The Final Four is Set!!

From 65 teams just two weeks ago, the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has reached its Final Four. Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, and Ohio State will live to play another week when they hit the court this Saturday in Atlanta.

Here's the Top 20 after the first four rounds of the 2007 Frat Boy News College Hoops Challenge:

1. Ryan Cruikshank (Northern Illinois), 109 points
2. Joshua Jackson (Morehead State), 108 points
3. Ryan Harris (San Diego State), 104 points
4. John Knauff (Ohio State), 102 points
5. Will Castro (USC), 100 points
6. Erin Phipps (Ohio State), 99 points
7. David Major (Ohio State), John Friedmann (Washington & Jefferson), and Alexa Jade (Central Florida), 98 points
10. Michelle Nickell (Morehead State), Nathaniel Bishton (Virginia Tech), and Eric Langermeier (Morehead State), 97 points
13. Matt Horn (Bowling Green), Irfan Mandani (Florida), and Ryan Bowler (Virginia Tech), 94 points
16. Trent Meyer (Ohio State), Audrey Kingsberry (Ohio State), Jennifer Jirschele (Madison, Wisc.), 92 points
19. Joey Riggs (Pepperdine), 91 points
20. Kayla Krout (Virginia Tech), 90 points

D.C. Shop Sells the Exclusive Greek Gear Everyone Wants

Pledged To Greek Gear

Fraternity guys and sorority girls in Washington D.C. know exactly where they can find the latest in Greek apparel and accesories each year during rush.

The University Shop, which opened 14 years ago in Washington D.C., is the exclusive location where students can get officially licensed merchandise for his or her sorority or fraternity. Students from the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, George Mason, Georgetown, and George Washington all spend serious amounts of cash each spring at the store, especially during the period between rush and initiation.

"It's tough to be in such a niche business," said store manager Derek Martino.

"Girls come in here, spend $60 on a paddle and think this store makes tons of money, but they don't see how slow it can be the rest of the year," he said. Sororities and fraternities have become more aggressive in policing the use of their signature Greek letters, and only 350 stores like the one in D.C. can officially sell the products.

Georgetown Students Create Church to Outsmart D.C. Residential Laws

As reported by the Aberdeen News:

A Georgetown University student, whose dad bought him a $2.4 million off-campus house and who wants his eight best friends to live and party with him, ran up against a Washington, D.C., zoning law permitting no more than six unrelated people per house.

After researching the issue, the students filed papers declaring themselves a "church," called "The Apostles of O'Neill," after owner Brian O'Neill. In the state, churches are allowed to house up to 15 unrelated people. O'Neill's dad supports the students, as judged from his testy response to a Washington Post inquiry: "Who says they aren't a (real) religion?"