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The thing about textbooks

I’ve been meaning to write a piece on this topic for quite some time now. I have a pretty strong opinion when it comes to the topic of textbooks, so if you ever find yourself on the fence about buying a textbook, maybe my trial and error will help you out.

Entire class disappoints professor

In what was later described by the professor as, “The most comprehensive collective failure of knowledge acquisition and retention by a group of organisms more evolved than the archaea Candidatus Huberarchaeum,” twenty-five students managed to absolutely obliterate a test last week to such an extent no one involved is still on track to graduate.

What’s in my shower?

If you looked at my shower organizer, it might appear that I am an avid collector of bar soap. There are at least four resident bars at all times, sometimes more.

Q: What should I dress up as for Halloween?

Claire: 

Celebrating Halloween at college is an intense affair lasting anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. As you might have already noticed, some houses have had their decorations up all month.

For the ghouls

If there’s one thing I love more than Halloween, it’s Halloween music. There’s something about Halloween that gives people the creative freedom to just go wild.

Spooky, scary sustainability tips

As a college student, the best part of Halloween is dressing up in a costume. Some people go all out, while others do the bare minimum.

How Can We Help Our Long-term Future?

Philosophers bicker over what morality means, but you could define it as simply helping others. The moral movement called longtermism says we should do more to help those who might live in the future; we should try to maximize the numbers and happiness of possible people.

Q: What can I do when I’m feeling homesick?

Claire: 

Homesickness is a common experience for college students to experience throughout their transition of moving away from home for the first time.

First book fair

As a little kid, I had been one of the kids to always look forward to the Scholastic Book Fairs which had books, magazines, those invisible pens, the notorious chocolate calculators (famous for their fake chocolate smell which I was not a fan of) and those obnoxious (and a bit pointless) pointer poles.