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Adventure

It's late afternoon, everyone in our minivan is tired and we are about four-and-a-half hours from our night's stopping point.


Life

Love Connection

Trish Major? Biology major, philosophy minor Sexual Orientation? Straight What extracurriculars do you participate in? Club soccer, Hoos for a Cure, mentoring What do you like to do in your free time? Play sports, watch TV, dance around What are the physical and personality attributes you are looking for in a date? Physical attributes: Someone nice on the eyes wouldn't hurt, but I'm not picky.


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Switchfoot dating

As I walk across Grounds on these wonderfully warm recent afternoons, I can't help but ... yawn. Here's a guy telling jokes to a girl sitting next to him in Economy of China.


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Unique turn-ons

So I'm shaving my head for St. Baldrick's this week. Thursday, to be exact. For those of you who don't know what St.


Life

I never travel light

Because the last day of Spring Break coincided with daylight savings time, I arrived for my scheduled train to Philadelphia just a few minutes late and ended up having to catch one that left an hour later.


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Hedge fund 101

Hedge funds are frequently mentioned but seldom understood. Often, we hear about hedge funds in the news connected with the economic crisis.


Life

Game on

If you are like me, you played a lot of board games growing up. Kids start with the simplest varieties, like Candyland and Trouble, which teach them simple values like taking turns and playing fair.


Life

Become a Googley ninja

We generally use Google as a search engine. We look for things such as, "how to get a six-pack like David Beckham." We may scan the list of results and try, try, try to find the key to landing Posh Spice. Google handles that moment in our lives incredibly well, but that's not all it offers. Because Google is a research tool, a place to find information about anything and everything that will help us pass our papers, it has naturally got a few tricks up its sleeve to help us in our quests. Actually, one of the best research strategies is not to use the front page of Google at all.


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Travel planning tips

Throughout the process of traveling, I have been continually reminded of the saying: If you want it done right, do it yourself."


Life

Thoughts about Paris

Spanish people don't like French people. That's a fact. For instance, the other night when I asked a Spaniard what he would do if a Frenchman walked into the bar, he immediately put his hands against his neck and began making slashing motions. Meanwhile, Americans share a similar perception.


Life

Moving off the corner

When it came to eating out this semester, I originally intended to branch out and expand my palate after a steady two-year diet of Corner cuisine.


Life

Sick days

Pickles and ice cream, goat cheese and Nutella on Wheat Thins, pretzels with crunchy Jif reduced-fat peanut butter - the cravings of a pregnant woman.


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From fried green tomatoes to Indian spices

I know there's an international food section in Newcomb Dining Hall, and I know some restaurants on the Corner are not American, but my culinary sphere of influence truly expanded last Saturday when I entered "Snacks of Mumbai"at the Lorna Sundberg International Center at 21 University Circle - a destination I never previously knew existed. Earlier this month a friend of mine e-mailed me a link to activities at the International Center, and I jumped at the chance to cook something for my column.


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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.