Just like many other 18-year-old incoming freshmen, the only thing I cared about was living on my own inside a college dorm without a parent in sight. What could be better than no parents, a dorm and unlimited meal swipes? Although all of that was more excitement than my 18-year-old mind could even handle, as […]
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Commuter Survival Guide: Top 10 Tips
As a freshman commuter, I understand the feeling you get the first day of classes. There’s a lot of wondering where to park and where to go after your class. The following are things I wish I knew before attending Rowan University. 1. Take morning classes There are fewer students who take an 8 a.m. […]
Avoiding Those Pesky Fire Alarms While Using Your Rowan Boulevard Kitchen
Having set off the fire alarms twice while trying to cook in my Rowan Boulevard apartment, I began to ask other residents how they try to avoid triggering those extremely sensitive detectors. Public Safety and resident assistants will tell you to just open your windows and turn on the fan above your stove—but we, as residents, […]
Goal Setting Advice from a Senior
“Most of you say you wanna be successful, but you don’t want it bad—you just kinda want it.” -Dr. Eric Thomas, motivational speaker Sorry, guys. But Dr. Thomas is right. The running stereotype about us millennials: We’re entitled and aren’t willing to earn our stake. That disgusts me. Visualizing and mapping goals allowed me to transition […]
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My Tips for Rowan Commuters
As a commuter to Rowan I need to make sure I wake up early enough to arrive to class on time, whether there is any traffic or not. For me, I wake up at 7:00 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday mornings to make a 9:30 a.m. class. When I wake up I spend the first hour […]
Insanely Quick & Easy Way to Dress to Impress for $8!
Ever heard the term “broke college student”? I bet you have. In fact, I hear it almost every day from someone. The truth is, we all go to school hoping to land that dream job one day. But how can a student on a tight budget afford to dress effectively to get that job? Today, […]
How Working in a Pizza Shop Made Me a Better Student
What’s that thing employers look for? A college degree? A high GPA? Oh, yeah—experience. You can learn anything you want by reading a textbook or asking Google. But you can only gain experience from, well, living. Experience offers wisdom parallel to none. My experiences taught me lessons that I ingrained in my value system. My […]
Esteemed Actor Joins Cast, Teaches Students
Feature photo courtesy of David Cimetta Philadelphia’s own professional actor Brian Anthony Wilson joins Rowan theatre students to perform the audacious role of Titus in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. The 6′ 3” thespian is most known for his work in Creed (2015), Limitless (2011), and as his character Vernon Holley in the HBO series “The Wire.” This is […]
A Non-Traditional Student Shares:
8 Things My Parents Were Right About
Spoiler Alert: They knew EVERYTHING. A few-years-of-angst ago I agreed with that as much as I did the idea that the world was flat. It took a few years and a lot of mistakes. As a late bloomer who started college at age 20, today at 23 I can now confirm that my parents (almost) always knew […]
Adjusting to Freshmen Housing
As a senior in high school who had always had my own room, it was hard for me to picture myself sharing a room equivalent to the size of a shoe box with not one, but two, other girls whom I did not know. In fact, the thought was horrifying. In the effort to make […]
Sophomores Give Advice:
What It’s Like to Live On Campus
Before you learn anything in your college classroom, you will first learn what it’s like to live on campus, if you’re a resident. You might have to deal with a roommate who snores so loud the entire building can hear, get trapped in your dorm during a snowstorm, stay up all night eating pizza with […]