Often during college, we'll feel as if our schedule is packed like too many guys on an elevator—we can't breathe or go anywhere until it's empty. But after a wave of tests or projects, we may find ourselves in a week where suddenly nothing is due. No papers, no tests, and sometimes even no homework. What's a person to do […]
Many of you just got here to start the spring semester after a Christmas break, but you might not realize that you aren't the first ones back. Well, sure, you know that there were students that came back for interterm to work or do some classes, but there are others, of which I am one. We're the early arrival workers. Work […]
I come from Illinois, where winter temperatures usually range from about zero to the low thirties, and snow on any day other than Christmas is not a wonder but the norm. Many of you that come from "Yankee territory" know the sort of weather I'm talking about, but Floridians take a different attitude. To some Floridians, snow is almost more […]
Pre-registration is here, and a few friends have asked me whether Creative Writing would be a good class to take as an English elective. Perhaps you've been considering that class as well and would like to know a little more about it. I took it a year ago and found it to be one of the most fun and beneficial classes […]
If you look at my blogger profile, you'll find that I list Thanksgiving College Days as my favorite time of the school year. Although the reason I give is that my family visits, I enjoy many other things about that time, also. Given how often I write about food in my posts, you can probably guess the first of those […]