College Jolt

My Winter Break To-Do List

Finals week is over and that means we are free of the pop quizzes, all-nighters, exams, papers, red bulls (w/o vodka) and classes.  It’s totally ok to have a celebratory drink after that last final at 8am…its celebratory.  The journey home, no matter how long, feels great because you know that there is no academic [...]

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College Prowler Ranks Schools by Weather! If You Didn’t check the list, You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella.

Choosing a college is tough, no doubt about it. First of all, there are 239,048 options.  Second of all, you have to listen to your grandparents because they are 70+ years old and they know everything there is to know about college despite being out of the game for the last 50 years.  Third, [...]

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Boosh Magazine- “Your Campus, Unfiltered”

I just found another fantastic blog that will keep you from that Partial Differential Equation’s homework.  Boosh Magazine truly is ‘your campus unfiltered.’  The writers are all students from universities across the country spilling their insightful thoughts on everything from pop culture and sex to to music and sports.  If you have a pulse, you’ll [...]

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Friday’s Fantastic Links

Finals are just around the corner.  Its Friday.  Take a study break! Only in Mexico: man robbed while his hands are glued to the steering wheel. A New Jersey woman is suing a Pennsylvania bar owner because she got stuck inside the toilet bowl when the seat broke. Note to self - steer clear of first graders.  A [...]

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Friday is Funday!

An Ohio grandma gave birth to her daughter’s triplets.  Heartwarming and nauseating at the same time. Worried about losing your girlfriend?  Worry no more with GPS lingerie. Can your cell phone stop bullets?  It can if its a Razor… You can now use the word ‘meh’ in a game of Scrabble because it has officially entered the dictionary. Love [...]

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Yo Christmas, Hold Up! Thanksgiving is in the House!

Each year you always seem to hear, “Christmas starts earlier and earlier.”  I don’t know if I ever noticed that to be true, until this year.  As a demographic who is either still on mommy and daddy’s paycheck or can apply for those magical pieces of plastic that make you part of this statistic, college [...]

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Fresh and Funky Friday: Kid Stuck in Toilet

. . It’s finally f#%@ing Friday and here are some headlines to  help the day go by on your way to the best night of a college student’s week. . . . Some high school dance team in Texas gave their dance opponents cupcakes…cute right…well not if they’re laced with rat poison?! 5 picks up lines that could actually increase your chances [...]

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Top 5 Things to be Thankful for this Thanksgiving, College Style

Thanksgiving is a holiday at the end of harvest season celebrating “one’s material and spiritual possessions.”  Typically there is a bird, stuffed with, well stuffing.  Also on the table is mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.  Finally, a meal that is not mass produced in the cafeteria.  College is great but you do sacrifice [...]

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Senior Year of College vs Senior Year of High School

Its a rampant problem in high schools all over the country: senioritis. This condition, nearly unavoidable, hits seniors harder than a juiced up Barry Bonds hits a baseball. Some common symptoms are laziness, lack of interest, tardiness, increased sleep, and an overall ‘I don’t give 2 shits about school’ attitude. In high school [...]

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Can Google’s G1 Really Compete With the iPhone? Of Course Not Silly!

Google launched itself into the mobile communications industry last month with its first phone titled the G1. It has a completely touch screen interface but also includes a full keyboard (underneath the screen), unlike the iPhone. College affords many students the opportunity to have a cell phone and still be on their parents’ [...]

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