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Freshman year Halloween.  Is there anything scarier?  I’m not talking about the orange and black jello shots or the DIY strobe lights and dry ice combo favored among frat house basements.  No, the part that caused me to break out in a cold sweat and goosebumps was the daunting task of selecting the perfect costume.

After all, there were so many factors to take into consideration- Do you dress to fit a theme with your roommates? (Power Rangers?  No. Teletubbies? God no.); do you slut it up and go all out?  (Sexy maid?  Sexy nurse?  Sexy kitten?  Overdone.); do you go for the laugh?  (Gumby?  Michael Jackson?  Too much effort.); or do you try to satisfy all these points in creating the ultimate, all-encompassing Halloween outfit?

If you’re a naïve, over-achieving freshman like I was, that’s exactly what you do.

I texted my best friend from down the hall and told her to meet me in my room, stat.  She brought candy corn, necessary for brainstorming, and I started Googling everything from “cheap costumes” to “how not to look like a skankwhore but still attract male attention in a good way so maybe he’ll take you on a date at some future time.”  Hey, I was hopeful. Read More »

Your co-workers/parents won't be nearly as impressed with this as you'd think.

Keg stands, day drinking, mardi gras beads, vegging out at home during the holidays… these are all things that happen during college. And by all accounts, they should happen, you know, before you’re catapulted into the real world where whatever you do at your local bar on a Thursday will not go over well in your cubicle on Friday.  Yeah, not only does college give you that yummy degree, it gives you the freedom to act like a college kid. It’s like your student ID is a ‘get by free’ pass, and just about anything goes.

Which is a really beautiful thing.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) for our well-being, some things belong with college and college only. Much like Vegas, what happens on campus should probably stay on campus. If you want people to continue loving you in the real world, anyway.  And with the end of college nearing for so many of us, it might be time to lay those things out. So here is a list of the 20 things that are only OK in college: Read More »

March 17^th is a wonderful day. Besides kicking off my birthday week (March 21^st and I love diamonds, if you were wondering), the 17^th of March also happens to be the day that we celebrate my favorite of Saints, the one, the only, Saint Patrick.

Like most people under the age of 30, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the top 3 holidays of the year, after Christmas (or Hanukkah) and before the 4^th of July. It is a day spent celebrating St. Patrick, one of the Patron Saints of Ireland.

Or, a day getting completely shitfaced and waking up in the morning with green teeth.

Which presents a problem on years such as this one when St. Patrick’s Day is on a Monday. Meaning, classes are in session.

I’ve been there. And I learned some difficult and painful lessons that I think everyone can – and must – learn from. Because when your friends decide to skip lecture and attend Keg and Eggs at 6am it will be hard to say no. You will rack your brain trying to come up with reasons why you too should not throw caution (and your Philo book) to the wind and partake in the festive meal. You will tell yourself that it is just one beer and you will be fine to make it to that review session/presentation at 4.

But take it from me. You will not be OK. It will not be one beer. And there is no way in hell you will be ready for anything besides cheese fries come 4pm. Read More »