College Jolt

Summer Prep ‘09: Choosing Classes for Your First Year

Since my little brother just graduated and is about to head off to the University of Florida (boo, Gators!) for his first semester of college, I decided it would be a timely undertaking to provide soon-to-be incoming freshman with a little advice. En route to Gainesville for pre-semester orientation, my brother’s last-minute questions all aimed [...]

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Collegelore: Put on your lucky underwear–it’s exam time!

Digging for Collegelore: Nina uncovers the strangest traditions, legends and rumors on campuses across the globe. Here she examines test-taking superstitions among college students. While there is rarely an empty seat to be found in the library come finals week, not all studying is the same. Every book-laden student has a unique set of studying techniques [...]

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Inside Penn State: University Park Students Speaks Out!

In our “Campus Insider” series, we’ll be profiling a new college each week, giving you the inside scoop straight from the students who go there. This week we’re giving you the skinny on Penn State at University Park!

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Gettysburg: The Stories that Aren’t Taught in History Class

One hundred and forty six years ago, at right around now, at 3:30 PM, Major General George Pickett started his famous charge in the battle of Gettysburg. Last Saturday, around 3:30 PM, I walked the short distance that is Pickett’s charge, and was surprised to think… how cool it was. I mean seriously, battlefields are [...]

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PREtty Smart?

Isn’t it beautiful that life simply flows together? Introducing the Palm Pre. You’ve seen it with Jim Cramer on CNBC, you’re local Fidelity stock broker, or that riveting finance site where you check for your exclusive insider information each morning before the insiders start trading: a HOT stock. On the Road to Recovery, we’ll talk about more [...]

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Simple Way to Make Money: Win a Contest

Money, money, money… from O’Jays’ R&B “For the Love of Money” to Pink Floyd’s funk rock “Money,” I guess we all get the message that “money isn’t everything, but without money, we can buy nothing!” We may not agree that college life is fun and exciting, but there is one conclusion all of us should [...]

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Writers You Should Read: Michael Chabon

In the ’80s, TV critic Neil Postman claimed that the invention of television had zapped the national print culture –– that our generation had stopped reading, that we couldn’t write for beans, and that to top it off, this made us “lousy citizens.” Harsh. I may be all for TV, but I am [...]

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This Just In! People Aren’t Mindreaders!

For the reader interested in nonprofit work, serving one’s community, working with kids, or simply the idea of good people doing what they can for other people, I write about my present day experiences serving with the youth of Braddock, PA as an AmeriCorps member. It seems to me that the longer I live, the worse [...]

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Welcome To The Jungle: The College Dating Scene

“So…you wanna go out tonight?” These words may be the most anticipated or most dreaded words to ever be uttered during your college experience (well, that and ‘Pop Quiz’… I shudder just thinking of them). Depending on your answer (and I hope it’s yes, or I am wasting my time… please don’t do that to me. [...]

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The Geek Guide: The Sims 3, Worth it or Not

Everyone is passionate about something. My passions lie in things that most people refer to as geeky, such as anime, sci-fi, video games, or anything of the like -– I love them. The Geek Guide is here to explain, show, and review all things geeky. Nearly everyone has heard of The Sims, and its exapansion packs. [...]

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