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Alex Rodriguez Officially Retiring As A New York Yankee

Alex Rodriguez. You can say that he was criticized throughout his career for his use of performance enhancing drugs. Was he on steroids for his whole career, or only for a short period of time? Either way, he shouldn’t be in the hall of fame due to his steroid use. On Saturday it was announced that he will be retiring from Major League Baseball. Figures seeing that he is having a horrible year and is no longer on the juice. The press conference will be held before the game on Sunday against the Indians. The team said general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi will be made available following Rodriguez’s news conference. The 41-year-old designated hitter has just one start and seven at-bats since July 22 as the Yankees turn toward a youth movement. He is stuck at 696 career home runs. Rodriguez has a $20 million salary this

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Life Lessons You’ll Only Learn From Your Best Friend

There are some things that only the best friend’s in our life can teach us. When I first met my best friend, her and I were in our beginning phases of childhood–kindergarten. Since then, we’ve been inseparable, despite our choosing to go to two different schools, located at the opposite ends of Massachusetts. But, just like best friends do, they always find a way to learn from each other when they’re apart from one another. 15. Eliminate the bad and stressful, and take in the good and fortifying. 14. When you’re stressed, a 30-second dance party is needed. 13. Sometimes it is the smaller things in life that will make a huge difference.

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How Kanye West’s Tweets Describe My College Experience

We all know that Kanye West pretty much owns Twitter. It’s no secret, people. But for those who don’t follow them, how can we relate these remarkable 140-character-or-less messages back to the real life college experience that we all know and love? Let’s find out… 15. When you go through a fight with one of your closest friends and you can’t trust anybody but yourself… 14. When you’re a little bit salty about the fact that you lost elections for your favorite club… 13. When you continuously want to fight for those alumni, simply because they went to your alma mater…

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The Struggles Of College Move-In As Told By Barack Obama

To many, our current, and soon to be former President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, has had a large social media presence within the past eight years. It’s gotten to the point where you can certainly relate it to a lot more topics besides politics. From immigration reform to future political candidates to the college move-in experience, here we go… 10. When you finally learn about everybody at the floor meeting the night you move into your dorms… 9. But there always has to be one kid who really doesn’t want to be on your side…

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An Open Letter To Parents and Students on Freshman Move-In Day

Freshman move-in day is one of the most bizarre and emotional days in a person’s life. Not just for the student, but for the entire family. It’s the first day you really grow up and learn what it’s like to live on your own, and for parents, it’s the moment you let go of control over your children. The emotions everyone feels on move-in day are extremely diverse and change throughout the process. You’re excited, then you’re anxious, then you’re nervous, sad, lonely. You get relieved, feel free and independent, but lost all at the same time. The experience is different for everyone, but coming from a household of just my mom and me, this day was one of the hardest yet most exciting days I’ve endured thus far. Leaving my best friend, my mom, was something I didn’t think I would ever be ready for, but as time passes,