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What You Should Have When You Graduate

What You Should Have When You Graduate

We’ve all got time before graduation, but as a Senior, it’s coming soon. Junior’s, it’s creeping up on you. Sophomores, it’s way on the horizon. Freshmen, haha, you’re just a bunch of Freshmen. But for some of us, it’s a good idea to put together a basic checklist of all the things one should have when ...

How To Handle The Cold

How To Handle The Cold

If you’re a college student in the Northeast like I am, I don’t have to tell you it’s snowing. A bunch. For all the kids further away, rest assured, the snow is coming. And if it isn’t coming, hi, UCLA, want to trade for a bit? Regardless, weather you’re freezing now, will be freezing soon, ...

Election Ettiquete

Election Ettiquete

    There’s some sort of election upon us, if the internet is to be believed. Twitter, at least, is blowing up, and that’s right a good 51% of the time. So how do we behave in what is likely the first election we can vote in? Glad you asked.   1. Chill Out ...

When To Skip Class

When To Skip Class

    Class is great. It is, allegedly, what you’re paying for, after all, and, allegedly, what the degree is for. If you’re familiar with me, though, you’d know that I have a different idea. I say college is for having adventures, growing as a person, and, again, adventures. Classes are a speed-bump. You ...

Why You Don’t Have ADD

Why You Don’t Have ADD

When I tell people I have ADD, everywhere, but especially in college, I get the same response. “Me too.” If you just stopped writing this article to put on the song “Mr.Me too” by Clipse, then congratulations: you may also have ADD. But for me… Where was I? Right:  in college, ADD is one of ...

Reasons To Be Zen About Graduation

Reasons To Be Zen About Graduation

My fellow Seniors. We’re graduating at the end of the year, and as the leaves fall from the trees and winter arises, that’s scarier than any Halloween movie coming out. But, even if you’re like me- an English major with no job lined up and no discernable talent or trust-fund – there are many more ...

Halloween Costume Rules

Halloween Costume Rules

  Halloween is upon us, and, sandwiched between two weekends, there’s more of a need for costumes than ever. With more possible “halloween” nights you need more possible costumes to go out and chase shots with candy-corn in. But before you select your costume, make sure it follows these simple rules.   1. Is ...

Five Ways To Stretch Your Dollar

Five Ways To Stretch Your Dollar

Money isn’t everything, but not having it sure can but a dent in everything. In college, your money is thin and the things you can spend it on- trips, food and drinks- are everywhere. So with that in mind, here are five ways to stretch your money further.   1. Plan Ahead Know yourself; ...

Laws Of The Internet

Laws Of The Internet

I almost titled this piece intern-etiquette, but I didn’t. You’re welcome. As college students, the internet is our home away from home: it’s where we go during class, it’s our library and hangout space, it’s our music hall and occasionally, for guys in dark, locked rooms, our temporary girlfriends. So how do we behave ...

Chili Is The Perfect Food For College Students

Chili Is The Perfect Food For College Students

Chili isn’t man’s most perfect food. That would be the hamburger. Chili doesn’t win a superlative in any other college category either: it isn’t the cheapest, easiest, healthiest, and it certainly isn’t the most elegant. But it does fill a few other important roles, that, put together, make Chili the perfect college food. It doesn’t win any one ...

Five Ways to Beat Midterms

Five Ways to Beat Midterms

  1. Know Yourself Before you even stress about what material you do or don’t know for the exams you have to know yourself. Some people need to work in short, desperate bursts of cramming. Others instead get better results with a long, methodical approach to difficult classes. Some people have lots of trouble ...

Four Ways To Manage Your Work

Four Ways To Manage Your Work

Triage is a word I recently read and had to Google: it means to prioritize your actions within the context of who lives and dies. Yikes. Still, the concept applies pretty solidly in the college life. Here, I’m going to tell you how to maximize your time and efficiency in ways that you might ...