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21 Thoughts Every GDI Has About Greek Life

We all have those friends from home who are into Greek Life. We also have those friends from home who don’t have Greek life at their school (like me). So when your sorority/fraternity ridden friends are referring to you as a GDI (God Damn Independent) you are left confused. 1. I mean I’ve heard of the Greek alphabet if that counts… 2. Wtf is a pi, psi, chi… all of these names sound the same 3. Wait you said SDT? OH, I thought you said STD 4. You only got 155 likes on that picture because 100 are from your sorority sisters (yeah I’m bitter) 5. Can someone explain recruitment to me as if I’m a 5 year old?

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100 Lessons You Learn Your Freshman Year

Written By: Madison Gouveia 1. I miss home way more than I thought 2. “There aren’t as many cute guys as I thought/wanted” 3. “Alcohol is addicting and school is HARD” 4. “It absolutely sucks being under 21” 5. “I used to think I hated my mom but I realized how much I love her” 6. “Dining hall food gets old real fast and popcorn is my best friend” 7. “PRIORITIZE” 8. “Living with someone is hard and sucks and you have to adjust but it can also be the greatest thing ever” 9. “Netflix is life” 10. “my mom’s homemade dinners are actually good and I miss them and like her more now” 11. “living with someone is seriously the best and worst thing” 12. “blacking out is never a good idea because you don’t know anyone or remember anything and that’s scary” 13. “Missing a night out to study

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How It Feels to Have Never Been in a Serious Relationship

I’m twenty and I’ve never been in a relationship that’s lasted longer than a month or two. But so what, right? I’m only twenty. I still have my entire life ahead of me! I have goals and aspirations and things to learn about myself before I can properly settle down with someone. But it doesn’t always feel that way. Sometimes it just sucks, especially when it seems like everyone around me is in a relationship. There’s been times when I’ve wallowed in self-pity because I somehow convinced myself I’d be #foreveralone (I even have the tweets to prove it). And there’s been times when I thought it was the end of the world, like when I almost didn’t have a prom date and for some godforsaken reason I had to have a date or I wouldn’t go. Instead of thinking that I have my whole life ahead of me, I start wondering why I’ve never been in a serious relationship. I start to analyze every relationship

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Please Stop Assuming You Can Read My Body Language

I’ve had my fair share of times when people think that they know exactly what I’m thinking or feeling based on my body language. My arms are crossed? Well that must mean one of two things: I’m cold or I’m angry. Wrong. I’m slouching in my chair in class? That means I don’t really care about what’s being taught or I’m not paying full attention. Wrong. I’m not smiling or laughing at something my friend just said? Obviously I don’t like what she said. Wrong. The truth? Sometimes I just feel like my arms are awkwardly hanging by my sides so I’ll cross them because it’s comfortable. I have a tendency to slouch in class because the desks are uncomfortable and if I’m going to have to sit in one for an hour and a half I’m going to make myself as comfortable as possible. I don’t find it necessary to smile or laugh at

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Signs You’re So Done With This Semester

Whether you’re a senior or a freshman in college, you understand the dreaded feeling of trying to get through the last month of the semester before finals exams- and summer. It is definitely not fun to sit through class and try to learn when class is the last thing on your mind. It’s a real struggle, and you are not alone. If this sounds anything like you, we’ve got 18 signs that you are just so done with this semester. 18. You’re sitting in class day dreaming about summer concerts and beach trips. 17. You show up for math tutoring, but then spend the first 20 minutes on the computer looking up resorts on tropical islands to go on vacation to in the summer. 16. Listening to one more pointless lecture from your professor makes you want to consider jumping out of the window.15. You start to countdown how many more classes you have