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Summer Solstice: 5 Things To Do With A Longer Day

Today, Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 is officially the summer solstice, which means it's the longest day of the year. Since we now have a few extra minutes today, let's take the time to do something fun. 1. Set Up A Slip N Slide. Everyone loves getting a little wet on a hot summer day and what better...

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How To Suck At Your Summer Job

Congratulations! Due to your basic mathematic skills and nonexistent/overlooked criminal record, you have presumably secured yourself temporary employment for the summer. And, unless your own industriousness/opportune personal connections have secured you an invaluable internship, you’re more than...

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How To Be Creepy

Do you love to turn up out of the blue uninvited? Do people often wish you wouldn’t stand so close to them? Then you, my friend, may just be a creep. Whether you’re a novice creeper or a full-blown weirdo, here’s how you can cultivate your voyeuristic art:  Know things about people that they...

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Ways To Get Unfollowed On Twitter

Twitter, an outlet for anyone to express his or her most perspicacious thoughts and musings in 140 characters or less. Though social networking addicts everywhere attempt to encapsulate their most prized and precious contemplations and deliver them to their loyal followers, the preponderance of...

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How To Know If You Suffer From FOMO

Does the idea of your two friends going out to lunch together without you get your panties into a twist? Do you pour over your Facebook newsfeed at night, crying softly in the dark, as you look at pictures of all the events and get-togethers you didn’t attend? Then you, my fretful friend, may be...

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5 Things You Won't Hear At Graduation

For those who are closing books and popping bottles on campus grounds for the last time, listen up. At some point in the next few weeks you will find yourself sitting amidst your gown-clad peers listening to a highly-revered, Ph.D.-holding Associate Vice President So-and-So type figure talk about...

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College Grads: What's In Store For You

Writing a welcome letter to college graduates is not an easy task; how do you prepare students for what lies ahead?  How do you relay the difficulties of post-grad life while not being a debbie downer?  Is humor the key, bringing light breaths of laughter to a heavy, dreary topic?  ...

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10 Signs You're A College Freshman

Guess what guys, the semester is almost over. For some of you this means, the end of your freshman year. Take a look back at the 10 things that made you a complete n00b when it comes to college. 10. You try turning your homework in a day late. 9. You throw up before getting to the party 8. You...

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10 Tips To Pull a Successful All-Nighter

For most of us the last week of classes/finals week is either approaching or upon us. The work we have to get done is out of control, and you’re probably freaking out over how to get it all done in time. If you are desperate enough to need to pull an all-nighter, make sure the reason for doing...

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