By Jill Gordon If you’ve ever forked over thousands of dollars (or your parents have) to attend what some find to be a four-year sentence to party i.e. college, then most likely you’ve heard these stories. You know, the one about your roommate’s cousin’s friend. Or maybe it happened to your friend’s uncle’s bartender’s sister. [...]
It’s raining outside, you’re tired from the wild party the night before and you just don’t feel like going to class. So you think: my class is huge, my professor never notices me anyway. I can skip. What’s the worst that can happen? While you certainly won’t get expelled from playing a few days of [...]
For those of you who live on large college campuses or a few blocks away, you might consider getting some cheap form of transportation to get around. Of course, you can always walk, but there are going to be days when you’re late and need to get somewhere in a hurry, so it’s not a [...]
All nighters — they’re somewhat of a rite of passage in college. While the proper thing to do is to manage your time and start studying two weeks in advance, sometimes work and extracurricular activities can get in the way, leaving you only one night to catch up. Whether you’re cramming for a test or [...]
By Britney Wilkins In our modern, scientific world it is sometimes easy to forget that human progress often comes attached to some spectacular intellectual clashes between different ways of looking at things and differing interpretations of what is seen. There have been some notable intellectual mind-fights over the millennia, the following are ten such academic [...]
Roommate disaster stories are the norm throughout college. But they don’t have to be. Most of the core issues of failed roommate chemistry involve communication, or rather, a lack thereof. Whether you are moving in with a complete stranger(s) or shacking up with your best friend in a dorm or college apartment, it’s best to [...]
For those transitioning from high school to college, the experience can be quite overwhelming and nerve-wrecking. You’re out of your element and everything is much bigger. Here are some things to expect on your first day of college. Depending on which university you attend, the first thing you should anticipate is very large class sizes. [...]
Large libraries, be they university or city, aren’t just good for research and circulation. They also often have amazing special collections centered around singular, often esoteric, topics. These collections are often donated via will by individuals who collected the items over a lifetime of obsession. Many library patrons may not realize it, but often these [...]
