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17 Reasons Why the Arts Deserve Just As Much Attention As Sports

Look, I’m not here to bash sports. I love football as much as the next person (go Pats!) and there’s no doubt that offering physical education and after-school sports programs are important. However, there DOES appear to be some doubt about the importance of arts education and after-school programs in America; while funding for sports continues to be aggressively protected in many areas, funding for the liberal arts is cut like a bad pizza –  no forethought or hesitation, and everyone ends up the worse for it. So here’s just a few reasons why the arts deserve just as much attention and love as sports. 1 . Involvement in the Arts Bolsters Creativity  Whether it be music, visual arts, writing, or whatever floats your boat, the arts allow you to explore your creative side and think outside the box. There aren’t rules in art – you just have to let

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Unavoidable Thoughts You Have While Picking Out an Outfit For The Day

Sometimes it seems like the hardest part of the morning is actually getting out of bed, but the minute you have to face your closet and go about actually dressing yourself like a competent adult, you discover the real struggle. Here are 20 thoughts unavoidable when picking out an outfit for the day:   20 . Thank God I picked out an outfit last night – getting dressed will be a breeze! 19. Ugh, what could have possibly possessed me to think this outfit was a good idea? 18. Hey, here’s a really cute shirt I never wear! 17. And that would be why I never wear it. 16. Come on, there has to be one top in this closet I don’t hate!

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10 Reasons Why Choosing Emerson College Was the Best Decision I Ever Made

10.   Boston is Breathtaking As a Taunton native (southeastern Massachusetts represent!), I’ve always had a soft spot for Boston in my heart. After all, it’s the home of the American Revolution, the Celtics, and most importantly, Dunkin’ Donuts… what else could a girl ask for? However, living here as a student has given me the opportunity to see beyond the hometown pride and appreciate Boston as more than just a field trip destination. Whether you want to spend an afternoon hopping between museums, lose yourself in the North End’s international cuisine, or just park yourself on the Esplanade to watch the sun set behind the cityscape, there’s never a shortage of things to do. It’s nice to be close enough to home that I can visit whenever my brothers get an award or star in a play, but Boston offers more than that; it’s a city perfectly built for

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Struggles Only Big City College Students Would Understand

Attending college in a big city is an incredibly amazing experience. The world is at your fingertips, you’re in the center of the action, and there’s always something to do (besides your actual classwork, of course). However, attending an urban college isn’t all rainbows and puppies – sometimes it kinda sucks. Here are 17 struggles city students have to power through each year. 17 . It’s Hella Expensive Not only is your tuition through the roof, but so is everything else. Restaurants, clothing stores, even the cute little markets that come to the park three times a month – everything is bumped up for the budget of a 37 year old corporate lawyer instead of a poor college student eating ramen six times a week. 16. The Campus is Weird With real estate in the city as crazy as it is, urban campuses tend to be either wildly spread out across

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The 11 Stages of Pulling an All-Nighter for That Paper You Ignored

New semester, new me! Every time that new class schedule arrives, you promise yourself that things will be different; this semester, you’ll get all your work done well ahead of time so you can just relax when those big due dates roll along. And, of course, you never follow through. With friends, clubs, other classes, and our good friend Netflix, it seems impossible to fit in that huge project those the final weeks before it’s due! As the night before the deadline arrives, you know you’ll just have to bang it out in one big session. But that session never really goes according to plan, and you become trapped in the 11 stages of pulling an all-nighter: Unrealistic Optimism All right, so you’ve been procrastinating on that big project for weeks and it’s due tomorrow morning. But why stress? You can crank out that bad boy in no time. You grab a cup of coffee,