Archive for the 'College' Category
“Freshman Finance 101″
This article from Kiplinger’s is aimed at incoming Freshmen, but there are a few good tips here for us upperclassmen as well. Take a look:
Welcome to college. No one is here to make sure you study, do your homework or, heck, that you even get out of bed in the morning. This new-found independence also [...]
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Checking Your Sources
Hi Gang.
I apologize for not posting any profound entries as of late. I have been quite busy!
Anyway, here is a great little piece from DailyWritingTips.com about checking your sources.
A reader recently wanted to know if I could corroborate my reflections on certain idioms (Lying in State: Changing Perceptions Change Language).
Considering the half-digested information and deliberate [...]
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Lifehacker posted a neat article highlighting a free webservice that allows you to coordinate what you are going to purchase for your room, which roommates are bringing what, and what items will be split between your roommates.
I can see this being especially handy for those of you who may not know your roommates well enough [...]
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Lifehacker featured a short, yet useful article from DailyWritingTips.com on the importance of Proofreading.
We are all guilty of wanting to rush through some writing assignments from time to time, and in these rushed assignments quality control tends to fall by the wayside. In my early days as an editor for the student newspaper, I made [...]
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Whether you are doing research to find primary sources or trying to blast through three chapters of assigned readings, maintaining concentration is key. We have myriad distractions around us with everything from AIM, to sociable neighbors, to ESPN.
To combat the things that are competing for our attention, I like to pop on a pair of [...]
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Simple Template for a Speech
Public speaking is arguably one of the more stressful assignments you will have to navigate in college. I am not so sure about bigger universities, but at Hamilton College (pop. ~ 1,800 students) oral presentations are a component of nearly every course.
One particular aspect of speech-making that I think deserves more attention is the planning [...]
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I love free stuff.
What could be better than picking up some knowledge without having to shell out money for courses or material? This great article at DumbLittleMan.com outlines ten practical ways to educate yourself online, for free!
“Become an Autodidact: 10 Ways to Become a Self Taught Master” at Dumblittleman.com
Feel free to post your e-learning tips [...]
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The industry-standard medium for posting journals and journal materials is the PDF file. These files are handy for maintaining the data of the file in its original formatting. The PDF standard also makes it incredibly easy to collect journal articles on your computer.
Organizing PDFs
I have a TON of journal articles on my computer. Whenever I want [...]
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I am going to try and jump off the deep-end with this blog and make some major improvements:
Going to host this blog on my own server, provided my ISP hasn’t blocked the necessary port.
Total re-design with my new knowledge of CSS.
Increased quality of posts with more effort put into finding material that matters to students!
If [...]
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The fact that textbook prices are atrociously expensive is not news to us students. If I can recall correctly, my Spring semester bookstore bill was in the ballpark of $1500. I take mostly science classes, so some of the heavier texts cost a bundle. Nonetheless, for a student with limited income this is a crime!
Some [...]
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