• Senior Files: Moving Back In With the Parents

    Senior Files: Moving Back In With the Parents

    It’s May 26 and I officially have less than three weeks left in my college career. Most of you are already out of school (how’s that going by the way?), but I have twenty more days left. That means twenty more days to stress about my unplanned future before graduation day.

  • Coupled. And Cohabitating

    Coupled. And Cohabitating

    I don’t know about every other college out there, but here at UT it’s time for people to start planning their living arrangements for the fall. Some people greet this time with the panic of trying to find a decent place to live that isn’t a ga-billion dollars, while others are excited for their first apartment with their best friends (no matter how much it costs).

  • It’s All Fun and Games Until You Live Together

    It’s All Fun and Games Until You Live Together

    Did you ever wake up, peer out groggily from under the sheets at your roommate who is still passed out in her bed across the room, and wonder why the eff you two are living together? Sure, it seemed like a good idea last year when you perused flea markets for cheap futons together.

  • Life After College: Moving Up and Moving On

    Life After College: Moving Up and Moving On

    Every once in a while I’m faced with making a big adult decision with huge consequences. I’m at the point where I’m spending my own money and should technically be able to handle life on my own, yet that doesn’t mean I have any idea what I’m doing.

  • Living at Home For the Summer? Rock on!

    Living at Home For the Summer? Rock on!

    The only thing harder than saying goodbye to your roommate for the summer is packing up your dorm… and mopping all of the dried beer of the floor. And scrubbing your desk where pizza sauce has been encrusted for months. And figuring out how to pack it all into your two-door. Yeah, moving out sucks. But moving IN with your parents again… well, let’s face it. It rocks.

  • Money Matters: 5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Credit Score

    Money Matters: 5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Credit Score

    It’s easy to throw down your MasterCard and forget about how much your text books cost for…

  • Money Matters: The Truth About Small Claims

    Money Matters: The Truth About Small Claims

    You might think Small Claims Court is only for trashy folks on Judge Judy, but when you’re…

  • After A Year, She Just Owes You Rent

    After A Year, She Just Owes You Rent

    So in the land of the rising sun, a woman was trapped in the closet. Oddly like R. Kelly. Since she w…

  • How Do You Say GoodBye?

    How Do You Say GoodBye?

    Life…for every one of us, it’s a puzzle made up of different pieces, different mom…

  • Depression in College: Bad Living Situations and/or Going to the Wrong School (Part II)

    Depression in College: Bad Living Situations and/or Going to the Wrong School (Part II)

    I want to return to the issues of studies and irksome classmates I raised earlier, but first, a re…

  • How to Create a Budget (Without Getting an Economics Degree)

    How to Create a Budget (Without Getting an Economics Degree)

    Believe it or not, it’s actually not too difficult to make (and stick to!) a budget. You ca…