It’s not uncommon for people to idolize their favorite actors and actresses. Beauty, glamor, wealth–they have it all. Oh, and they appear to be immune to any signs of aging. It’s amazing what money can buy. Especially when it comes to evading (or not evading) the law.

If there is one thing I love about a new year (it’s still January, so it’s still considered new), it’s new music! Some of the artists that I’ve listed below, have kept me waiting/hoping/praying for years for them to release new full-length studio albums. I am getting antsy! From John Mayer to JoJo, there are tons of new albums that are rumored to being released in 2012, and I cannot wait.

We always hear about “Girl Code” — the dos and don’ts of female friendships (or as Mean Girls’ Gretchen Wieners calls them: The Rules of Feminism). These rules set the standards for how women should act and treat others in a female friendship. And we were wondering…is there a College Girl Code?

So you fell in love with a fool. Who hasn’t? And it seems that every time you’re left to your own devices, you wake up covered in his sheets and your own shame. And even though you refer to him as a soul-sucking douchebag void of emotion, he’s always been your soul-sucking douchebag void of emotion. But just because he’s a fool doesn’t mean you have to be one too.

Imagine being paid to do well in college. Better than an allowance, better than a job, better then birthday cash… I’m talking getting paid to write papers. Sounds good when it rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?

Has our national obsession with Justin Bieber gone too far? One quick glance at a gallery of Bieberkinis tells me yes, yes it has. It’s gotten to the point where we’re photoshopping his face onto bikini bods. Does he look strangely good? Of course. He’s Bieber. He can pull it off. Does it make me a little uneasy that I’ve now seen 10 photos of a not-even-legal man with cleavage? For sure.

If you want to go to graduate school, then it’s time to start thinking about the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Unlike the ACT/SAT, which a lot of people didn’t bother studying for back in the day, the GRE tests you on what Educational Testing Services think graduate students should know before grad school. This means you will actually have to study.

Long ago, we as females reserved our ring fingers for the biggest rock of our lives: our engagement ring. Since we’ve upped the ante on the jewelry field, the big, statement rock we once saved for a special day is now made in every – and I mean every ­– shape and size for all 10 fingers. Like peacocks? Buy a peacock ring. Like bunnies? Buy a rhinestone embellished bunny ring and wear it on your pinky.

Recently Ben & Jerry’s released an ice cream flavor called “Schweddy Balls”, based off a Saturday Night Live sketch. I thought it was hilarious. Parents thought it was awful. A parent group is protesting the flavor because they think it’s vulgar. Well guess what, parent group? If you are going to prevent your kid from eating ice cream because it has a vulgar name, then your kid is totally going to go wild when they go off to college.

It’s always a treat to find some hidden treasure in the back of your mom’s closet. What’s (arguably) better is finding old photos that make you stop and ask, “you seriously wore that?!” Believe it or not, your daughter will one day be asking you the same thing. Here’s what I think she’ll be pointing to…