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Navigating your college campus isn’t always simple, especially since there’s so much more to the college experience than academics. We’ve created this section to help you find answers to anything that comes up about student life, from learning the symptoms of mononucleosis to deciding whether you should get a pet. These posts cover common questions about student health and wellness, weekend culture and recreation, cheap ways to celebrate all the big holidays, love and interpersonal relationships, and housing.

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

The History of Flag Day — The United States of America did not have a sole flag to represent its people or the nation at the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775. American soldiers instead fought under many different banners: one flag that read “Don’t Tread on Me” and another that read “An Appeal to […]

The History of Flag Day

This entry was posted in Recreation on June 14, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Working can help keep your brain active in summer. — Many experiments have been conducted to examine the effects of the summer vacation gap on a student’s education. The results have shown that without any brain-stimulating activities, such as summer school, students can lose a significant amount of the knowledge they acquired during the school year. Summer classes are not […]

How to Keep Your Brain Active Over Summer Vacation

This entry was posted in Recreation on June 13, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Everything You Need to Know about Mono — Getting mononucleosis is no fun. Take it from someone who has been there, lying in a hospital bed, sleeping only with the help of prescribed painkillers, and getting all her fluids from an IV drip. Here is what you need to know. You’ve probably heard of it before by the […]

Everything You Need to Know about Mono

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on June 6, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Beach Reads: Your Perfect Summer Reading List — Everybody loves the last day of school. The tension is palpable, focus is practically nonexistent, and everybody is finishing last-minute yearbook signings before that final bell rings to usher in summer break. Most people don’t want to think about doing anything remotely academic during the summer, but there is something […]

Beachy Reads: Your Perfect Summer Reading List

This entry was posted in Recreation on June 5, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Eight Simple Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day — In the United States, Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance. It honors those who lost their lives while serving our country. States in both the north and south have claimed to be the holiday’s birthplace, but President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, New York the originator […]

Eight Simple Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day Each Year

This entry was posted in Recreation on May 30, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Four Ways to Get Through Allergy Season — When allergy season comes into full swing, there are a few things you can do to alleviate your symptoms. Aside from spring cleaning and taking excessive Zyrtec, you can kick that stuffy nose to the curb with a few holistic wellness tricks. Not only are over-the-counter drugs expensive for students […]

Four Ways to Get through Allergy Season

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

The Difference Between on Campus and off-Campus Financial Aid — Depending on where you’re attending college, living off campus may be a choice, but it could also be a necessity. Some large universities do not have enough on-campus housing to ensure that all students receive a room, so students who aren’t freshmen may be told that they need to find […]

Off-Campus Living and Your Financial Aid Package

This entry was posted in Housing on May 23, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

What I Wish I'd Known about College Dining Hall Food — Say you eat three times a day, and you’re moving to a college where you’ll spend about seven months a year. Where are you going to eat those 630 meals? Domino’s, probably, until you overdo it on the MeatZZa Feast. That’s when you’ll be glad that there’s a dining hall […]

College Dining: What I Wish I’d Known about Food on Campus

This entry was posted in Housing on May 16, 2016 by Gwen Elise

Coping with Anxiety in College — For college students, responsibilities are constantly adding up. You have to go to class, meetings, work, and then find time to see friends. Oh, and don’t forget your laundry and that assignment due on Friday... The semester rolls on like a snowball, picking up new tasks and challenges. Everyone feels […]

Understanding and Coping with Anxiety in College

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on May 15, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

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