Freshman
How to Survive the Housing Lottery Scramble
It’s that time of year! The housing lottery is upon us. Remember when ResLife did all of the work and all we had to do was hope our roommate wasn’t a freak? Oh, those were the good days. The roommate scramble is now in full swing and the drama is hitting an all time peak. If you’re having the housing lottery blues, here’s some key info to keep in mind.
Why It’s Okay to Like Valentine’s Day
Very few people in the 18-25 age bracket are excited about Valentine’s Day anymore. For most, it means a demarcation between singletons and relationshipites, a symbol of mass consumerism and the monetization of love, and a pressurized gauge of your love for a particular person as a quantity relative to other couples’ love, which has been exacerbated by social media. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. If Valentine’s Day is a shallow holiday devised by an American greeting card company, why does your appreciation of it have to be complicated by depth and inner meaning? Why is it wrong to love an apparently superficial holiday for superficial reasons?
The Single Girl’s Guide to Valentine’s Day: College Edition
It’s Valentine’s Day! If you’re in a relationship, good for you! It must be nice getting all the free chocolate and flowers and love and whatever else it is that couples do on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately for everyone out there who’s single, Valentine’s Day is just a lovely reminder that we are, indeed, forever alone. [...]
Committing to a (really difficult) Foreign Language: Is it worth it?
One of the most wonderful stress-inducing, sometimes nauseating things about college is the wide array of classes offered. We’re only given about four spots to fill with classes and between core requirements and other necessities, we’re left with one or two spots up to our own discretion. If you’re leaning towards a language class, here’s the [...]
Freshman Experiences: From Campus Campaigning to the Inauguration
What’s the typical stereotype for all college students, no matter the college? We’re all activists. We fight for those obscure causes that still mean the world to us. The 2012 election was no exception to this rule. With Presidential debates dotted across college campuses around the US, students became actively engaged in the American political process. While some took to the streets to canvas for their candidate, I took a few steps back to watch the flurry of activity that erupted throughout my college campus. Here’s my experience from watching campus campaigning from the sidelines to witnessing the 2nd Inauguration of President Obama:
5 Things College Students Forget About the Real World
You’ve heard it time and time again–college is a bubble. Yet nothing drives this point home more than all of the insane, bat-shit crazy things college students do that really makes you wonder if they’re real people. From bad manners to blatant acts of stupidity, here are some of the greatest hits of things college students forget about the real world: