Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Cary & Sharon

By Jordan Hart | February 1, 2010

Cary Major? Electrical Engineering. What extracurriculars do you participate in? University Democrats, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering honor frat). What do you like to do in your free time? Working out, running, biking, frisbee (mostly outdoors stuff) and watching football. What are the physical and personality attributes you are looking for in a date? A fun-loving and casual girl with a great smile and a sense of humor who loves being outdoors. Do you smoke?

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Life

Pulling for Katie

By Lisa Kessler | January 29, 2010

On the way home from its Winter Break training program near Daytona Beach, Fla., the University women's crew team made an extra stop to the Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville.

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Life

(Re)learning to ski (again)

By Leslie Keena | January 29, 2010

Seven years ago, I went skiing for the second time in my life. I was super excited to try to keep up with my friends - who were infinitely more experienced than me and by my middle school logic, infinitely cooler.

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Life

When Disney was no longer PG

By Tanzima Chowdhury | January 29, 2010

During Winter Break, to remember my trip to Florida, I bought an oversized mug from Disney World with Tinker Bell's face pasted across the side, next to the words, "You have a knack for getting your way." How true this is of me, I do not know.

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Life

Riding the mobile technology wave

By Rahul Gorawara | January 28, 2010

While explaining his investment philosophy during an interview, Warren Buffett famously remarked, “I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them.

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Life

The World of Networking and Unpaid Labor

By Katherine Carter | January 28, 2010

Internship. The word alone can strike fear into the hearts of many college students. Should you get one, and if so, what kind?

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Life

Save smarter, save more

By Ben Grosz | January 28, 2010

Happy New Year! Along with Dick Clark, Times Square and In-and-Out lists, New Year's resolutions are very popular every January.

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Life

Your mission this semester: get on Twitter

By David Pierce | January 27, 2010

You've resisted, you've called it lame, you've even mentioned how you don't want to be a twatter, or tweetist, or whatever.

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Life

I love the 2000s

By Abby Coster | January 27, 2010

Jan. 1 is not only an arbitrary day that induces people worldwide to buy new calendars, make resolutions that will undoubtedly be broken within 10 days and out-drink John Daly, but it also brings about reflection on the past 12 months.

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Life

Discovering her birthright

By Lisa Littman | January 26, 2010

[caption id="attachment_32580" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Forty University students traveled to Israel during Winter Break for a 10-day all-expenses-paid Birthright trip.

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Life

Third time

By Allie Palmer | January 26, 2010

I consider myself to be a pretty picky eater. I especially tend to criticize foreign food. If you've never had a conversation with me about "exotic" cuisine, you can expect me to complain that it's too oily, too salty or contains too many flavors.

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Life

If you wanna fiesta, you gotta siesta

By Nick Eilerson | January 26, 2010

Shielded from the cool Spanish air by a thin glass windowpane, my beleaguered body lies very still, fast asleep.

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Life

Questions, comments, concerns

By Alex Foreman | January 26, 2010

The answer to the question "What is one of your greatest fears about studying abroad?" is usually something along the lines of "being homesick" or even "getting mugged in a dangerous city." Not for me.

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Life

Enjoying the college experience

By Stephanie Waties | January 25, 2010

During her days as a student at Michigan State, University president-elect Teresa A. Sullivan remembers feeling like "a kid in a candy store." "I kept saying to myself, 'Wow this is great!'" she said.

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Life

Final semester vows

By Keely Latcham | January 25, 2010

I spent part of my Winter Break working at my dad's office. My official task was "information consolidation," which actually meant that I spent eight hours a day moving papers from one file to another file, and then shelving them in an enormous storage room.

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Life

Global empowerment

By Christine Bogan | January 22, 2010

While many students were ringing in the New Year or catching up on sleep during Winter Break, a group of dedicated University students traveled to Honduras to aid rural villages in Los Pajarillos.

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Life

By Courtney Hartnett | January 22, 2010

There's nothing quite like watching the sun rise from an airplane. About three weeks ago, I caught my first glimpse of the sun coming up over a patchwork of green fields as my plane descended into Dublin Airport.

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Life

Meet the Professor: Deborah Eisenberg

January 21, 2010

Basic Info: English professor Bachelor of Arts from The New School Teaches fiction writing and studies in the short story Q: What are you most proud of in receiving the 2009 MacArthur Fellowship award? A: Of course it's incredibly gratifying to be recognized in such a whole-hearted way.

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Life

Different drivers

By Belle Gamble | January 21, 2010

Driving for me is absolutely agonizing. The red lights, the stop signs, all of the laws, my passengers always yelling, "Slow down!" or "That was a stop sign!" or "Quit reading that book!" And, of course, all of the other drivers are totally confused.

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Life

Spicing Things Up

By Lisa Littman | January 20, 2010

I pass Baja Bean Co. everyday on my walk home, but before this weekend, I had never stopped for a meal.