• Hey Freshman: The First Month Of School Sucks…But It Gets Better

    Hey Freshman: The First Month Of School Sucks…But It Gets Better

    But before you sign those papers to withdraw from college – or the college experience – completely, let me tell you: college is awesome. It’s exciting and fun and full of new people, new places, new experiences. This is the beginning of the rest of your life!

  • Surviving Senior Year: The Balancing Act

    Surviving Senior Year: The Balancing Act

    I’ve sat down to write the first entry of the column that will chronicle my final year as a college student about fifty a few times now, but I just haven’t been able to figure out where to start. So I figure I might as well start with the truth: I can’t seem to write this column because I’m not really sure how I feel about this whole “senior year” thing.

  • Overheard: Freshmeat

    Overheard: Freshmeat

    (Girls, introducing themselves in class.)
    Girl 1: I’m Brenna.
    Girl 2: Hi! I’m Margaret, but you can call me Murphy.
    Girl 1: Huh. How’d you get that nickname?
    Girl 2: When I was born, my dad said it was Murphy’s Law.

  • Confession: I Miss School!

    Confession: I Miss School!

    Ahh summer time. The heat is blistering, the Natty Lite is chilled and the pool beckons. For those of us not taking summer classes, these three months are a glorious break from homework, studying and fluorescent lighting. Yes, the whole summer yawns out blue skies and cut-offs until late August and it’s hard to imagine ever going back to school.

  • Senioritis: Only 12 Thirsty Thursdays Left!

    Senioritis: Only 12 Thirsty Thursdays Left!

    Time is flying and no matter how much I try to ignore how quickly the semester is going, all my frie…

  • Oh The People You’ll Meet: The Bible Chucker

    Oh The People You’ll Meet: The Bible Chucker

    College brings a whole lot of new experiences, new lessons and new people. New people means new f…

  • Freshmen: Trying Too Hard

    Freshmen: Trying Too Hard

    It’s true that upperclassmen tend to look down their noses at freshmen, particularly ea…

  • The Freshman Experience: Always Together, Never Alone

    The Freshman Experience: Always Together, Never Alone

    I am never alone in college. Sure, I have the elevator to myself occasionally and sometimes my ro…

  • Overheard On Campus: “Freshmen?!”

    Overheard On Campus: “Freshmen?!”

    [Every week, CC and John will bring you some of the wierdest, funniest, saddest things he hears o…

  • Tales of a Senior: Messy Rooms, Early Nostalgia, and Other Such Things

    Tales of a Senior: Messy Rooms, Early Nostalgia, and Other Such Things

    You do it every year without fail. There’s a string of weeks where you’re nice and o…

  • Evading the Campus Po-Po

    Evading the Campus Po-Po

    Welcome to college, freshmen!
    You may have made it through Welcome Week without any run-ins wit…

  • 5 Reasons I’m Over Crazy Frat Parties

    5 Reasons I’m Over Crazy Frat Parties

    Two days into freshman year I went to my first frat party. Walking into the Greek lettered doors m…

  • Important Lessons for The College Freshman

    Important Lessons for The College Freshman

    It’s September 2nd, which means we must tuck our bikinis back in their drawers, slather ourselv…