• What to Do When You Hate Your Perfect Boyfriend [Ask Tuffy Luv]

    What to Do When You Hate Your Perfect Boyfriend [Ask Tuffy Luv]

    I don’t know what to do. We’ve been dating for three years and now we’re about to finish college and I just can’t stand it anymore.

  • True Story: I Don’t Want to Graduate!

    True Story: I Don’t Want to Graduate!

    I’m not avoiding graduation for bland reasons like good parties and my group of friends, although I’ve met some amazing people and had some legendary nights thus far. I’m just not ready to walk the post-grad plank right now.

  • What I’m Thankful for This Thanksgving [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    What I’m Thankful for This Thanksgving [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    I can admit that sometimes I act like a spoiled brat. I complain that my iPhone took three seconds to send a text rather than the two seconds it usually takes. I bitch and moan about traffic in the car that my parents bought for me. I cry over the stress of school and the education that I am lucky enough to be receiving.

  • What’s Your Fantasy? [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    What’s Your Fantasy? [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    I don’t want to become a jaded post-grad like some I’ve encountered. I want to be realistic and not set myself up for disappointment, but I also don’t want to settle and end up doing something that I don’t love to do.

  • Things To Do After Graduating

    Things To Do After Graduating

    Since it’s graduation season and all, I figured it would be appropriate to list some things to do after graduating. No worries undergrads, most of these things can apply to you too!

  • Welcome To The Real World

    Welcome To The Real World

    Isn’t that a scary thing? The “Real World”. And no, I’m not talking about the television show, although they did hold a casting in Tuscaloosa that I almost went to.

  • Tuffy Luv Sez: Two Guys, One Cup

    Tuffy Luv Sez: Two Guys, One Cup

    You’re now moving onto the next phase of your life. It’s time to decide who you’re gonna be as an adult. And you yourself, you don’t want to be with someone who drinks a lot, and you don’t want to be with someone you’re fighting with. And I think those are good choices.

  • The Silver Lining Around This Recession/Depression Cloud

    The Silver Lining Around This Recession/Depression Cloud

    According to The Huffington Post, in a survey conducted only 44% of those interviewed believed that they would surpass the lifestyle they grew up with. And as one of those soon-to-be post grads, let me say that I understand this lack of optimism completely. The economy is still recovering. The job market is terrible. And companies are downsizing instead of hiring.

  • How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors

    How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors

    So…big day is almost here. You ready for the real world? What are your plans?
    If you’re cringing at the very thought of these questions then there’s only one possible explanation: You too are a college senior.

  • My Top 5 Dream Graduation Gifts

    My Top 5 Dream Graduation Gifts

    I’m graduating in less than a month. And even though that means I have some pretty great things to look forward to it also means that I’m leaving behind a pretty good life and some pretty good friends. And that’s the reason I’ve been sporadically crying for weeks a little bit upsetting. So instead I’m going to try to look on the bright side. I’m graduating. There will be a celebration. There will be a party. And that means there will be gifts.

  • Woman Graduates College After 19 Years

    Woman Graduates College After 19 Years

    Kathy Vitzthum took her first class at Iowa State in 1992. Since then, she’s continued taking one college class per semester while working at raising a family. Now, 19 years later, she’s graduating with a degree in accounting, and fulfilling a promise she made to her father years ago.

  • The CC Weekly Weigh In: We’re Scared of Stuff

    The CC Weekly Weigh In: We’re Scared of Stuff

    For college seniors, the fear is setting in right about….. now. Finals are coming to an end, graduation is looming (or already happened), and with nothing else to do, you’ve got a lot of time on your hands to think. And wonder. And freak the f**k out.

  • 8 Things You Should Never Say to a College Senior

    8 Things You Should Never Say to a College Senior

    As I sit elbow-deep in final papers, projects and exams that are all due within the next week, saying I’m counting down the seconds until the end of the semester is the understatement of the year. No. Of the century. But if I relayed that fact to my senior friends that are actually graduating in a couple of weeks, they’d smack me.