What are the first words you think of when you think of college food? Cheesy? Greasy? Carb-loaded? Do you ever think of how healthy your college diet is? Probably not. And if you do, it’s in a “See? I’m eating vegetables….on my 3am deep dish pizza that I’m dipping in ranch and washing down with a Natty Ice” sorta way.

While most college campuses provide healthy options, it’s almost impossible to get all the nutrients you need daily. Because let’s be honest: what’s more appealing? A bacon cheeseburger, or a garden salad with dressing on the side?

But because of that (and the many other poor choices we make for our bodies) there is a serious vitamin deficiency in the diets of college girls. And it’s during this time that a girl needs all the vitamins she can get! So here’s a quick list of all the nutrients you must be getting daily to live stress-free and healthy!

Vitamin A: You can get this vitamin by eating liver, orange fruits and vegetables like cantaloupe and carrots and sweet potatoes, and dark green leafy vegetables like kale and collards and spinach. Vitamin A is crucial to eyesight and healthy skin.

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Is it just me or is Rosie ALWAYS trying to start a fight

Get your popcorn…it’s a teen heartthrob fight

Why must celebs be so cringeworthy?!

Guess what Charlie Sheen’s tour comes with?

In this day and age, it seems like every one of my friends is on the birth control pill.  However, unlike most girls, most of my friends went on the pill to have sex at the end of high school, and simply stayed on it to enter college.  And while most people know the basics of birth control, few people ever bother to read the fine print.  So here are some of the most important things that you should know (i.e. all the stuff that’s on that little packet of info you throw out every month):

1.   Being on antibiotics can make the pill less effective

This is something that most girls do not know, but is often the most common mistake that girls on the pill make.  Even if you are taking your pill at the exact same time every day, if you are on antibiotics, they are working so hard to fight viruses that they can sometimes fight the effects of the pill.  If you are taking antibiotics, but are still healthy enough to be having sex, use a backup form of birth control.

2.   You may not get your period every month

As I personally learned from being on Loestrin 24, sometimes the pill may make your period so light that it will disappear for months at a time.  While you should probably get a pregnancy test just to be on the safe side, missing your period for a month or two DOES NOT mean that you are pregnant.

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You wake up for class and something is different. It takes you a moment before you realize that – OH MY GOD! – there is sunlight coming into your room! It’s not dark or dreary out!

You pull back the shades (or sheet you’re using as a shade) and let the light in. Your mood is instantly lifted.

You skip to the bathroom to take a shower and hum a little tune to yourself as you lather up. While you blow-dry your hair (no ponytail today!) you plan out your first-day-of-Spring outfit: new bright cardigan, new jeans and – YIPEEEEE – flip flops! You are so excited for the day ahead that you even swipe on a little bronzer.

Before you head out the door you toss a magazine into your bag. You have an hour to kill between classes and instead of running home and sitting by the heater, you will grab an iced coffee and sit outside people watching (read: secretly hoping that guy you heart will walk by) and catching up on the latest celeb drama.

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You did NOT just call me 'Sugartits.'

So we all know that guys constantly complain about how girls are always saying things to make them go running (you know, like “Wanna hang out tonight?” or “I like your jeans.”) But hey, NEWSFLASH, guys aren’t so innocent. They say and do plenty of horrendous stuff that makes us want to pack our bags (without even wasting the time to fold things neatly!) and run in the opposite direction, too.

The girls at the Frisky were kind enough to let the guys know what was scaring them off, so I figured I’d chime in, too.

Here are a few things that guys have said/done that have sent my flying out the door and into the nearest bakery:

“Men are better at sports, it’s just fact.”
Really? What are you going to do next? Drag me back to your cave and chain me to the fire pit?

“Yeah, my iPad 2 is cool, but it’s nothing compared to my Range Rover.”
Honestly, I don’t care if you make more money than The Situation, I’m more interested in getting to know you as a person, not your bank account. And if all you have to offer is your (dad’s) money, then don’t expect me to be sitting in the passenger seat of your ‘pimped out whip’ any time soon, douche.

“So the other night when I was with this girl and we were…”
Look, I don’t care if you are seeing other people (so long as we are not exclusive), but I don’t want to hear about it. Do you want to hear about the amazing makeout sesh I had in the stacks last weekend? I think not. Read More »

Once upon a time full-figured women were forced to wear muumuus, oversized t-shirts and mom jeans. No one even considered the idea that plus-sized women wanted to be hip, fashionable, and trendy. But today, retailers are beginning to welcome bigger women with arms wide open.

