Archive for December, 2010

How To Graduate On Time

It can’t be measured with existing technology exactly how much it sucks that this advice is useful and relevant[ READ MORE ]

Frugal Gift Giving For Any Time Of Year

College students have the advantage: You’ve been starving for lots and lots of semesters and know how to work the gently-used and regifted items into glorious gifts, all wrapped up in shiny paper (or the Sunday comics, to be more realistic)[ READ MORE ]

NY Times Knowledge Network Announces Spring 2011 Schedule

The New York Times Knowledge Network has announced its Spring 2011 schedule. If you're planning to add Learn More Stuff! to your New Year's resolutions, I think the NY Times has you covered[ READ MORE ]

Scholarship Advice From the Scholarship Coach

Tuition rates, in case you’ve missed it, have reached new and astonishingly execrable heights. Paying for college is like some kind of monetary gauntlet. Don’t make your folks do it alone—apply for as many scholarships as you can![ READ MORE ]

Entoview College Edition

Sometimes flying by the seat of your pants works out stupendously, but every once in a while it’s wise to be prepared[ READ MORE ]

DIY Girlie Gifts

Either way, cheap gifts from the heart come in handy this time of year, and everyone will be awed by your thriftiness[ READ MORE ]

Ira Glass Explains Talent

And then Mr. Glass allowed three Roadtrip Nationers to interview him about career advice. His answers were honest, complex, and blew not one iota of sunshine up anyone’s arse[ READ MORE ]

I Paid A Guy To Write My Ethics Paper

It turns out you really can pay someone to do your writing for you in high school, college, and grad school. You just need a fistful of cash and a moral compass that’s lacking a true north[ READ MORE ]

When Crappy Situations Lead To Better Things

Steve’s Thanksgiving post explains excellently why he’s thankful for Mr. Diaz and that broken leg, without the trite lemons-into-lemonade themes[ READ MORE ]

Step Away From the Tree, Wi-Fi Junkie!

Dang we’re self-destructive little animals. Us and the lemmings, of course. The cute and fuzzy guys just off themselves on instinct; we’ve got the humiliating combination of higher thought and lack of foresight to blame[ READ MORE ]