I hate to break it to you, but college isn’t always like the movies. I will admit, the summer before freshman year of college, I couldn’t stop thinking how I would dance through my dorm building at ungodly hours with my best friends. However, I quickly learned that freedom is a dangerous thing for the Read More…
Category: Unit 2
The College Kitchen
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE My biggest advice to an incoming college freshman is to not forget about thekitchen. Before I first left for college my freshman year, I was warned by friendsand family to watch out for the Freshman 15. For those who don’t know about this cursed number, the Freshman Read More…
A Life Hack At Your Fingertips
Have you been stressing yourself out, wondering how you will keep everything straight upon entering college? I was the same way. Luckily, I discovered a “life hack” that will make organization incredibly easy – and it already exists on your iPhone. The “Reminders” app is incredible. it comes pre-installed on all iPhones, so there is Read More…
Calling All Incoming Badgers!!!
While entering your first semester at UW-Madison it is always hard to make a decision on which classes to take. Throughout history, and currently, the black community in the United States has been facing forms of individual, systemic, and institutionalized racism for the past 400 years. As the University of Wisconsin-Madison has had an issue Read More…
“Literature and the Environment” Do Yourself a Favor. Take it.
You’re a freshman at UW-Madison. You need a 3-credit literature course. The word “literature” sucks the life out of you. Walls of text haunt you in your daydreams. (Daymares?) What to do? Fortunately, at UW there are some great Lit courses. I hit a bullseye with Environmental Studies/English 153: Literature and the Environment with Dr. Read More…
They See Me Rollin’ (Lint)
When you move out to Madison for the first time, the essentials that everyone will tell you are basically the same. Bring supplies for your dorm room, bring clothing, bring a microwave, and a ton more super obvious items. But there is a slept on item that I guarantee most freshman would never think to Read More…
Course-load Expectation vs. Reality
Dating in College ( Expectation vs Reality) Growing up I watched a ton of romance movies where people meet the “love of their life” in high school or college. So, when I did not find this person in high school I assumed my freshman year in college would be the year I did. But, writing Read More…
LSC 450: A Course That Will Help You Communicate Photographically
Gunther Nelson is a great Professor that is dedicated to what he teaches. In LSC 450 students are trained to think photographically to communicate science, health and the environment. Throughout the course students give presentations on master photographers such as Elliot Erwitt, Damon Winter, Diane Arbus and Annie Leibovitz among many others. In addition students Read More…
Not Afraid of a Challenge? Take J669, You Won’t Regret It
As a freshman, I had no idea what I wanted to major in. All I knew for sure was that I loved to write. I wanted to try a Journalism class my second semester, but wasn’t sure which one. My advisor recommended a 3 credit class called J669: Literary Aspects of Journalism. Within the first Read More…
Download Planta. Your Plants will Thank You, and You’ll Thank You.
Freshman year is hard. Learning to study while leaving time for friends, yourself, work, and your adult chores isn’t easy. Luckily, the Planta app is there to take the stress of plant care off of your mind; plant time can be you time again, and you’ll never forget to water another plant. Planta is free Read More…