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.
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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.
Winter is coming and while for many, that means the start of snow, the Holiday Season, and hot chocolate, for Germany and other Eurozone countries, all they feel is the strain of an impaired energy supply.
Claire:
College is a rough time for sleep, especially at an academically rigorous school like Stevens. Still, a good sleep schedule is key to staying focused and doing well in all of your classes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A giant portal to the underworld was opened by the Torch Bearers statue this week and nowhere near enough people are as freaked out about it as we are.