I’m a big proponent of being friendly with your professors because obviously if you’re a jerk and act like you don’t care, it’s going to reflect in your grades. However, there are some students who are buddy buddy with their professors, and sometimes that can get a little weird. I’m not sure how I feel about getting meals or hanging out with my professor. Don’t get me wrong, I think there are certain instances when it’s okay to be legitimate friends like if they’re around your age or you’ve had them every semester. But even then, a professor is still a professor. So where’s the line between being friendly and being friends? Read More »

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The solution to every shopping problem any girl has ever had. It’s quick. It’s efficient. And swiping a pretty piece of plastic that closely resembles a gift card distances you from the reality that eventually you’ll have to actually pay that money.

Now don’t get me wrong. Credit cards are awesome. You don’t become the owner of more shoes than there are days in a month by not liking credit cards. But that doesn’t mean that they’re not a dangerous little deviants that should be kept at a distance until they can be handled properly. And by handled properly, I mean, paid off promptly. Because the longer you put off those payments the worse it gets and the worse your credit score gets. What’s your credit score, you ask? Well, ladies, that’s a good question. In fact, it’s the question most of this post is dedicated to answering. So take a deep breath and bear with me here.

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Potatoes are a staple of most diets. True, you really shouldn’t eat them everyday (despite really wanting to), but for a quick week night dinner, they are a great staple to know how to cook.

White potatoes – such as russets and fingerling potatoes – are the most traditional, but I really love to use yellow or red potatoes, which are smaller and therefore, cheaper to buy only 2-3 of them for a single meal. I won’t pretend potatoes are packed with nutrients; as far as nutrition goes, potatoes are well known for being high in carbohydrates, but very low (on their own) in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium. They are great sources of vitamin C, potassium and manganese.

This recipe is very easy and very yummy. I like to use Yukon gold potatoes, but feel free to use russets, fingerlings, or whatever potato (or root – sweet potatoes and carrots would be yummy too!) you want. Read More »

Someone is always pregnant in Hollywood, and every now and then we’ll have a ton of celebrities pregnant at the same time. There must be something in the water over there. Celebrity babies are so exciting because we know they’re going to be really cool kids like Suri Cruise and Kingston Rossdale. For some reason we just can’t get enough of them. Read More »

[I love spas, but being on a college budget doesn't allow for visits to them. I like to create my own spa days at home, and this is something you all can do too! So I will be bringing you some of my favorite at home treatments with ingredients you already have.]

Scrubs are one of my favorite things to make at home because there are so many different kinds. You can make a scrub out of almost anything from your kitchen. At home scrubs are super cheap and can actually be better for your skin because you’re not using a bunch of chemicals that can be found in store-bought ones. Do be aware though not to get too crazy and start throwing random ingredients together especially if you have really sensitive skin. Read More »

Well hey there! You may recognize me from CC Beauty Live, but now I’m also going to be your new weekend editor here at CollegeCandy! I’m really pumped about this, and I hope you are too. We’re going to have tons of weekend fun, so get ready. There’s a lot more to me than make up and hair, and I want you all to get to know me a little better. Read More »

To kick start my apple-pumpkin eating fever, this weekend I ventured to a local farm to do some apple picking. I was decked out in my favorite country-girl oversized flannel, my favorite pair of jeans and riding boots. My supreme, over-the-top apple picking bliss only lasted me roughly three minutes… the weather in New York was a stifling 80 degrees, which made for a horrible experience. I was overheating and sweating, it was too hot up in the trees and to make matters worse, apple crops all over the country have been in light supply.

So instead of climbing up into the tippy top’s of trees and tossing the most succulent apples at my boyfriend’s head – I mean, into my satchel – I ‘enjoyed’ reaching into the bottom of apple barrels and searching for the apples that hadn’t already gone bad.

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Why do nice guys finish last and douchebags get first crack at the girls of the nice guys’ dreams? Why do all women seem to go through a phase where they are inextricably drawn to as*holes who make them miserable? These are the questions asked all throughout high school, college, and even beyond, when the real world crashes all those Saved by the Bell ingrained clichés. I think I’ve got a clue.

Well, more accurately, I’ve got some opinions. Maybe a few ideas. Even a couple of timey-wimey theorems. They all center around one main fundamental premise: women will delude themselves into thinking that, deep down in places they don’t like to talk about at parties, they deserve the as*hole, they need the as*hole, they want the as*hole. They use words like “misunderstood,” “temperamental,” and “rugged.” They use these words as the backbone of a relationship defending something, we use them as a punch line to their self-created and self-perpetuating doomed-to-fail situation.

There are times where it just feels like being a decent, courteous, guy, is a futile f*cking enterprise. If you’re “sweet” then you can’t be sexy. If you’re “generous” then you’re a pushover. If you’re “sensitive” then you’re either gay or just a p*ssy. For some reason, acting like Mr. Right eliminates you from the running of being Mr. Right Now. Mr. Right Now oftentimes treats her like crap. And she knows it. So, why does she put up with it?

One common reason I’ve heard from many a gal who’ve gone through their bad boy phase, is that they know it won’t go anywhere so it was harmless. Meanwhile, they end up crying into a bin of Ben & Jerry’s for two to three months after the break up. Another longtime cliché of an excuse is the ol’ “he’ll change.” WRONG! He won’t change. He doesn’t change. Not while he’s with you because somehow you allow him to be every bit of the jackass he was before he met you.

A lot of folks seem to chalk it up to confidence. The as*hole actually makes the first move. He acts like the alpha male. He takes his shot. That’s sexy. That’s attractive. And let’s face it, he who waits is left behind with his dominant hand for company. Is it really that simple? The as*holes get the worm because they’re the early birds? Can it all be reduced to something so…pedestrian and preventative. That basically means that all these nice guys are lacking is a set of vocal chords and timing. Does that sound right to you? It sorta does to me. It also sorta sounds like BS.

What does happen is you get a whole generation of nice guys who think that they need to become as*holes in order to get laid, to get attention, to get the girl. Therefore, they aspire to be as*holes and what does that produce for the world: MORE DAMN AS*HOLES! Talk about a vicious cycle. But it keeps getting perpetuated and both genders are to blame. Hell, the whole social experience from the ages of twelve to twenty-three seem to blame.

One thing I kept hearing all my life was: “Wait until you’re older.” As if age and maturity actually had a definite correlation. How many uncles do you have that act like twelve year-olds? Seriously, that’s just a band aid for a guy’s broken and battered self-esteem. Always the friend, never the f*ck buddy.

If I sound P.O.ed it’s because I AM! I’ve seen many a decent gal and guy put themselves through the wringer, invite years of emotional trauma, and degrade themselves with experiences they knew would only lead to catastrophe, and all for seemingly no reason at all. So, this article full of opinions really is one big ploy to pose the question directly to you, ladies: Why do girls go for the as*holes? Why does it take having your heart Cuisinarted for a bunch of years to get you to give another like at the nice guys? Please, I’m begging you. Make me understand.

What we have here is a failure to communicate,

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