Blogs

After you grab a copy of today’s issue around campus and read enough to figure out exactly why the cover features a student slathered in spaghetti and Nutella, be sure to check out my piece about post-grad service on pages 13-15. Talking to Brian Harper, Caroline Corcos, Lauren Stoxen and Tony Guzzardo (featured online) made [...]

Midterm exams are right around the corner, and for many students this can be a stressful time. But never fear! Follow these six helpful tips to prepare for midterms without exhausting yourself. 1. Start studying early. Don’t wait until the weekend before exams to open your textbook for the first time. Start reviewing your notes [...]

The famous Lucille Ball once said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Most of us are in the same boat, beginning the job search and facing the facts that the days of carefree youth and minimal responsibilities are coming to an end. My first [...]

My parents are obsessed with family weekend. For the past two years, they’ve booked a hotel months before, secured tickets for the Helfaer Theatre performance and arranged a dinner outing with my friends’ parents. And I have reason to believe they’ll continue to do this until I graduate next year. But I’m not going to [...]

I woke up this morning to discover my phone blowing up with texts about my least favorite topic. Housing. I hate housing. I hate leases. They make me nervous and jittery, sweaty and psycho (my apologies go out to anyone who had a class with me today). But of course, it would be completely illogical [...]

On freshmen move-in day this year, my friend and I decided to reminisce. So, using our friend’s freshman sister as our ticket in, we ventured to McCormick Hall. But after trying to creep on the girls in my old room on “2 East” and expressing my jealousy over all the new furniture and anger over [...]