco-Dorm at Central College in Pella, Iowa, can monitor each other's energy use on the school's Web site. To make sure they stay greener than their dorm mates, some even go off campus to charge their cell phones. Yale University recently herd an energy-reduction contest focusing on everyday habits. "Everyone can change their computer settings to power-save mode; they can unplug their appliances," Victoria Charette, a sophomore, told The Yale Daily News. At the University of Connecticut at Storrs, a...