Dormitory

Dorming In Salem A guide on college living and dorming on an all girls floor College can be a scary experience and for many it may be the first time you are moving away from home, but there is nothing to worry about. College is a safe place to learn about yourself and develop relationships that can last a lifetime. So, even if college is not what you expected don’t worry everything will be alright. Expectations v. Reality We all dream and have expectations of how college is going to be like,…

The transition from high school to college, Idaho State University, was a much greater experience than I was expecting. Changing environments from a small town, Mackay Idaho, with only five hundred people to a city with thousands of people was a completely different adventure. The transition was a huge experience for me because of the change in the environment, people, and school. I had much more experiences to see and do. When I arrived at Pocatello the environment changed completely from…

I wanted to remember it all, every single moment, every small memory. I wanted to remember every detail so bad that it all started to become a blur, and thats what I was afraid of the most. Everyone says that college is the best time of your life, the glory years where you 're old enough to know better but yet still young enough to get away with it. Adults go on and on about how you 'll make great memories and best friends, but no one ever talks about what you leave behind. The day I left for…

Have you ever woken up one morning to discover that you are all congestion, you’re running a fever, and you need medicine ASAP. Yet the convenience store at your school is closed and you don’t want to walk to Walgreens when it’s 17 degrees out. My partners and I discovered that this was a common problem that all of us have encountered many times since we started our college careers at Drake University. In order to provide a solution for this problem, the idea of MedMachine was born. Our…

In the book The Geography of Bliss from Eric Weiner, through the first four chapters Weiner visits the Netherlands, Switzerland, Bhutan and Qatar to discover the factors that makes these countries happy. People in both the Netherlands and Switzerland are provided healthcare and education, since both are socially-minded European countries. But one, the Netherlands, has a loose lifestyle, while Switzerland has strict social rules. In the other two countries, Bhutan and Qatar, one focuses too much…

College Enrolling in college and getting a degree takes a lot of work, time, research, and money. If you make sure that you plan ahead of time and if you go to college prepared than you should be good. I chose to do activities to earn a scholarship for college and to get a good job that I will enjoy. The steps to this are to prepare, to go to college, and then I can apply for a job. Preparing for college and potentially a job require lots of concentration and work. At college you need to make…

A serious problem on the U of A campus is the growing number of returning students wanting to continue living on campus. This issue is causing some freshman students to fall under the category of Overflow Students and forcing them to live in study rooms, with RA’s and some even in hotels near by. One of the only solutions to accommodate for the increasing number of on-campus residents is to build another residence hall. One of the main reasons returning students choose to stay on campus is the…

Paid to Play In college, athletes do a lot of work, both for their class and for their team. As a college student, money is a big issue too. College athletes have the problem where they do not get paid to play the sport. This is a big problem because the athletes in college do the same work as pros in the league and put their bodies on the line. For example, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA, athletes have to train hard every day, and play games every day and they do…

Visitation Policy The visitation policy at Valdosta State University (VSU) states 3 main rules: all overnight guest has to be sixteen years of age, no more than eight overnight stays a semester for each resident, and residents must check in any and all guest. (Guidelines VSU) Also, the opposite gender may not stay overnight and any overnight guest cannot stay more than three consecutive nights. (Guidelines VSU) Any guest under sixteen years of age must be accompanied by an adult and any…

moods. Recently, I always felt angry with one of my roommates in school. Additionally, I also felt depressed about the relationship between us. For instance, last Friday, I just write paper in the General Education Hall, not in the dormitory. Then, I came back to dormitory, find that my three roommates were watching a TV show together. I said hi like before, but they looked like a little bit distant. Plus, I was very tired after writing a so long paper. Finally, I did not say anything to them,…