KTSW’s Declassified​ Freshman Year Survival Guide

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KTSW’s Declassified Freshman Year Survival Guide

By Lauren Jurgemeyer Blog Content Contributor Congratulations! If you are reading this, then you have survived the grueling public/private school experience. You have finger-painted, learned your multiplication tables, colored inside the lines and suffered through the prepubescent stages of life. Now, you are here--college. Don’t worry, college isn’t an entrance to the underworld or something else you may have read in the Percy Jackson series; you are not going to […]

September 13, 2018 55

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Back To School: Places to Study

By Rikki Yanez Assistant Blog Content Contributor It’s back to school season and we will be dedicating all our time to studying. Most students that have been here for a year or two are familiar with places that are off campus where they can study. However, for incoming freshman and transfer students finding a place to study, aside from their apartment or dorm, might be hard to find even though […]

September 6, 2018 284

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Welcome to College

By Garrett McGinley Web Content Contributor You made it into a university and figured out a way to pay for it! Congratulations incoming freshmen and transfers, I am genuinely happy for you. This is a momentous event in your life, but now comes the hard part. University life is probably a completely different animal than anything you’ve experienced in your life thus far, and one that can break you if […]

August 17, 2018 81

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Cheap Eats

By Rikki Yanez Assistant Blog Content Contributor College seems like it’s all fun and games until you find yourself wondering what meal you’re going to make with a box of rice, ramen soups, cereal, or eggs and the answer is nothing! People always say in order to save money on food you need to buy groceries. However, groceries can be expensive if you're buying actual ingredients to make meals, instead […]

August 6, 2018 42

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Approaching Finals

By Hannah Holder Blog Content Contributor Summer is almost here! But first, finals. Finals week is that long week of stress, misery, sleep deprivation and procrastination. This semester though, let's finish strong. If we plan accordingly, stay focused, stay hydrated, rest well and study right we’ll be sure to ace finals. It's 4.0 season, so let’s get started. Plan accordingly One of the most important factors to succeeding. If you’re […]

May 1, 2018 72

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Take the Step

By Conner Yarbrough Blog Content Contributor At this point in life, most of my friends, peers, and acquaintances are all college students - and I could say the same about their social networks. As young adults living in a sort of limbo between childhood and the “real world,” it is easy to get lost in what seems like endless shuffling and changes. I come into this article as we approach […]

April 20, 2018 35

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Furthering Your College Experience

By Rikki Yanez Blog Content Contributor Whether you are majoring in accounting, computer science or journalism, furthering your college experience beyond just the schoolwork can get you ahead in your career field. Nobody really talks about how hard it is to find a job without having some sort of experience. Most jobs require you to have a year or two of experience in that specific field of study. Let’s face […]

April 19, 2018 26

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Why Changing Your Major is an Act of Bravery

By Hannah Alvarado Blog Content Contributor Okay, okay, I know it’s not a death defying act, there’s no dragon breathing fire or kingdom to defend, but hear me out. Once upon a time, I was a young, driven biology major. A community college, pre-med student with every intention of becoming a pediatrician. The sciences had always been absolutely fascinating to me, in combination with my humanitarian urges, and I believed […]

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How to Decrease Your Workload for the Semester

By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor Time management is a difficult thing to conquer as a young adult. You know the general rule of studying for nine hours per week for just one three-hour course? It’s nearly impossible with a job, 15 hours of school and volunteer work as well. Sometimes if I want to study for four hours a week for one class, I have to settle for a […]

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