"A new cartoon short that is making the rounds of middle-school students via social networking asserts that anyone who amasses student-loan debts (i.e. anyone who attends anything other than a community college) is doomed to wander the earth as a zombie," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "The cartoon was created by two Chicago-area institutions -- Elgin Community College and Harper College -- in collaboration with the e-mail provider Abeedle.com. It depicts two high-school seniors, Lynette and Theo, who are trying to choose which college to attend and wondering how they'll pay for it. Lynette chooses community college, but Theo opts for a more-expensive four-year option."