Posted on August 5, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland I’ve spent a sizable amount of my life in the fictional pages of my favorite books. Sometimes, with all of this reading, I wonder if I’ll ever have time to meet anyone I might like to go to dinner with. I’ve managed to climb out of the pages every once in a […]
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Tags: Calvin and Hobbes, dating, Dorothy L. Sayers, Emma, fiction, George Weasley, Harry Potter, Heist Society, Jane Austen, John Watson, Lord Peter Wimsey, Mr. Knightley, relationships, Sherlock Holmes
Posted on July 30, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs I’ve made, and received, a lot of mixtapes over the years. The early ones were literally tapes; hand-labeled cassettes painstakingly recorded in front of the radio and full of an 11-year old’s dubious taste (Electric Light Orchestra, Donna Summer). As technology evolved, so did my mixes and I blew through stacks of […]
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Tags: mix tape, mixtape, music, Pandora, playlists, Spotify
Posted on July 24, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Aileen Luppert I attended a job training a few weeks ago. After three days of intense conversations and reflections, I was exhausted, but optimistic about how to apply all the lessons learned. Many of the people in the room (including me) seemed to sense the enormity of what might be ahead and we went […]
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Tags: professional development, rejuvenation, relaxation, self-care, work, work/life balance
Posted on July 23, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson So much science fiction to enjoy this summer and so little time! It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I grew up on science fiction films, books, and television. I watched Star Wars along with Full House and read my dad’s old Star Trek paperbacks between Babysitter’s Club books. It […]
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Tags: Dr. Who, Extant, Guardians of the Galaxy, Sarah Beth Durst, sci fi, The Lost
Posted on July 17, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland When I was an English major in college, I was often faced with that question. The one that is rarely posed to business majors, but almost always asked of those studying the liberal arts. “What are you going to do with that?” This happened at family gatherings, occasionally in the supermarket, and […]
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Tags: careers, college, college students, English, fields of study, jobs, majors, university, writing
Posted on July 8, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland My to-read list is frighteningly long. Most of my friends are readers, and we love to give out book suggestions to each other. One good book leads to another and before I know it, my Goodreads account is bursting at the seams. My life doesn’t leave as much margin as I would […]
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Tags: audiobooks, eBooks, finding time to read, Goodreads, library hacks, overdrive, stress
Posted on July 1, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson I love baking for myself and others, but when the summer heat rolls in, the last thing I want to do is crank up the oven and turn my apartment into a sauna. No sir, in the summer I like to keep my recipes oven-free and simple. I’ll save the rest for […]
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Tags: dessert, food, no-bake, summer
Posted on June 24, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland When I was a kid, I couldn’t get enough of the Boxcar Children and Nancy Drew. To this day, The Westing Game is one of my favorite books. As a teenager, and then an adult, although I spent plenty of time in other genres, I usually find several mysteries in my “to-read” […]
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Tags: Boxcar Children, Flavia de Luce, Lord Peter Wimsey, mystery, Nancy Drew, Nate the Great, The Westing Game
Posted on June 18, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs I read YA. But Ruth Graham over at Slate says I shouldn’t. Or if I do, perhaps I should pin a large, scarlet “YA” of shame on my chest because — in spite of the fact that 55% of YA titles are bought by people older than 18, in spite of all […]
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Tags: Against YA, Libba Bray, Madeleine L'Engle, Maggie Stiefvater, Mo Willems, Slate, YA
Posted on June 10, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey H. Sometimes hunting for a job can feel like the Hunger Games; many tributes go into the arena, but only one will emerge the victor. So maybe it’s not that dramatic, but there are a few things you can do to give yourself an advantage over everyone else. Do your homework: Before you […]
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Tags: jobnow, jobs, teens
