Monthly Archives: June 2016

Dressing Respectfully: What to Wear When Traveling Abroad — I’m just your average white girl. My hair is neither blonde nor brown, and I am neither short nor tall. Many of my clothes come from Target, and I speak an unaccented “American” English. For better or for worse, I blend in when I’m in the United States. That all […]

Dressing Respectfully While Traveling Abroad

This entry was posted in Travel on June 29, 2016 by Gwen Elise

You'll learn many lessons after graduating high school. — Congratulations on graduating high school! It’s time to say goodbye to your favorite teacher, clean out your locker, and enjoy your last hallway huddle. Rejoice in your final standardized test and celebrate that the school monitor no longer is able to confiscate your cell phone. You’re free! It’s all bittersweet, […]

What We Wish We’d Known about Graduating High School

This entry was posted in Finishing High School on June 28, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

The Truth about Caffeine — If you Google anything long enough, you’re going to find a way to link it to either cancer or death, especially if you don’t use discretion in which articles you choose to read. This is why you should avoid looking up a list of symptoms—it’s going to tell you that […]

The Truth about Caffeine

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on June 27, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Yoga for Beginners — Feeling a little tired? There’s yoga for that. In fact, there’s yoga for just about everything. Yoga is a mental and physical practice that allows individuals to heal their bodies, and it can be beneficial for anyone; a student with great strength can be challenged, and a student with a […]

Yoga: An Energizing Practice for Beginners

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on June 26, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Ian Herrick tells his college story about WWOOFing and organic farming. — In 2010, Ian Herrick graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA with a bachelor’s in business administration. His degree prepared him to work as a sales manager for PepsiCo, a job he began immediately after college graduation. After two years, however, he was itching to develop new skills, travel, […]

My College Story: WWOOFing and Learning to Farm after College

This entry was posted in My College Story on June 25, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

How to Find a Summer Job in High School — Anyone in college admissions will wax poetic about summer jobs. With a summer job, high school students beef up their résumés, use their brains over the summers, and acquire new skills. Students who keep with their summer jobs during the school year are even more impressive. They prove they can […]

Finding a Summer Job in High School

This entry was posted in Finishing High School on June 24, 2016 by Gwen Elise

The Reality of Owning a Fake ID — Freshman year comes with a bit of culture shock. Instead of meeting at your hometown bowling alley, your friends may head to the bars. So, what do you do if you’re under 21? Law prohibits you from entering many trendy college hangout spots, so a fake ID may seem like […]

The Reality of Owning a Fake ID

This entry was posted in Recreation on June 22, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

What Freshmen Should Know about Dating in College — College is a whole new ball game compared to high school. Living in the dorms, or away from home but near campus, means that for the first time, you are really out on your own. You don’t have to answer to your parents. You don’t have a curfew. You can […]

What Freshmen Should Know about Dating in College

This entry was posted in Love and Relationships on June 21, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Cheap Date Ideas in College — Everyone has had that fantasy of impressing a boyfriend or girlfriend with a fancy five-star dinner and Broadway show, only to remember that they couldn’t actually afford to plan “the perfect date.” Here’s a newsflash: Dates don’t have to be fancy and expensive to be enjoyable. In fact, sometimes casual, […]

Date Ideas on a Budget

This entry was posted in Love and Relationships on June 20, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Ian Ferré talks about creating a startup: Greenlite Technologies. — Ian Ferré is a rising senior at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is currently working toward a BS degree in math with a secondary major in economics, but he supplements his analytical classes with more artistic endeavors, like photography, so as not to get too bogged down […]

My College Story: Student and CEO

This entry was posted in My College Story on June 18, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Environmental Education and Sustainable Schools — A Quick History of Environmental Education The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) advocates for environmental education as a way to enhance the public’s awareness of environmental issues and sustainability and to emphasize that protecting the environment is a way to protect life in the future. UNESCO was […]

Environmental Education and Sustainable Schools

This entry was posted in Higher Ed Then and Now on June 17, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Lessons for College Graduates — So, you just graduated college. You threw your cap into the air, cheering with pride and excitement. But when it landed, your heart sunk. You just graduated college. Now what? Everyone tells you that graduating is the opening of a new chapter in your life, and it truly is, but […]

Lessons You Will Learn after Graduating from College

This entry was posted in Career on June 15, 2016 by Katelyn Brush