Category: Extracurricular
21st Century 21-Year Old or: How I Learned to Embrace $7.75 Beers
“I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.” – Red, “The Shawshank Redemption” (The following diary takes creative license in formulating [...]
5 Weird Hobbies You Might Acquire in College
The most unexpected thing I discovered about college is the amount of free time I have. Of course, there are awful weeks around finals and midterms where I sequester myself in my room for 72 hours, and live entirely off Cheerios, carrots, and Arizona Green Tea, but for the most part, my days have large [...]
10 Traditions You Should Start on Your Campus
The City of Babel
Try and organize a day to commemorate the city of Babel in all its mixed up glory, by enticing students to speak only in a foreign language. Haven’t studied a foreign language? No problem! Make up your own! We are going for inability to communicate efficiently here, not cultural awareness.
How College Students Use Their Time
Thank you Top Cultured for this amazing inforgraphic of how college students use their time!
The Benefits of Obscure Clubs
This USA Today article explains the benefits and pleasures associated with obscure College Clubs. USA Today:Even bizarre college clubs get students more engaged USA Today College Blog
Narcissism In the Student Body
During the past several decades researchers have conducted a vast number of studies on students using the “Narcissistic Personality Inventory.” These studies reveal that students tested in 2006 are around 30 percent more narcissistic than their counterparts tested in the 1980s. This increase is speculatively caused by the era of self-esteem based educational structures this [...]
