Freshman
Visiting Friends at College: An Etiquette Guide
Planning on visiting friends at other colleges this spring break? Check yourself before you wreck yourself heading off into the unknown.
The TA Guidebook: How to Not Suck
At this point in the semester, in a post-midterms world, you’re probably wondering what the hell happened to severely impair your comprehension of whatever course you’re taking. You can only blame yourself so much for the shit-show that was your midterm experience. On some level, your TA was probably to blame for misinforming you, emotionally and mentally draining you, and generally just wasting your time with bullshit one hour discussion sections.
5 Mentors Who Can Change Your Life
Let’s be real: College is confusing. By the end of it, we’re somehow supposed to figure out what we want to do in the world and major in something conducive to future jobs. If you haven’t had your “I don’t know what to do with my life” break down yet, brace yourself. The truth [...]
The Spring Break Conundrum
Even though winter seems like a never-ending, snowpocalyptic abyss right now, Spring Break is right around the corner! Is your Spring Break planned out? Okay…me neither. But luckily, college students like us have OPTIONS. From visiting family at home and catching up on Netflix to jetting off Cancun, there’s so much out there for all [...]
Freshman Realizations: My Cultural Identity
I’m the brown girl. Back in first grade, color was the most direct way to address the obvious distinction between my white classmates and me. By ninth grade, my favorite icebreaker was introducing myself as the brown friend. “Hi! I’m Kim! I’m Brown!” The easiest way to mask insecurity is by being the one to [...]
Must Have of the Week: Dezign With a Z Decals
As college students, we’ve all been a victim of those “dorm room damage bills” at some point. So how exactly do you avoid these annoying fees without going a whole year staring at bleak dorm room décor or lack thereof? Dezign With a Z offers the perfect, actually multiple perfect, solutions with their many different [...]