College Life
Visiting College After Graduation: Ground Rules
If you’re a recent college alum and you particularly enjoyed your time at school, it can be difficult to resist the lure of returning. College may have been the best and most fun four years of your life, and letting ... Read More »
Valentine’s Day at College
Yes, we can all decry the fact that Valentine’s Day, really a Roman Catholic feast day (for a very obscure Saint Valentine), has been morphed into a detestable corporate invention, but at the end of the day, many will participate. ... Read More »
So, You’re About to Graduate from College
Let me start off by saying congratulations on your graduation. If this is your first degree, this should be a proud moment for you. It is necessary, however, for you to stay focused in these final months before you walk ... Read More »
Getting Busy: The Sex Culture at College
We know, your hormones are raging. We’ve all been there. For many, college is a place of freedom. Perhaps it’s your first time away from home (and, by extension, the clutches of your parents), or maybe it’s just a place ... Read More »
When You and Your College Roommate Don’t Get Along
If you’re a fortunate college student (and we’re assuming you don’t live in a single), you will end up with a roommate or roommates that you like. That’s the ideal scenario, after all, since you have to live with them, ... Read More »
The Search Warrant: College, Drugs, and the Cops
During freshman year of college at Penn State, like most everyone else there, I lived in a dorm. Very early on, one of my new roommates had invited some guests over, and I was down with it; after all, college ... Read More »
Can Long-Distance Relationships Work in College?
Some of us have been in a situation where we had this girl or guy whom we dated when we were in high school, but then went to different colleges. Sometimes it works, and sometimes – er, a lot of ... Read More »
The 7 Worst College Roommates to Have
If you went to college and didn’t get stuck with a roommate you didn’t like, that’s great. Not all of us were so lucky, however. Sometimes, when you show up to college for the first time, you realize that the ... Read More »
The Importance of Personal Growth in College
There is one simple statement which I encourage all college students, undergraduate and graduate alike, to consider; it is relevant especially when one starts or finishes their time at school: If you leave college as the same “person” that went, ... Read More »
The Benefits of Using College Career Centers
It’s important for students to remember that it’s never too early to start planning your career. Fortunately, virtually all universities have career centers to assist students in finding good opportunities, and are available for use as early as one’s freshman ... Read More »