So besides knowledge, fun, new friends and good times, what else are you hungry for at Wash. U.? Food is going to be an important–and necessary-part of your college experience. You will bond over meals with your newfound friends and learn just how long certain potables and comestibles can marinate in your mini fridge before the smell becomes utterly offensive to your roommate.
Usually when we consider where our futures will take us, we imagine they will take us far beyond the boundaries of Wydown Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway. We envision our friends going far and wide to start on the path to their careers. But sometimes, we see some of those friends back on campus, and we ask them, “What are you still doing here?”
View all the bowling alleys listed in this article on this map: Today is Wednesday, and what does that mean? That’s right-it’s time to start thinking about the plans for next weekend. For those looking for a way to change it up and have fun despite the rain, try bowling.
It’s a fact: College students love Facebook. It started out as a tool for communicating with friends, but it has become much more than that. It’s an address book, a calendar, a mailbox, a massive photo album. There are instant update e-mails from Facebook every day to tell us who’s having this weekend’s parties, who sent us a message or who posted a goofy photo.
A friend and fellow Wash. U. student was over at my apartment last week while I was doing homework for my fiction writing class. I looked up from my reading and asked him what some of his favorite books are. “I don’t really read,” he said.
“You don’t read?” I asked, incredulous.
Spring break is on its way. This nine-day vacation has always been thought of as a highlight of the collegiate experience. The first thoughts that come to mind are probably beaches, bathing suits and generally bumming around.
But some Wash. U. students have decided to go with alternative spring break plans that are not your typical week of fun in the sun.
‘Tis the season to be giving, but sometimes it’s just so hard to find good gifts. Finding the perfect present can be time consuming, stressful and expensive, but it doesn’t have to be.
There’s something about the time and effort someone puts into a homemade gift.
You may have thought that hoodie you bought at Bear Necessities was just a fashion statement, perhaps even a way to show a little school spirit. But what you may not know is that when you wear that hoodie you’re showing community spirit as well.
We are all familiar with the Google-powered phenomenon that is YouTube. A seemingly overnight sensation, this site has changed global communications via the Internet and the way students procrastinate today.
YouTube allows anyone in the world with access to a video camera and the Internet to broadcast whatever he wants to the rest of the world.
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