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Infographic: We Love Ramen

Infographic: We Love Ramen

Ramen has been a staple in American student cuisine for quite some time now, because of how inexpensive and edible it is. Ramen can also be quite filling if you add some of your own signature cooking hacks to it. This original Hack College Infographic was created because we, like many students around the world ...

Find a Better Use For Your Cheap Vodka

Find a Better Use For Your Cheap Vodka

You probably have a $15 plastic bottle of vodka hiding in your dorm room sock drawer. Since that stuff tastes like gasoline, why not put it to greater use? Instructables has a great tutorial with 15 less-than-obvious ways to use that vodka. For example, if you wear glasses, vodka and water in a spray bottle ...

Increase Your Willpower by Turning “Shoulds” Into “Musts”

Increase Your Willpower by Turning “Shoulds” Into “Musts”

Must… resist… Nutella. Image courtesy of Flickr user Domesticat. Licensed under BY NC SA 2.0. It’s easy to talk about “shoulds” in college. You should get a degree, you should do your homework, you should really start on that paper that’s due in an hour. However, it’s often difficult to turn those shoulds into action–thus ...

Make a Bottle Opener from Paper

Here’s a friend of mine demonstrating how to open a bottle with just a piece of office paper. It’s a little hard to see what he’s doing in the video, so so it basically boils down to: Fold paper in half hamburger style. Keep folding the paper in half hotdog style until it won’t fold ...

Beat the Heat During Your Summer Commute

Beat the Heat During Your Summer Commute

She figured out the backpack thing. Image courtesy of Flickr user Lin Pernille Photography. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. As I've mentioned before, I'm spending the summer doing a partly-pedestrian commute. Though it's a great way to get exercise and reduce my carbon footprint, I have to struggle with t

Refuse to Dwell, Move On, Kick Ass

Refuse to Dwell, Move On, Kick Ass

Yeah, this? Don't do that. It's not helpful. Image courtesy of Flickr user Hishaam Siddiqi. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Thursday was not a good day for me. I botched a quiz I'd spent time studying for, discovered my lab locker was missing equipment, and managed to completely screw up my lab expe

Hack Brackets, Acquire Currency

Hack Brackets, Acquire Currency

Winning a pool is not a matter of luck; it's a matter of maximizing utility and playing the odds. Image courtesy of Flickr user MajerLeagues and licensed under CC by SA 2.0 The greatest college sports month of the year is finally here, and whether your school is in the Big Dance, the NIT, or (like

Use Friends Lists for a Better Facebook Experience

Use Friends Lists for a Better Facebook Experience

It's much easier than filtering out the data by hand! Image courtesy of the Smithsonian. In the public domain. It's easy to get frustrated with Facebook. However, for college students, quitting it entirely can be difficult: it upsets your friends, removes the parts of the service that are useful, an

Create a Master Resume for Easy, Targeted Applications

Create a Master Resume for Easy, Targeted Applications

Your resume should be brief, but probably not t-shirt-sized. Image courtesy of Flickr user Social is Better. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.College students are in an awkward position when it comes to resumes. Because most of us aren't yet settled in a career path, it's difficult to come up with one docum

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