Lifestyle

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.

Veterans Day — What is Veterans Day? Veterans Day falls on November 11 each year. It is a day to thank all service members, past and present, who served their country honorably in times of war and peace. Where did Veterans Day come from? Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day, after the Allied nations […]

Celebrating Veterans Day

This entry was posted in Recreation on November 10, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

Note: This post was submitted to Student Caffé by Jackie Cortez. We would like to thank her for her submission and credit her as the author of this blog post. Alcohol and drug addictions impact millions of families around the world and many struggle with knowing when and how to […]

Finding Help for Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Where to Start and When to Reach Out

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on November 4, 2017 by Student Caffe Staff

Why Making Time for Relaxation Is Healthy — No matter what stage of life you’re in, you probably have a busy schedule. In high school you spend seven or eight hours in school each day, plus transit time and the time you dedicate to your homework and studying. This doesn’t account for the time you spend participating in […]

Why Making Time for Relaxation Is Healthy

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on October 5, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

What Every College Student Should Know About a Lease Agreement — Note: This blog was submitted to Student Caffé by Anthony Gilbert. We would like to thank him for his submission and credit him as the author of this blog post. It can be exciting to live on your own in your very first apartment. However, it is important to know what […]

What Every College Student Should Know About a Lease Agreement

This entry was posted in Housing on September 5, 2017 by Student Caffe Staff

Dealing with Bedbugs in College — When I was a college sophomore, an acquaintance of mine from the adjacent dorm building noticed nasty bites all over his body. He assumed that whatever he was going through was an isolated incident—spider bites, maybe—but what he didn’t know was that other residents in the building were also being […]

Dealing with Bedbugs in College

This entry was posted in Housing on August 30, 2017 by Gwen Elise

Easy Conversation Starters to Make Friends in College — It’s the beginning of the school year, and for some, that means it’s time to make new friends. Both high schools and colleges inherently experience high turnover. Every year the senior class graduates and a newly admitted class comes in to replace their numbers. There are some students who are […]

Easy Conversation Starters That Could Lead to Friendship

This entry was posted in Love and Relationships on August 27, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

Why You Should Make an Effort to Drink More Water — It’s not uncommon to see students carrying Nalgene bottles or Starbucks sippy cups full of water around campus, but it’s probably more common to see students carrying steaming to-go mugs and insulated travel mugs full of coffee, lattes, and espresso. With busy schedules that leave little time for students to […]

Why You Should Make an Effort to Drink More Water

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on August 18, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

How to Find a Roommate When You Move Somewhere New — Many students have their first long-term roommate when they leave their parent’s house and head to college. Some may have experienced living with roommates over the length of a summer internship or monthlong summer camp, but it’s not the same as living with someone for a year or longer. If […]

How to Find a Roommate When You Move Somewhere New

This entry was posted in Housing on August 2, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

Packing for a Cold Climate: What to Wear and Where to Shop — When I told my friends that I’d decided to go to college in Minnesota, I was met by incredulous stares and questions of “But why?” and “Isn’t it freezing there all the time?” The answers? “Carleton is the best school for me,” and “No, not all the time.” But I’ll […]

Packing for a Cold Climate: What to Wear and Where to Shop

This entry was posted in Lifestyle on July 30, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

Packing for a Warm Climate — After braving a couple of brutal winters in my college town of Poughkeepsie, New York, I wanted a respite from the snow and below-freezing temperatures. Study abroad was my chance to move to a “warm” climate, and I chose Buenos Aires, Argentina, as my destination as soon as I learned […]

Packing for a Warm Climate: What to Wear and Where to Shop

This entry was posted in Lifestyle on July 29, 2017 by Gwen Elise

A car filled with dorm essentials to bring to college — Most college students move into dorms or apartments for the duration of the school year and then pack up and either store their belongings over the summer while they move home or move into another apartment for the summer due to a job or internship. The constant moving and packing […]

What to Bring to College: Dorm “Essentials” for New Students

This entry was posted in Housing on July 21, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

A couple in a long-distance relationship spend most of their time together through the computer. — Whether you’re headed off to college and your partner is still in high school, or you and your partner are headed to different colleges, or you met your partner on a study abroad program and want to continue the relationship after you both go back to your home countries, there […]

Long-Distance Relationships: Worth It?

This entry was posted in Love and Relationships on July 9, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

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