Your college years are best spent busy. So where does that leave room for keeping up with your personal fitness? It’s hard work staying healthy with all of the unlimited junk food, parties, and lazy weekends that the college experience provides. That’s why in my series, Shape U, we’re gearing up for a semester of [...]
Continue reading...Mon, Aug 24, 2009 by Max-Rutgers
Unfortunately, The Official College Handbook doesn’t exist. Believe me, I’ve checked the library…although there WAS a great book on the Impressionist movement that discussed the art of Monet. But I digress. With all the tests, pressure, and scheduling that surround our everyday life, I am here as your humble guide on the magical mystery tour [...]
Continue reading...Fri, Apr 3, 2009 by David- Carnegie Mellon
Who has time to go buy 9 pounds of matzah and clean out the mini fridge when you’ve got no car, classes all day, and good times planned for every night? Yeah, that’s what I thought. As a Jew in college, Pesach (or Passover for you non-Jews out there) has been one of the biggest [...]
Continue reading...Sat, Feb 14, 2009 by Liz- Slippery Rock U
There’s no bigger playground for love than a college campus, but how do you escape without getting a scraped elbow, or even worse, a broken heart? Liz Rekowski, is here to give you the 411 on all things love, lust and anything in between. Gourmet restaurants and $75 bottles of wine aren’t exactly in the college [...]
Continue reading...Tue, Dec 9, 2008 by Jessica- Duquesne University
Once the horrors of finals week are over and you are nestled at home in your childhood bedroom eating moms home-cooked goodness, there is only so much sleeping, eating, and doing nothing you can do (or not do) before you start to get bored. Fear not! As always I have compiled a list of things [...]
Continue reading...Fri, Oct 17, 2008 by Lisa - Carnegie Mellon
On Monday, TIME released an article saying that more and more students are being hard pressed to find a meal let alone a healthy one. With the shitty economical era and rising food prices (up 5% this year according to the article), not to mention tuition increases every year, it’s really no surprise. [...]
Continue reading...Thu, Oct 9, 2008 by Brenna - Pitt
I love the internet because there is no way I could have figured out this cooking thing on my own. Once I moved off-campus into my apartment and was no longer the proud owner of an on-campus meal plan, I ran into some issues when it came to preparing food on my own. I didn’t [...]
Continue reading...Tue, Sep 9, 2008 by Lisa - Carnegie Mellon
Growing up in an Asian home, I was always intimidated by the thought of having to cook. Things were being cut up, sauces were being mixed in by quantities my mother only seemed to know, and oil was flying out of the pan. Then college came and I was promptly booted from the comfort of [...]
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Tue, Nov 3, 2009 by Meg
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