Coming to college, I was most nervous about creating a space that felt like home whilst being so far from my loved ones and the place I grew up in. How could I pick up and move across the country to a place I did not know to live with people I hadn’t met? Though Read More…
Category: Unit 3
Don’t Do Pot…Do Pot Stickers
In Madison, the two most popular crawls are bar crawls and cheese curd crawls. However, it is time to crawl outside of the box and go on a pot sticker crawl. Although most people do not expect the state of Wisconsin to have superior Asian cuisine, a pot sticker crawl will surely change your mind. Read More…
A Salad a Day
One of the first things I think about when it comes to eating healthy is salad. To me, it embodies an easy way to pack in lots of the nutrition you need in one meal. While a salad might be an easy thing to eat to stay healthy, the hard part is finding good Read More…
The First Item You Should Pack for College
It is essential for every student to have a first aid kit. Before arriving at college, I thought I had an above average immune system. I quickly realized that the change in location, lack of sleep, and shared living space means it’s easy to get sick in college. I would have missed out on a Read More…
Mix, Blend, and Purée Through Freshman Year
Pancake mix, peanut butter, and smoothies. What do the following three items have in common with one another? At first, perhaps you might have considered similar textures or colors. But more intriguingly and surprisingly, all three are similar in the way in which they can be created by the ultimate, indispensable college kitchen tool: the Read More…
College Must Have: Shower Shoes
The One Item You Must Not Forget to Bring to College I remember the summer before I started college. I was watching tons of YouTube videos on college essentials, freshmen tips and advice, college reflections, and many other college related videos. Watching these videos made me more pumped for college and they also made me Read More…
There’s no such thing as a “quiet space,” so it’s up to you to create one!
Sharing a room, living in a dorm or existing in a space with other people? Here are five reasons you NEED earplugs! 1. Your roommate snores Truthfully, there’s no great way to handle this. You could throw a pillow or shake them silly, but that results in awkward tension. The simple and conflict-free solution is Read More…
But First, Coffee.
If you’re anything like me, you are a nonfunctioning human being before the hours of ohhh, let’s say, noon (on a good day). And it is especially worse on the days that you don’t have your much needed caffeine fix. Freshman year at UW, I made the awful mistake of enrolling in an 8 am Read More…
Early Day Dining Out: But Do They Have Good Coffee?!
If you’re like me, you need coffee in the morning–it isn’t an option. I truly appreciate coffee: the process of making it, the roast, the grind, the flavors, the art. This may make me a coffee snob, but when you’re spending four dollars on a drink, it should be pretty dang good. One thing I’ve Read More…
Make your freshman year easier with a microwave
You finally wake up on the 5th alarm you set and you’re running late to your morning class. You know you don’t have time to go to the dining hall for breakfast, but you still need to eat! The solution lies in the microwave. Whether it’s Pop-Tarts or oatmeal, you will have an instant breakfast Read More…