EBay
Amazon
Auto Trader
Edmunds
Tiger Direct
Gutenburg Project on-line books
Google News
Google Earth
His bank/brokerage
ESPN
Sports Illustrated
Orbitz, Expedia, etc…
What are his interests? Sports? Politics? Religion?
Even if he isn’t interested in Snopes he needs to know about it, and how to use it. Otherwise you will soon find yourself with one more friend you hate seeing in your inbox.
Teach him how to use google. The advanced options, how to limit searches to a domain, how to use the - to remove terms from a search, etc. Especially being a student having strong google skills is a must.
I think Google Earth might be the best free thing ever. If he has any hobbies, eBay is a must. Can you imgaine collecting coins or anything like that in the olden days?