If Time is Money, I'm SO Broke

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

Time just seems to run away from me. There are never enough hours in a day to do the things I want to do. Can’t take a nap. Can’t go to the movies. Can’t go read a book for leisure because I’ll definitely end up reading it instead of the books...

I Hate Being Broke

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

You can’t do a lot of things without money. You can’t go out to eat with your friends. You can’t enjoy that green tea latte while relaxing at a local Starbucks. You can’t buy your Chemistry textbooks (They cost A LOT). And you can’t pay...

Money isn't Everything

by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13

The biggest problem I have had with college is the cost of it, especially since I could have gone to an in-state community college for almost free. Instead I chose to follow my dream and I have been struggling ever since. I have had many people criticize me on my...

Saturdays Around Erdman

by Joseph Dingman

Erdman is my dorm.  I wake up here every day with the utmost consistency.  Here’s how it happened today: “BAng ! Bang !”  One fast rapping series of knuckle bumps from the bottom to the top and a “Joe!” from my friend later, and I had...

Thriving First Semester

by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14

You’re probably wondering why the title of my blog is “thriving” first semester rather than “surviving” first semester. Well, that’s because a dean at my college once told me, that college is not merely about doing what you have to...