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The "Opposite of Loneliness" As Explained By Marina Keegan

Marina Keegan was a 22-year-old student at Yale who suddenly died in a car accident on May 26. She had written a piece about her thoughts on graduating and her experience throughout college.  Keegan's words encompassed all of the things that everyone has tried to say during speeches and tried... Read More

Gift Ideas For Your Grad

Having trouble figuring out what to get your friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, or whoever, for graduation? Well here are some easy and afforadable ideas to win a smile. No one actually likes coming up with creative, new gifts for every occasion, so let me do it for you. 1. Dinnerware: There is... Read More

Law School Grad Pays Off Student Loan In Cash

Student loans, the scourge of graduates across the country. More often than not, you will need financial aid to afford tuition at school over the course of four years. As a result, you spend the next 10-15 years (usually) paying off that debt bit by bit. Unless you're Alex Kenjeev, the law school...

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Video: Graduation By The Gentlemen's Rant

Graduation is right around the corner, which means, it's time to reflect back on those four great years, and look towards the future with optimism.  Saving all that bullsh#t about "following your dreams" and "you can be whatever you want to be" because let's face it, that's probably not going...

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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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