by Claire Golden Taking notes is one of the best ways to retain information. We’ve all heard it before…writing things down helps them stick in your mind. That doesn’t change the fact that taking notes can get a little boring. But I’m a huge nerd who loves taking notes, and there are a few ways you can spice up your everyday notes to make it … Continue reading Taking Notes Doesn’t Have to Be Boring
by Claire Golden We’ve all been there: the deadline for that five-page essay is looming, and you don’t know where to start. I’ve written a lot of essays in my three years as a writing student, and this is the process I use to reduce stress. Leave yourself plenty of time. Although a Red Bull-fueled typing frenzy at 3 a.m. is certainly an effective motivational … Continue reading Writing an Essay Without Tears
by Claire Golden As an English major, I knew I wouldn’t make it out of college without studying Shakespeare. I managed to make it to my junior year before having to register for the dreaded class. I bought the four required plays and showed up to the first day of class, resigned to my fate. But as we started reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I … Continue reading Surviving Shakespeare
by Claire Golden Sometimes I have a hard time concentrating on physical books. My eyes wander off the page or I find myself reading the same sentence over and over again. For whatever reason, I don’t have this problem with ebooks. Nothing will replace the smell of a new book, but ebooks have perks of their own. You can search by keyword, easily highlight, and … Continue reading The Pixelated Page
By Anchitta Noowong I moved from Bangkok, Thailand to the United States roughly six years ago. I left my friends and family behind to get a higher education, and to follow my dream of pursuing film as a career. 15 Hours Behind is an experimental film based on my personal experience of homesickness. Continue reading 15 Hours Behind
By Kimberly Nakayama Sometimes, I feel that my experience in college is just me using my laptop in a variety of different settings. However I always wish that doing “important” PSU stuff online, like paying bills or updating my major, would be much simpler so that I could spend more time focusing on other things. So, when someone told me about the myPSU update, I … Continue reading Getting Used to MyPSU and the New PSU App
By: Naela Cabrera When you have constant terrible pain in your leg, walking through an urban campus with hills and long distances between places is not fun! That was my struggle this past year until I finally decided to help myself. At the start of the year, small leg and hip discomfort lead to unimaginable pain, which led to numbness all the way down to … Continue reading One Stretch At A Time
