I just hit the free software jackpot! I remember seeing mention of some new microsoft thing called dreamspark (all IT students should google it or just put the www at the start and the com on the end) a few years ago that was some student support thing. Naturally it was america only and so I stopped loooking at that point since there wasn't much in the way of content.
Damn but that's changed! I was looking to see if there was a student price for server 2003 since I'll need a copy for doing my masters, there is, its $0! MS are giving away full versions of some top shelf enterprise grade software to help out students.
Now I'm not naive, if cynicism generated electricity I could power a reasonably large nation. I know this is an investment in the future sales of the company since it's going to train students in THEIR software and engender a predisposition for the future purchase of MS software since people stick with what they're familiar with but damn this has earned them major respect in my eyes.
Also it's going to be murder on my download limits!

all productivity software should be free for non-business purposes.

Yeah, Dreamspark is great. Just keep in mind you need to re-auth every year, so make sure you write down those serials :p
Also, you may need a credit card and you might have to make a purchase ($0) from your school's online store (or an online store accessible only to people at your school). It is just to verify that you exist.

Yeah, Microsoft is pretty awesome sometimes. I love getting Windows and Visual Studio for free from school, and SQL Server has been helpful as well. And XNA Game Studio of course.

Blood sample, DNA swap and stool specimen may also be required.
If I was still doing my Multimedia course, I'd download all of it. Not sure how much I'd actually use, but hey, free, legal software.. How can you go wrong?
And from MS! Bleed them dry.

7 of those are free to everyone, and Expression Studio should be with the possible exception of Expression Web.