You show up to the first day of class ready to tackle the new school year. As your professor begins to lecture, you suddenly realize that you are still in summer mode. You find that you can’t focus enough to take quality notes and can barely understand what is going on. However, if you have a voice recorder and around $9.95 to spend on each hour of class, you may not have to stay in the dark.
Hola y bienvenido! My name is Connie Ho and I will be one of the two travel columnists for the New U this quarter. I am currently a fourth-year English major studying abroad in Madrid, Spain for the year. I hope to depict my travels, adventures and new experiences in Spain and to inspire other anteaters to study abroad or visit new regions in the world.
It’s 3 a.m. and I’m struggling to keep my eyes open. I’m sitting in my living room with only “Fight Club” streaming on my laptop to keep me company. As I stitch a thin metal chain onto a shiny black miniskirt, it barely registers that it’s already Wednesday morning. Finally, Wednesday, May 27, the day I’ve been waiting for the entire school year, has arrived.
If you believe Alice Cooper, then there comes a time when “school’s out forever.” Completing college is a huge milestone that may leave some students in a whirlwind of indecision. Not ready to settle down in that complacent 9-to-5 yet? Don’t want to commit to more textbooks and professors in graduate school? Consider trying one of these alternatives, some of which might be a bit off the beaten path.
When I saw my friend Stephan’s status on Facebook, I thought it was too good to be true. “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,” he wrote, “UC Irvine has brought back ... SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITY."