There are stores in malls and online for women of all shapes and sizes. And because we know that not all CollegeCandy readers are squeezing into their size 0 jeans at night, we wanted to introduce you to some of our favorite plus-size stores. Read More »

So just like with the very first column I wrote for Surviving Senior Year, it’s taken me a while to figure out what exactly I want to write for this one. My very last one.  Actually I should say it’s “taking me a while” because I really have no idea where this one is going. So bear with me one last time.

When I started this column back in September I was just starting senior year.  I was both excited and terrified at the prospect of having just two semesters left of college, and now, two months away from the end of college, I’m just as excited and just as terrified. That much hasn’t changed. But a lot has changed.

I started this year with more responsibility and less time than I’ve ever had. And lots and lots of things that I wanted to accomplish, things I felt I needed to accomplish. Take the GRE. Write a senior thesis. Keep up my GPA. Remain involved in all of my extracurriculars. And on top of that I really wanted to make sure that I didn’t lose sight of my social life. I was determined to keep all aspects of my life in perfect balance. I was determined to figure it all out. I was determined to find answers, to figure out what I wanted to do and where I wanted to do it. But even though I accomplished pretty much all of my goals, I’m still no closer to knowing what’s going to come next.

I don’t know where I’ll be a year from now. I don’t know what path my career will take. I don’t know if and when I’ll go to grad school. I don’t know if I’ll become a writer or a wizard. I don’t know if I’ll ever find the perfect guy or the perfect pair of pumps. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to go to Greece…or if the closet I’ll get to that ancient city is watching Mamma Mia. Because senior year hasn’t given me the answers to my future. I don’t know any more about that than I did when I started. But I do know a few other things.

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As if the devastation from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami weren’t enough, Japan continues to deal with threats from a damaged nuclear power plant. Ready for some numbers that will stop you in your tracks? The current death toll stands at 8,100, 12,000 people remain missing and 452,000 have been displaced. These figures, unfortunately, are on the rise. There are a few heart-warming reports coming out, such as the 80-year-old woman and her grandson found yesterday who survived for 9 DAYS (eek!) beneath the rubble of their house, but for the most part headlines remain focused on the nuclear catastrophe.  The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant lost power following the earthquake, and since then has been releasing radiation into the surrounding area. The government has been working frantically to restore power, but traces of radiation have already been found in Tokyo’s tap water and produce at grocery stores.

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There’s nothing more valuable to a college girl than her trusty makeup bag. Whether it never leaves her bathroom counter or it travels from class to bar to one-night stand, you know that her makeup bag holds the secret to going from drab to fab (or from looking hungover to looking like a vibrant young coed ready to learn!). So this week, in our never-ending giveaway fun, we’re teaming up with personalized gift company, Bags of Love, to offer YOU the chance to win a personalized makeup bag worth $56!

Here’s how to enter:

1. Leave a comment below telling us what makeup bag item you couldn’t live without. That’s it. You’re automatically entered if you do that.  Oh, and make sure to use your real e-mail address so we can contact you if you win.

2. Contest closes at 11:59 PM on Thursday, March 24th 2011

3. Please note this giveaway is only open to US and UK residents. Also please expect 4-6 weeks for delivery. For official rules and more legal mumbo-jumbo, click here.

Oh and before you rush off to enter, take a second to learn a little more about our new friends at Bags of Love:

Bags of Love is an online printing company who specialise in personalised gifts and gift ideas for everyone at all occasions. Whether you need a birthday gift for a friend or a Mother’s day gift for your mum Bags of Love have the perfect gift ideas you need. From stylish bags to useful furniture and practical stationary Bags of Love offer many items to be personalised by you, just the way you want it. The gifts are suitable for women and men at any age. With Mother’s day coming up Bags of Love is the place to turn to for fantastic personalised Mother’s day gift ideas. Add your very own photos and even text to the wide range of items, including bags and home items, to create fabulous gift ideas for your mom. The high quality and very stylish make up bags are super cute gifts. Choose a colour, material and photo to design the make up bags for your mother or for yourself. Please note: Bags of Love product pages are not fully adjusted to other currency than £ yet, however the website is open to US customers,  At the moment buyers can choose to pay in $ on a “secure payment page

This past week, I attended the IHRSA fitness convention here in San Francisco. Besides ogling all of the ridiculously ripped trainers, I got a sneak peek at our industry’s latest innovations. Boy, is there a lot of new equipment out there! So long to those boring dumbbells and hello to these quirky new toys.