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Making friends on your floor isn’t as hard as you’d think

Maybe you're a transfer student, a freshman still getting your bearings or just extremely shy, but regardless of your status it's possible that you've yet to meet all the people who live on your floor. So instead of hiding in your room, here are some tips to get your social calendar flowing. Full story

  • Breaking it to your friend that you can’t live together next year

    What is proper etiquette for telling your friend that you two simply will not be "livin' on a prayer" in the fall?

  • Pre-gaming protocol in the dorms

    As classes drone on, many students drift to thoughts of the weekend, counting down the hours until they can drink, dance and forget about the dreadfully long syllabi they were just handed. Of course, this isn't the case for every student. Some may prefer to spend their weekend getting ahead on stacks of homework.

  • 2-r-JF-dormitems.jpg Dorm items you shouldn’t go without

    The last few weeks of summer before the fall semester are similar to those last few weeks of the holiday season. Instead of crazed parents buying the latest trendy toys, there are college students looking for useful dorm items. Whether you're a freshman, senior or somewhere in between, you've been there.

  • Figuring out the best roommate for you

    It's that time of year to choose one of the most important aspects of college life — where to live. For many upperclassmen, that means confirming leases on apartments. For most freshmen, that means choosing whether to stay in their current community or move to a different one.

  • Solo living no more: getting used to your roommate

    Those who live in a fairy tale world may believe that dorm life is like a Disney movie, where good always prevails over evil and things work out in the end. But others have been exposed to the harsh reality of dorm life and know that living with people can turn into a nightmare.

  • Dealing with your roommate’s relationship the right way

    Living with another person comes with its set of issues to work through, but what happens when your roommate is in a relationship? It can be hard to set boundaries, but if you want to live comfortably in your room you might want to set some ground rules.

  • 1-r-JF-journal.jpg Journalling your way to a happy life

    Maybe it's time to embrace the cliché and bring on the gut-spilling, emotion-ventilating, hand-cramping habit of penning down your thoughts and experiences in a journal.

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