Sexy Math Equation Geeks
That is not my back. But I totally get why someone would tattoo that on their back. Sexy nerdery? Hells to the yes. I’m not the only one who finds equations beautiful and hot and right on the line...
View ArticleBeing Smart Enough To Ask For Help
For the first few years of my college career, I was a cocky little sucker who was convinced that tutors were for the less-evolved, slower-thinking students on campus. Since I was “gifted” and had...
View ArticleCollege Fund: Not the First Priority
The one thing no one tells new parents: Maybe don’t start shoveling aside the gargantuan pile of cash your kid will need for college. The one thing people never fail to ask new parents, after Girl or...
View ArticleMormons, Trojans, and Sex
Let’s all watch me try to navigate this post. It’s about sex and Trojans and Mormons and how well 141 universities assist their undergrads in traversing the seas of collegiate sex. The odds of me...
View ArticleMythbusters’ Cannonball Fiasco
Physics is phun! Except when you don’t check your math. Occasionally I am referred to as an obsessive, over-achieving re-checker of my answers. Trig, chem, calc, or physics. Doesn’t matter, I’ll...
View ArticleFinding the Good at Penn State
Mr. Casey Wiley, lecturer at Penn State University, wrote an excellent piece about the current Sandusky situation at Penn State, with the emphasis on the wonderful things that come out of PSU (i.e.,...
View ArticleThis Is Why College Costs So Much
What has risen 400% in 25 years? Not housing prices in San Francisco, but that’s an excellent guess. Nope, it’s college tuition. That one-liner factoid takes me out at the knees and makes me want to...
View ArticleEven Healthy Cafeteria Food Is Rejected By Students
Students have moaned and complained for decades about cafeteria fare. Shockingly, when Mrs. Obama and the Los Angeles School District massively revamped public school lunches in an effort to decrease...
View ArticleCollege Student Job Search Advice
There’s a great series of student job search posts up at Phil’s Career Blog. The articles hit on three different students, their respective education paths, and how each one tends to move through the...
View ArticlePoetic Memorization
Hilarious bit about what happens when students are made to memorize great poetical works and can recite them at will for life, even when drunk and wandering the streets in the dead of night. This post...
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