[It's pretty obvious that the average CollegeCandy reader has some very strong opinions. Opinions that she likes to share with everyone on the site. We love a strong woman (unless she happens to be charging at us with her fists raised), so we thought we'd give her a real forum to discuss her thoughts, feelings, and perspectives. Every Friday I'll be featuring a hot topic (like electronic attendance! ) and leaving it up to you, the readers, to duke it out. So, read it and get your debate on in the comments section below!]

Facebook. Social network, amazing way to stay in touch, the single greatest contributor to my finals-procrastination mental breakdown. Love it or hate it, Facebook pretty much owns our asses – the question is, has it gone too far?

It’s not really hard to hate on Facebook. Like the mythical siren it draws you in and crushes your time management skills. It also forces you to endure the unending stream of Farmville posts (I don’t care about your pink cow, damnit!) and your mom’s worried little comments about that drunk status update you posted (seriously, why did I ever show my mother how to get on Facebook?). And as if having to know that the girl you hated in high school is having her fairytale wedding to Prince Charming even though she has to take off time from her amazingly fulfilling high-paid job for the honeymoon (bitch) isn’t bad enough (not to mention the privacy issues), FB is also basically ruining our ability to actually connect with people! Friends, guys, it’s so much easier to FB message that to actually call and have a conversation – and by making it easy to do it’s also made bothering to keep up your relationships seem less important.

Hell, even Betty White knows it’s a waste of time! Read More »

Rachel Uchitel’s texts to David Boreanaz have leaked.

The worst wedding DJ EVER.

Taylor Momsen is such a rebel.

7 reasons to learn how to cook.

Probably not the healthiest snacks.

Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson get in a boy brawl.

Hello lovely CC readers! It’s been a while but I am so happy to introduce you to a new Coupled couple: myself and my boyfriend of 2.5 years, David.

David and I met through mutual friends my freshman (his junior) year at Florida State. In a very rare instance of a hook-up gone marvelously right, I found my soul mate (sorry, I will try to minimize the cheesiness). Yes, we’re young, and yep, we’re in love and you best believe that I’ll chronicle the details of our (highly un-glamorous) relationship for you to read, commiserate with, make fun of, or whatever floats your boat. Maybe I’ll even convert some of the non-believers.

Last week I arrived home from a long semester of stressful classes, crazy busy sorority officer responsibilities, and some semblance of a poppin’ social life. I was thrilled to be home and free from the hectic world of a college woman, but I was (and still am) most excited about the prospect of spending an entire, almost uninterrupted, 3 months with David. He graduated last December, and while we survived our first semester of LDR, the bi-weekly 6-hour trips to visit each other were wearing on both our cars’ mileage and our nerves. Moving back to our mutual home sweet hometown, and in with him, has been the light at the end of the tunnel for me over the last four months, and now it’s finally here. Read More »

There are some things that you can’t get away with past college, but contrary to what some may believe, tie dye is not one of those things. It’s shown up on nearly every runway and celebrity this season, and unlike those tie dye tees you used to make at summer camp, it’s taken on a whole new level of fun sophistication.

Tie dye is perfect for spring: it’s fun, it’s colorful, it’s easy to create, it goes perfect with cut-off jean shorts and flip flops… And if you’ve become a recessionista, tie dye is easy to do yourself! Just gather some friends, each buy a different color and dip away! You an make everything from cute tanks to summer scarves! But if you’re lazy/not artfully inclined (I know my tie dye projects always come out looking like a hot brown mess….), there are plenty of already-made options to choose from.

[Click on each item to get all the deets.]

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OK guys. No pooping by the door, K?

I’ve been to many sorority date parties in my college career and I can say there is nothing sloppier. For those of you who aren’t part of the Greek Life crew on your campus, sorority and fraternity date parties usually go something like this:

Theme: “Crush party”, “Semi-formal”, “Formal”, “Barndance”, etc.
Pre-party: Groups gather at someone’s place (not in the sorority house – that would be against the rules), get a quarter barrel and some cheap vodka, take lots of pictures.
Bus: Already buzzed/drunk college kids armed with water bottles and flasks find their seats and continue drinking. House Social Planner/President get on loud speaker and warn everyone that there will be a $500 fine for whoever pukes on the bus.
Date Party: Very drunk college kids continue to drink and get very, very sloppy. Public makeouts and other lewd behavior ensue.

