The Inebriated States of America

Marisa - Wesleyan University — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:00:12 +0000

The Beer Institute (are there any research positions available?) has released a map charting each U.S. state’s annual beer consumption, and, naturally, it’s become a viral Internet hit. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise, since this is the kind of map everyone wishes they could’ve studied in high school history classes. But what is surprising is the state whose 21+ population consumed the most alcohol in 2008: Montana. What’s going on out there, and why am I not going to school there?

(Click on the map to see it large and in charge.)

Where does your state fall?

Why Fun Websites Actually Help You During Finals!

Lauren - University of Michigan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:39:34 +0000

You arrive at the library and finally find a table to unload all your books and set up your laptop. You unwrap your head scarf, peel off your winter coat and plunk down your fresh cup of java. Today’s the day you’re actually going to write that fifteen page paper on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You are totes in work mode, browsing through your research and making notations and highlights here and there.

Look at how well you’re doing!

Then you open up Microsoft Word, and start tapping away at the keyboard. Jeez, you’ve already got a sentence! This is so much easier than you thought! You’ll be done in no time, and before you know it, you’ll be at the rugby house on Friday for the kegger. Wait, what time is the party again? A quick check on Facebook couldn’t hurt…

And then it’s over. You’ve been sucked into the very alluring tubes of the internet, procrastinating once again. It’s finals week, which means it’s work block season: that feeling where you just can’t concentrate. But according to CollegeNews.com, it turns out that those moments of procrastination are actually helpful. If you’re doing work for a long period of time, you’re bound to get stressed, and too much stress is never good for productivity. So it’s okay to take a break every now and then to ease your mind, and do something unrelated to your project. It will ease your stress and rejuvenate your brain activity so you can get back to work. Knowing that, why not try these sites to ease your studying woes?

1. Scrabble Beta on Facebook

If you can restrain yourself from endless photo-browsing, log onto Facebook to play a spot of Scrabble. Excellent idea if you want to boost your vocabulary for an English paper.

2. Fill In A Blank Map

I just played this Middle Eastern map-labeling game myself (twice!) while writing this article. Do YOU know where Azerbaijan is?

3. Failblog.org

So many mistakes, so little time.

4. Dolphin Olympics

Equally as cute as it is badass, Dolphin Olympics is totally the new Mario Kart.

5. CollegeCandy

Uhh…duh?

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The Inebriated States of America

Why Fun Websites Actually Help You During Finals!