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Category: Lifestyle

Call Your Mother: Yes, being a college student really is harder this year

23 April 2021
Michaela Esau
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I had a meeting with one of my favorite professors a few weeks ago. We started the meeting with the usual pleasantries and questions about…

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On Transgender Day of Visibility

16 April 2021
Agatha Echenique
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In keeping with the theme of having a Lifestyle page that is about, hopefully, helping its readership lead good human lives, March 31st marked Transgender…

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On Sexual Assault Awareness Month

16 April 2021
Agatha Echenique
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This year’s observation of SAAM marks the 20th anniversary of a movement to “raise awareness sexual violence around…

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Call Your Mother: What do when a friend is stressed

9 April 2021
Michaela Esau
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We’ve all heard plenty of advice on what to do to manage stress. We may have even actually learned from that advice and figured out…

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Where to soak up the sun (and study) on campus

9 April 2021
Paula To
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It’s springtime. What can be better than holding a book while laying under the sun? I vote nothing. If you’re ready to get some sunshine…

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Advice: Who the hell am I? And should I be who I am?

9 April 2021
Agatha Echenique
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I recently had a conversation with someone I had not talked to in a long while. I was feeling particularly unenthused with my life this…

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AFE: How to be a girlboss

1 April 2021
Agatha Echenique
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This advice is not for the faint of heart. Being a GIRLBOSS is harder than anything in the world. Being a GIRLBOSS is more than…

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AFE: Men’s fashion thrives on the Hill

1 April 2021
Teresa Mainzer
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This year on the Hill, men’s fashion has been turning heads and serving looks. Although online classes have reduced the number of students on campus,…

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AFE: The most accurate personality test ever created

1 April 2021
Michaela Esau
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