I used to be one of those people that everybody hated – the type of person that could eat nothing but junk food and buffets and never retain an ounce of it. But then college happened. I didn’t gain the freshman “15″ until sophomore year, and by then it became more like twenty. By no [...]
Textbook prices are absolutely unreasonable these days. Authors release new editions, rendering obsolete former editions with minor changes to prevent students from using older versions. Professors, while some of them are cool and haven’t lost their souls to the academic machine yet, for the most part are co-conspirators – “buying this latest revision of Pride [...]
After work today I went by Love Garden to pick up the new Sonic Youth album. Luckily, it hadn’t sold out yet – the girl at the register said lots of people had been coming by for it. I also happened to snag the store’s only copy of ‘Corporate Ghost,’ the DVD release with 23 [...]
One more thing about my job today. I’m on what’s called Work-Study, a type of financial aid that helps departments employ student workers – the government pays 75 cents for every dollar that the student earns. I had to pretty much fight to get Work-Study. Anything I do with the financial aid office usually requires [...]
