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College and Free Time

I’ve successfully made it through another semester. Technically, it’s not over yet, but all I have left to do is proofread a paper and email it to the prof, so I’m labeling this semester as officially “done.” Based on my … Continue reading

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Spring Break and Losing My Wisdom (Teeth)

Spring break is thankfully on the horizon, a little over one week away. I need it. While I love college (seriously), a brief respite from reading schedules, paper deadlines, and other such things is always welcome. The weather has been … Continue reading

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Overheard in Class

I was in Cultural Geography class yesterday morning, and overhead a splendid little conversation between two girls (who, incidentally, text almost constantly during class): Girl 1: So, did you finish your response for ethics? Girl 2: Yeah, finally. It was … Continue reading

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The Flood of Freshmen

This past week was the first week of fall semester at university, and it proved to be interesting. Apparently, the school received more new freshmen this semester than they ever have in the past – over 1000, I believe. This … Continue reading

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How Should Academic Dishonesty Be Dealt With?

Last week, I spoke to one of my history professors who I’ve had for many classes. He was telling me about how in the class I had with him last semester, four people turned in plagiarized papers of the blatant … Continue reading

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A Brief Silence

It’s that time of the year semester again, in which I find myself running about putting out fires that have either 1) burst forth just recently or 2) been smoldering all semester while I ignored them. The biggest fire is … Continue reading

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Term Paper Woes (Part 2)

I wrote a couple of days ago about having some serious problems with getting started on a term paper for one of my classes. Things with it have moved forward a bit, and so I wanted to toss an update … Continue reading

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Term Paper Woes

It’s that time of the semester again – that is, close to its end. I think just about anyone who’s done the whole college thing would say that the end of the semester, the last few weeks, are the worst. … Continue reading

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When is enough truly enough?

There’s an older fellow in one of my classes this semester, who has indirectly put me in a bit of a bind. I’m stuck considering when one should go from tolerating rudeness and derogatory remarks, to not tolerating it anymore … Continue reading

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So Much Stuff To Do, So Little Time!

Hi, readers! (I do still have some of those here, right?) I wanted to let you all know that I’m still alive and well, and that I’ve not decided to up and stop blogging all at once. It’s definitely something … Continue reading

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