Bright FuturaSmoking & Drinking Teens Are The Unhappiest Of All
Teenagers who smoke, drink alcohol and eat junk food are significantly more likely to be unhappy than their clean- living counterparts, a study has found. About 5,000 children were questioned on their appearance, family, friends, school and life as a whole, and had their happiness levels rated. Researchers discovered that those [...]
Drinkify: Listen Responsibly
Drinkify: Listen Responsibly If you like: 1). The Internet 2). Music and 3). Drinking then this site is for you. It’s called Drinkify: A website that allows you to type in the artist you want to listen to, plays their music, and matches it with an accompanying cocktail recipe. This is quite an amazing site [...]
Drinkify: Your New Favorite Drinking Site
Drinkify: Your New favorite Drinking Site If you like: 1). The Internet 2). Music and 3). Drinking then this site is for you. It’s called Drinkify: A website that allows you to type in the artist you want to listen to, plays their music, and matches it with an accompanying cocktail recipe. ^The G [...]
8 Pets You Wish You Had in College
Like most of us, we grew up with pets at home, and watching our favorite tv shows, and reading our favorite books as our heroes grew up with fictional pets too. Now that we’re all in college, for nostalgia’s sake I’d like to list off a few fictional animals that would be perfect for any [...]
Top 10 Secrets Of The College Syllabus
Students often view the course syllabus as something they glance at on the first day of classes, and then toss in their backpacks, never to be seen again. In reality, the syllabus is a treasure trove of information: one of the few places in the course where the professor reveals his or her true conception [...]
Forget A’s, B’s, and C’s—What We Need Is More Zzzz’s
Some advertisers routinely entreat us to undermine our health, but rarely through overt attacks on healthy behavior. When one such unhealthful message assaulting sleep reached my university’s campus this fall, I began to hear about it from offended and sympathetic colleagues. One saw it in her freshman daughter’s dorm. Another saw it in a campus [...]
15 Phrases You’ll Hear During Finals Week
(College Humor) 15 Phrases You’ll Hear During Finals Week, and What They Really Mean.
How Not to Die: During Finals ie: FINALGEDDON
No lie, it’s been a long time since I’ve been an undergraduate freshman, but now that I’m a graduate student freshman in a new school and a new state, I’m finding many parallels to then and now. To keep things interesting I will provide some sage-like advice from someone who has already graduated, in my [...]
The Ultimate Showdown: Prezi vs. Powerpoint
What is Prezi? Prezi is a web-based presentation tool. I couldn’t help but compare it to the well-known Microsoft Powerpoint. I can say Prezi does have many aspects that surpass Powerpoint. But is that enough to take home the championship belt? Round 1: Text or Graphics? Prezi is eye candy. Prezi focuses a lot on [...]
Why Creative Types May Be More Likely to Cheat
Creative people think “outside the box,” a gift of psychological flexibility that, it turns out, may also apply to their ethics, according to the latest research from the American Psychological Association. Creative types, in other words, may be more likely to cheat. The same enterprising mind that allows creative people to consider new possibilities, generate [...]