• We’ve All Been There: Spring (Not So) Break

    We’ve All Been There: Spring (Not So) Break

    There are only 4 days (well, more like 3 days, 22 hours and 12 minutes) until your flight takes off for Cancun. You’ve got 6 lectures and 2 discussion sections between you and the smell of SPF 30/sweet, sweet freedom, but your brain has been checked out for days.

  • The Weekly Ten: Not a Fan of February

    The Weekly Ten: Not a Fan of February

    ’m not sure if it’s the bad weather or the senioritis or my inability to focus on any one task for more than five minutes at a time, but I’ve been in quite the mood these past few days. And I’m taking my anger out on February, this too short, unproductive, cold, depressing, and generally annoying month.

  • The Weekly Ten: Relax After a Stressful Week

    The Weekly Ten: Relax After a Stressful Week

    October is a busy month. Between midterms and registration, and finding the perfect Halloween costume, things can get pretty crazy there for a while. But it’s important to remember to take a step back from it all for a while. Relax.

  • Body Blog: Don’t Worry, (Here’s How to) Be Happy

    Body Blog: Don’t Worry, (Here’s How to) Be Happy

    It’s that time of year during which my peers and I are go crazy trying to prepare for upcoming midterms, lab practicals, 10-page essays, and other ultra stressful, all-nighter inclining assignments. Although I am not pre-med, almost everyone in my classes is (it’s the sad reality of being a nutrition major) and their academic stress and competitiveness can be contagious if one is not careful.

  • The Starting Line: My Very First Midterm Season

    The Starting Line: My Very First Midterm Season

    So I’m new at this whole midterms thing. The idea that I’ve been more or less lounging around for the past 6 weeks and then – wham! – I’m hit with a test that’s worth 40% of my grade…that’s kind of crazy.

  • The Weekly Ten: Avoid Studying for Midterms

    The Weekly Ten: Avoid Studying for Midterms

    Fall is in full swing. The pumpkin spice lattes are a part of your daily ritual. You’ve broken in your new fall boots. You’ve given up that whole turning over a new leaf idea – you know, the one that involved getting your homework done on time. And hey, just in time for midterms too.

  • We’ve All Been There: The Blue Book

    We’ve All Been There: The Blue Book

    You’ve spent the past 4 nights in the library flipping through your tattered notebook. You’ve highlighted and re-highlighted all the most important sections in the textbook.

  • My Freshman Year: The Midterm Review

    My Freshman Year: The Midterm Review

    With my midterm exams finally over, I’m taking this opportunity to do a little midterm reviewing of my own. Now seems to be the perfect time to reflect on the first quarter of my freshman year and to start looking forward to the rest of the semester, the next semester, and, well, just the future in general. As scary as that sounds.

  • Your Handy-Dandy Midterm Survival Guide!

    Your Handy-Dandy Midterm Survival Guide!

    The air is crisp, the leaves are changing, and you can wear cute scarves without looking like a jackass. We all know that that means… MIDTERMS! October is the best month of the year: apple cider, long weekends, and Halloween parties galore. Of course, the world is a cruel place, so amidst all the fun fall festivities, we also get crushed with the madness of midterms.