College Jolt

The Size of Your College: Choosing the Right Pond

College can be like thousands of colorful fish swimming in an enormous cluster in the Pacific Ocean, or a tiny school of goldfish, zooming around a pristine little pond. Decisions, decisions. High school students in search of their perfect postsecondary fit can be like fish finding a body of water to call home, except that [...]

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The Geek Guide: Who Watches the Watchmen?

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. I never really got into comics as much as other geeks, [...]

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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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A Pass on Partying: Sobreity is Not Social Leprosy

“No, thanks. I don’t drink.” Some may believe these words halt traffic at the typical university – after all, isn’t college just one giant party in which students occasionally take break to go to class? (I love this myth, especially when I am up to my ears in papers and finals.) With [...]

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Essential Ex Etiquette: How to Conduct Post-Relationship Relations

Since your first middle school crush, you’ve been warned that love will come and go. But let’s face it—sometimes it doesn’t go quietly. Nearly all of us have experienced the he-said, she-said drama of high school breakups, but now that we’re entering the realm of adulthood, how do we learn to deal with a sweetheart [...]

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“Jon and Kate Plus 8″: It’s All Over.

I loved watching “Jon and Kate Plus 8.”  I have watched the show from the very beginning, tuning in to a new episode every week, and watching reruns whenever I had the chance.  I used to take it as a compliment when my friends said that my fiancé and I were going to be just [...]

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The Geek Guide: Eternal Sonata

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. Video games are huge in geek culture, and, in turn, the [...]

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The Geek Guide: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire

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. Webcomics are huge in the geek world.  Even in the webcomic [...]

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Three Words: Time. Manage. Ment.

‘You gotta get yourself together.’ This was probably the best advice I have gotten throughout my entire college experience. Mind you, it was said by my roommate, and what he was talking about was cleaning up my dirty laundry and week-old pizza boxes from the floor. But nonetheless — great advice One of the hardest things to [...]

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