Want a Spring Break location where you go with a group of your friends and have a virtual unlimited amount of activities to do? Montreal, Canada is the place to go. Montreal has plenty of amazing foods, sights to see, and activities to do! My friends and I reserved an Airbnb for 6 days and Read More…
Month: June 2019
Return to Yourself: 3 Self-Reflective Journal Prompts to Cozy Up With This Winter Break
Congratulations, you’ve completed your first semester of college. It’s probably been a whirlwind: you left your home, your family, and your friends and experienced a new place, new people, and life on your own for the first time. Life in college moves fast— so fast, you may not have even had time to stop and Read More…
Out with the old, in with the new (and improved) YOU!
Coming into college, they always say “this is your time to reinvent yourself” or “you’ll find who you truly are”. Yes, you’ll experience new, fun things like going to your first Badger game day, meeting your best friends, and realizing how much differently classes work here versus in high school. But, no one really explains Read More…
Music Videos Are the New Lectures
People tend to dread fulfilling the ethnic studies requirement; however, what if I told you that you could check it off by watching Beyoncé’s “Lemonade”? African American 156: Black Music and American Cultural History was the most interesting class I took during my two years as a Badger. Every class we would analyze Black music, Read More…
The Best Way to Spend Winter Break? Pretend like You’re in Middle School Again
If you’re like me, winter break was always the happiest time with Christmas right around the corner and all of my family at home spending time with one another. Now that you’re a freshman, you haven’t probably been home in four months and you may not even know how to spend your time in the Read More…
Why You Should Take a Winterim Class Over Break
Did you know that UW-Madison allows you to take courses over winter break? These classes have helped me be flexible, get ahead on coursework, and even allow me to study abroad. Taking a winterim class is a great way to make the most of your break! Online Classes Offer Flexibility The class I took this Read More…
Interested in Media? Want your essay prompts to be about your favorite movies? You should take CA 250!
Signing up for classes freshman year can be very overwhelming. However, if you are interested in media studies, I know the perfect class for you! You should take Communication Arts 250: Survey of Contemporary Media. This class is available fall 2019! What is CA 250? In today’s society many people turn to media. This class Read More…
Lights, Camera, Action
Coming home after a long semester of class, gamedays, and the freezing cold, all I want to do is a binge of the Oscar-nominated movies. I have and will forever always be a movie lover at heart. Ever since I was a child going to the movies and streaming new films have been something of Read More…
A Class that Gives You a Community: SOC205
Overwhelmed by large classes as an incoming freshman? What if I told you that you can take a ten person seminar class. Yes, you heard me a ten person class in college, there is such a thing! Did I also mention that this class has no tests or exams and meets only twice a week! Read More…
A Class That Teaches You How to Relax
What if I told you that there was a class that actually took your stresses away? I mean, besides the three exams, would you believe me if I said this class takes the time to make sure you are breathing, meditating and being mindful? Well, you should. Inter-He 201: Belonging, Purpose And The Ecology Of Read More…