ON COLLEGE CAMPUS

Student Learns to Step Out of The Shadows

By Tommy Cochran

I always wanted to play sports. I was involved with them all the time while I was growing up. I love the rush that I feel when I’m part of team, working together to accomplish a victory. I‘ve used the lessons I’ve learned on the court and in the dirt in every aspect of my life. Being involved in athletics helped me work hard to do well in school, maintain good relationships and advance myself.

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ROTC Offers Networking

By www.military.com

Welcome to the ROTC Network (Reserve Officer Training Corps), a social and professional network for ROTC commands, alumni, cadets and midshipmen. 

The network is designed to bring the entire ROTC community together under one roof, empowering an exchange of ideas, experiences, and support to make the community stronger.

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8 COLLEGE MYTHS

What we think to be true isn’t always so. Sometimes it takes people who have been there and done it to tell us the real truth–especially when it comes to life at college. Here are some college myths worth debunking this fall:

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YOU AND YOUR PRIVACY IN CYBERSPACE

By Alex Wilkinson

When my mother was young, she wrote letters, lots of them. There were no blogs then, no party photos in perpetual cyberspace, no MySpace or YouTube. News traveled slowly, and not very far. My mother may have known that her sister and father saved the letters she sent them. But did she imagine that decades later, after she and the letters’ recipients had all died, her son would read what she had hand-written in the bloom of her youth? Would she have been embarrassed?

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ON VS. OFF: COLLEGE HOUSING OPTIONS

By Barrett Seaman

College life is an intense experience for many reasons, but it is especially so because it brings together young people at the height of a physical and intellectual growth period almost as profound as any since the first year of life. From 18 to 22, emerging adults search to find an intellectual pursuit they excel at and care about, to find someone to fall in love with, and ultimately to find themselves.

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MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR RESIDENT ADVISOR

Help Is Down The Hall

By JoAnna Haugen

You’ve piled your belongings into your room. You’ve kissed your family good-bye and told them you’ll see them at Thanksgiving. You’ve met your roommate and other people living on your floor have dropped by to introduce themselves.

College is steeped in new experiences, and making the decision to live in a residence hall is no exception. It can be overwhelming, especially on that first day when everything is completely unfamiliar. Luckily there’s someone living right down the hall from you that has been through what you’re feeling and wants to help you start your college career on the right foot

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WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN COLLEGE

By Meghan Woods

As a sophomore biochemistry major at the University of Delaware, I’ve learned a thing or two, and not just about chemistry. Developing good habits and routines is the key to being successful in college and the working world. Basic principles, such as staying organized, are the best way to stay on top of things while away at school.

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DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

How Academic Dishonesty Can Rock Your World

By Sherrie Nist-Olejnik

Ever copy your friend’s math homework? Ever sneak a peak at your neighbor’s answer sheet during a test? Ever cut and paste a paragraph from Wikipedia right into your English paper?

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TEXT MESSAGING CRAZE

By Reena Nadler

You’re sitting in class, coffee in hand and eyes on the board as your professor explains a particularly complex point. And then you hear it. Beep. Quickly, you reach into your bag, hoping no one else has heard and flip open your phone under the table.

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MAKING COLLEGE SMALLER

By Jane Di Leo

It is the moment you have been waiting for — no one telling you when curfew is, no one telling you to eat vegetables and to get homework done. College — it is the good life, right? Well, yes. But going to school can also be very intimidating. In high school, many people are a big fish in a small pond, but in college it can be just the opposite.

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WHAT ABOUT GREEK LIFE?

By Tate Bennett

Greek life describes a community of fraternities and sororities on a college or university’s campus. Potential members in a fraternity and sorority join because they have similar interests. Formal recruitment refers to a time period where potential members visit campus chapters and engage in weeklong activities. Potential members receive invitations to return to specific chapters.

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STUDY HABIT ESSENTIALS

By Veronica Toney

Ever been in the middle of a test and suddenly overcome by an intense gut-wrench? It’s the one that says, “I swear I knew the answer to this question yesterday,” but today you stare at the question trying to will your brain to rewind 12 hours. This brain freeze is the result of memorization. Many times we think we’ve really learned something when all we’ve really done is memorize it. Simple changes, such as where you study, when you study and whom you study with can prevent these meltdowns.

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CHOOSING A MINOR

By Barbara DiAlberto, College Advisor & Consultant

Minoring adds value to your degree and a competitive edge in the job market. Thousands of students are graduating from college each year. The competition for jobs is astronomical! Therefore, adding another dimension to your college degree is a definite plus! It shows that the student went “above and beyond” what he or she had to do to get a degree.

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THE NECESSITY OF HEALTHY EATING HABITS

By Amy Smith

The days of hairnet clad lunch ladies in college cafeterias dishing out sloppy joes, tuna surprise and green Jell-O are over. Cafeterias are now coined dining halls, and students are presented with an endless array of college cuisine ranging from stir-fry stations to Belgian waffle bars; however, when dining halls say they are “all you can eat,” they are not issuing you a challenge.

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THE REAL MEANING OF COLLEGE

Looking beyond classes and degrees

By Robert Lawrence

No doubt most high school graduates going off to college are excited. Away from home for the first time, living with a new roommate, experiencing a new kind of freedom, many students have a good time and they should. However, is that all?

After the good times are over, what are you really there for?...

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HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGE

The transition: from old school to new school

By Jennifer Klein and Alicia LaPolla

n the movie Old School, Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn start a fake fraternity just so they can relive their college experience. To keep their status as a student organization, they must excel in a wide range of tasks that prove they are true college students. They master everything from academics to community service. Although the tale is just a movie, and you shouldn’t believe everything you hear, sometimes Hollywood gets a few things right...

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COLLEGE SPORTS: STUDENTS VS. STUDENTS

College sports give students entertainment and jobs

By Bill Cross

Some college students base their lives on sports, camping out for the best seats and tailgating. With so many sports seasons at most colleges, it would be easy to make a career out of it. If only you could get paid for cheering on your favorite team.

Even if you don’t go to any games, athletics will be an inescapable part of campus life. They take up half of the student newspapers. The homecoming parade will march right past your residence hall...

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TAKE FOUR

Graduating on time has financial and professional benefits

By John Scarffe

Want to graduate from a good college or university and do it with the least amount of debt possible?
Then take the advice of experienced university and college staff members. Just take four years to graduate. Lengthening your time in undergraduate study past four years will cause you to accumulate more debt – and that’s debt beyond just tuition costs...

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