If you are at Miami of Ohio, though, they go more like this:

Theme
Pre-party
Bus
Date Party
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Every day we’re bombarded with a million different messages about what we are supposed to look like. And tell you what, our not-so-scientific-yet-totally-accurate visual research proves that 99% of girls out there don’t fit the mold. So instead of telling you how to wear your hair, or how much weight to lose, or which one of Heidi Montag’s many surgeries to get, we’re going to celebrate these so-called beauty flaws with a new weekly series.

This week is all about the A-list celebrities. Nope, not the ones who are all over the red carpet and on the cover of every tabloid. We’re talking about the celebrities who rock an A-cup bra and not only aren’t afraid to show it off, but look damn good doing it. They may not have the perfect shape based on men’s magazines, but they don’t let that get in their way.

Forget cleavage. Today we’re all about the proud women who celebrate being a carpenter’s dream.

[Click on the image to see more pics!] Read More »

Got something awesome everyone needs to know about? A really rad singer? A wicked new book? A super product that makes your face glow? Email your “The Know” ideas to Jill@collegecandy.com or tweet me and I’ll pass them along to everyone right here, every week. Make your kindergarten teacher proud and share!

Remember the old saying “make new friends but keep the old”? Well, what if you could get a new friend for free just by getting rid of the old one? If this was real people we were talking about, it would be rude to say “peace out” to your pals since the 6th grade. But I’m not talking about people. I’m talking about nail polish. Old nail polish that’s been sitting in your medicine cabinet for years and somehow gets moved from house to dorm, dorm to house, house to off-campus apartment, year in and year out. And you still never use it.

You know, the bottles and bottles from 1997? The sparkly Wet and Wilds or neon Hard Candy’s (with those plastic rings that came on the bottle but barely fit your pinky finger)?! Read More »

Does watching this make anyone else feel slightly uncomfortable?
I’m no fortune teller, but I’ll put $20 down right now that all 5 of these girls will be on Teen Mom Season 10.

[While everyone is fabulous in their own right, we thought we should celebrate the campus fashionistas of the world for their continued excellence in not looking like a hot mess for class. So, we started stalking those girls on campus (like Kelsey and her flowered shorts) to get a few pics and get some tips on their personal style.... And maybe a restraining order or two.

But it’s worth it to highlight fresh, unique wardrobe choices that show personality and the courage to wear what you believe in. You think you’ve got some major style? Know someone else who’s always looking ferosh? Think the world needs to see what she can do? Send us an email with some photos and she could be the next fashionista celebrated right here.]

As part of this Campus Couture series, each week we invite you, our dear readers, to submit photos of yourselves or your super fashionista friends so that we can celebrate and ogle your style, and get some inspiration for our own wardrobes. And this week, Mary did just that. All the way from Paris!

Upon opening Mary’s email and seeing her request to be featured in Campus Couture, I already knew she’d be perfect. I mean, Parisian girls know their style, so I didn’t even have to look at her pictures to know she’d look flawless. And when I did, my suspicions were confirmed. Mary looked put-together, chic, and gorgeous. You can tell she puts thought into her outfits, accessorizing perfectly, but doesn’t look like she tried too hard. And that, my friends, is the sign of someone with true style.

Being a math and computer science major, Mary might be somewhat of a geek (her words, not mine!), but you’d never know it by looking at her. If she’s half as good at her studies as she is at getting dressed, Mary is going to do very big things in her life. Read More »

Greyson Michael Chance is the quintessential overnight sensation. A day after a video showing the tween performing Lady Gaga’s ‘Paparazzi’ exploded on YouTube, Chance is jetting around the country, rubbing elbows with Ellen DeGeneres (he’ll be on her talker on Thursday) and fielding a flood of interview offers. Meredith Vieira’s fingers must be tired from dialing all day.

You’ve seen the video and you know what his acrobatic voice does to tween girls. But who is Greyson? PopEater spoke with the 12-year-old virtuoso’s music teacher, Kelly Cheek, to get the skinny on the kid everyone’s calling the next Justin Bieber.

[Who is this little heart breaker? Find out here!]