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Caught My Boyfriend Snooping On Me. While I Snooped on Him.

Miss information helps the dating-confused masses on platonic relationships, long-distance companionship, and the always-juicy tale of double spying. ( Nerve )

March 11th 2009 — Dating & Love + Editorials and Features — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

Is Pro-Gaming A Sport?

There are people in this world making six figures competing in video games such as Halo 3. Ca pro-gaming be defined as a sport? And if so, where will the money come from during this recession? ( Paidcontent.org )

March 11th 2009 — Video Games — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

Stephen Colbert’s Relationship with his Gun

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The Adolescence of the 20-year old male

There was once a time that young men took on work and family responsibilities before they were 25. Now, America is witnessing a new generation of men who irresponsible, irrational, and lonely.  Behold, the never-ending evolution of the “Guyland” generation. ( Newsweek ).

March 10th 2009 — Feature + Features + People & Society + Society & Values — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

Obama Unprepared For British PM Welcome

Where it is usually proper and considerate to provide a formal dinner and press conference for world leaders who attend the White House, Prime Minister Gordon Brown didn’t receive that welcome from President Barack Obama. What happened? ( Telegraph )

March 10th 2009 — News & Politics — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

2008 In One Blog ( Photography )

A collection of beautiful photohraphs from the year that was 2008. ( Wordmess )

March 10th 2009 — Culture & Society + Editorials and Features + Feature + Features — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

California Is Going To Tax The Ganja

Marijuana crops generated nearly twice as much as California’s vegetable and grape crops combined. California can use some money to help stave off their huge spending deficit How does this story go hand-in-hand? ( Alternet )

March 10th 2009 — Editorials and Features + Features — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

Get Work Done, Spring Is Coming

I was looking at the seven-day forecast for Amherst, and a smile came across my face.
Temperatures were running into the 40’s and 50’s.

Yes, there were scatteredforms of different types of precipitation, but the writing is vividly on the wall: spring is afoot!

And I think of a future far removed from my current tasks of taking off wet cold socks, second guessing any form of outdoor traveling, and avoiding outdoor conversations exceeding sixty seconds. The scene of spring becomes less academic as corridors and dormitories are crowded with women covered with tiny amounts of fabric, and great amount of sociable energy.

Brow-sweaty males jumping for, diving towards, throwing and kicking balls of every imaginable shape, color, and size for the spirit of sport and companionship. Leisure gatherings for afternoon festivals will surely proliferate under the warmth of the bright sun, and beer froth will be abundant at local bars and nearby house parties.

These days will be socially fulfilling, but if you don’t do your work now, you will be constantly unable to enjoy this life when you have to work harder. Do you want to spend an April Saturday finishing up a paper that was due before Spring Break? Do you live for the days of turning down offers of frolic and jubilee in exchange for research under the humming of library fluorescents? Do you want to party and forego the work, only to begin a dangerous crisis of destroying your college career?

Here are some survival tips that will save you from the academic Ides of March:

• One day: All work, no play – Take one day out of the week, and make it your all-work day. Kudos to you if you can find a good chunk of time for those who are working or contribute to non-academic organizations/ activities. Tuesday is usually the optimal day of the week, since many exams come the day after, and there is little to do in terms of being social or distracted.

• Manage your time – Very underrated. If you spend a little time preparing your work and schedule, it would go a long way to allow you use your talent better. If you are very disorganized, it leaves less time for you to work. A scheduling book, a daily checklist, and a reminder board ( or program ) puts you in a good direction.

• Stop Using Facebook! – An equivalent exclamation toward college students would be to ask them to throw their tv’s into their garbage cans. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with using Facebook. But if you are immersed in the blue & white screen for more than four hours a day, you are essentially giving the middle finger to (your) academia, at best actual outdoor contact.

• Don’t Lose Focus – Even before the bees begin buzzing, there are many opportunities revolving around partying, drinking, and sloth to lose yourself. Don’t stop working. It hurts to miss out on a good party. But it hurts even more to miss out on growing your career and growing up as an adult.

• Don’t burn out – The opposite of neglecting your education is to have it overwhelm your life. Getting burned out or stressed from your work could lead to a litany of other negative issues. You could become overtired, overstressed, depressed, or bored. These things could lower the quality of your work, and the quality of your education. Make sure that you spread in some relaxation time, and keep your spirit and work-ethic fresh.

• Friendly Co-operation – Speak to your peers that know how to manage their work and their play. Ask for their advice on how they perform their academic tasks, and how do they go about succeeding on a day-to-day basis. Your friend(s) may have more helpful opinions than this article, and they have an incentive as a friend to make sure of your well-being.

I hope that you are persuaded after reading this article, to go to the nearest study hall, library, or quiet space, and study for as long as your eyes can stand the small black  print of your teacher’s notes. Maybe I am asking for too much, but I do hope you are persuaded to ask yourself, “Do I want to do massive amounts of work indoors in May while my friends are enjoying the warm bright sun?”

March 09th 2009 — Campus Life + Editorials and Features + The Positive Rant — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

Skinny Models Becoming A “Turn Off”

Don’t look to hard, because these models aren’t doing well selling products on television. There is another type of model that is becoming more influential. ( Telegraph UK )

March 05th 2009 — Editorials and Features + Feature + People & Society + Society & Values — Share Your Thoughts — Subscribe

Fans Concerned about The TicketMaster/ LiveNation Merger

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