Diana Elbasha
Editor's Blog: Major Passions
Senior > Journalism and Arabic > University of Maryland
If you’re anything like me, you’ve received the seemingly undying dubious question about your choice of major: “What are you going to do with that degree?” If you’re running...
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McLovin Links November 11, 2011
Senior > Journalism and Arabic > University of Maryland
With the Penn State scandal in the brightest of media spotlights, it’s been an emotional week for the college world. Take a break from the drama (or, if you’re a Nittany Lion, from rioting...
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"Your Major Doesn't Matter." Yes it Does.
via Amanda Fairbanks > Huffington Post
3 million college graduates -- aged 25 to 64 -- were surveyed by the U.S. Census Bureau about their undergraduate studies. The project found amazing results: did you know geology majors and petroleum...
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We're On Information Overload
via Katie Artemas > USATODAY Blogger
In a time where Generation Y is so instinctively living by the internet, smartphones, and social media, experts from previous generations worry about how we're developing. They've dubbed it...
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Pop Culture Goes to College
via Daniel de Vise > Washington Post
Universities tend to boast about high-profile figures that once sat in their classrooms: We know Facebook creator Mark Zuckerburg went to Harvard, Emma Watson to Brown, and Tina Fey went to the University...
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Need a Job? Try Going Abroad
via Cryn Johanssen > USATODAY Blogger
I don’t have to tell you that the U.S. economy is in a weak place. That’s a scary thought for our generation; what are we, college students, supposed to do when we graduate? Because of the...
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Today, More Grads Are Living at Home
via Amanda Fairbanks > Huffington Post
Ever thought that the moment you turned 18, you were going to move out of the house? Or maybe once you graduated college? Think again. Studies are showing that in today’s economy, more and more...
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Attempting to Fight Binge Drinking
via Jenna Johnson > Washington Post
"Binge" drinking means you've had five drinks in two hours for men, four for women. College parties have these numbers written all over them, and some say its impossible to stop students...
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Is it Okay to Text That?
via Kevin Loker > USATODAY
We already know that breaking up via text message is a huge no-no. But what about everything else? This blogger analyzes regular conversations students are having through text for appropriateness and...
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Diaries of the Unemployed
via Leah Finnegan > Huffington Post
We're extremely unlucky. Students today are exiting their colleges to enter a record-breaking, struggling economy, and an even worse pool of unemployment. Nowadays, the Harvard degree and SGA status...
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The Path of an Intimate Abuser
Junior > Journalism and Arabic > University of Maryland
Chloe Thomas* still remembers the nights she spent with her ex-boyfriend, James. She recalls the embraces they shared and the evenings they spent watching movies. Approximately four months into...
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Fashion Trends at... the Job Interview
via Brian Nicholas > New York Times
What to wear to a job interview? The obvious answer would be a nice, formal outfit -- dress pants, ties, skirts, and so on. But in today's world, those standards are changing. Depending on the job...
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Death of Bin Laden: Why Students Celebrated
via Stefanie Dazio > USATODAY Blogger
We all remember where we were on that clear, sunny fall day in 5th or 6th grade; September 11, 2001 was a defining moment in American history. The hunt for Osama bin Laden is something that's been...
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