I have a confession: I love my snooze button. Unfortunately, though, sleeping in doesn’t always allow me ample time to put together a well-thought-out outfit. Because of my love of both sleeping in and fashion, as soon as I got to college, I knew I needed a plan.

Thus, I developed a formula. And if you’re weary from finals, don’t worry; there are no complicated symbols or numbers involved.

To create a cute, put-together outfit, and be out the door in 10 minutes, invest in a few key items. Then when the time comes for you to get ready in a hurry, all you need to do is follow these three easy steps!

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We’re not Dr. Seuss up in here and we’re not going to try to send you into the world with Oh, The Place You’ll Go! and BS advice and chase your dream metaphors.  Because at the end of the day, no amount of A-List commencement speakers (no matter how awesome they are) will make up for the fact that you’re leaving college and most likely moving back home.

So instead of trying to inspire you, we thought we would nostalgia-ize you (yep, that’s a word now) with a Facebook album dedicated to your birth year.

And yes, we know, we know not EVERY 2011 grad was born in ’89. So we apologize in advance to the ’88 babies and the too-smart-for-their-own-good ’90 babies.

P.S CONGRATULATIONS!

Lesson 24: Nicholas Sparks Is Not The Author Of Your Life

If you have yet to endure the torture that is a Nicholas Sparks movie marathon, I highly suggest you look into it purely as a service to yourself. Though the sappy movies seem out of place in single girl world, they’re actually a pretty effective learning tool – of what not to do.

Nicholas Sparks, author of our favorite tear jerking, secret guilty pleasure movies, shared the formula to his book-to-movie love stories. “(Romances) are all essentially the same story: You’ve got a woman, she’s down on her luck, she meets the handsome stranger who falls desperately in love with her, but he’s got these quirks, she must change him, and they have their conflicts, and then they end up happily ever after,” Sparks said.

While the roller coaster dramas from the likes of The Notebook and Dear John work beautifully on your television screen, they don’t transfer so well into reality. Even as Sparks’ novels point out some valid points about love, like that it can happen unexpectedly or that it can change a person or it’s tendency for turbulence, it’s imperative that single girls not set a “Nicholas Sparks Standard” for their love lives. Read More »

Let’s face it, looking cute for a workout is often a challenge. Actually, it’s a total after-thought. You wake up, grab the first oversized t-shirt you can find and stumble to the gym in a haze, never giving much thought to what you look like or what your plans are after you tighten your core. And then after class you look in the mirror – sweat all over your back, face beet red and hair that looks more like it belongs in 1987 then anywhere near a public place – and remember that you have plans to meet up for brunch.

Sa-weet.

So what do you do? Skip brunch so you can go home and shower? Go to brunch lookin’ a hot mess? How about neither? By planning a bit ahead of time, you can swap out your sweaty workout garb and transition from a chest press to the coffee press, easy peasy. Read More »

Um, so remember that time you spent 9 hours defending jeggings to your boyfriend (they’re super comfy jeans!). Well, get ready to feel like he must have felt when you first said jeggings in a non-sarcastic tone.

These are junderpants. As in, jean underpants.

Yup, those are a thing now. A very sexy thing. And just another sign that the world is ending.

Going to college costs a lot of money. And if you pay for it by yourself there is a pretty big chance (like 100%) you’ll leave with a hefty debt. And if you are in college now, there’s a good chance you won’t be able to find a good job to pay off all that debt.

So what if someone offered to pay for all of your tuition? AND, on top of that, gave you $200 a week? What would you do for that kind of money? Would you agree to any terms? Would you, I dunno, let some guy spank you whenever he pleases for four years?

I can’t believe I just typed those words.
I also can’t believe I’m about to type the following words…

Henry Allen Fitzsimmons, a 54-year-old man, paid for three college women’s tuition AND an allowance in exchange for letting him spank them whenever the women broke the “Spencer Plan” rules.

[Crickets]
[Sound of dry heaving]

………

Um, I know at some points I was desperate for money during school, but… uh… not sure if I ever got that desperate.

I hate you, Jack Daniel.

Q: I don’t know if you’ll know this but I was wondering if you had any advice for curing a hangover? I always feel super crappy for days after a long night out and I don’t know what I can do to feel better. I drink a lot of water and try to get a lot of sleep but nothing helps!

You know bodies – do you have any ideas?

A: Oh, I hear you. We’ve all been there. Unfortunately, there is no magic home remedy (although I can tell you that hungover medical students have been known to hook themselves up to bags of IV fluid, which I’ve been told works wonders!). To some degree, a hangover is just par for the course – one of those lessons the Universe likes to teach us to keep us out of trouble. But assuming the deed is done, what can you do to minimize your suffering? Here are a few tips: Read More »

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You lived, you learned, you loved. Now you are back at your home campus and in a total funk.  What happened to the campus you used to love and why is everyone rolling their eyes when you start telling hilarious study abroad stories? Coming back home after going abroad can be a surprisingly weird experience and it’s normal to experience reverse culture shock. While it’s great to look back fondly on your time abroad, it’s not okay to spend the next semester sitting on your couch all day, wearing a beret and watching Eiffel Tower specials on TV.

So, wow, can you reconcile your international experience with your stateside college life?

You first need to discard the expectation of total familiarity. Some things have likely changed at your college/home while you were away and you will have some catching up to do. Some changes are positive (a new dining hall or library) and some will be negative (a falling out in your old group of friends, your crush dating what’s-her-face). Remember that spending a semester in a foreign country required some sacrifice, but the experience was worth it.

The most important thing is to find a way to incorporate the positive aspects of your time abroad with the positive aspects of your campus or home life. You can join a culture club or conversation group, share your experiences with other returning students, or broaden your academic interests. I changed my minor to French and Francophone studies as a result of my time in Paris. This decision permitted me to keep practicing my French and benefit academically from the social and cultural knowledge I acquired while abroad.

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