Sunday Dinners: Fried Pickles
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"Life is not any good without fried pickles served with ranch dressing."
Well, friends, here it is: that which makes these summer days worth living.
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8 Tips for Being a Houseguest
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Staying with a friend of a friend is a great way to empower travel and gain some interesting insights about life in unfamiliar places…or simply in other houses. I won’t claim to be a perfect houseguest, or anything close to it. But I do have considerable practice, and have given this a lot of thought to how to do this well. Most of us probably slept over with friends at their houses growing up, but it’s different when crashing with someone as a “grown up.” Here are 8 tips on how to be a good houseguest...
1. Showing up at someone’s house with a gift in hand is a great way to start things off right. Even if the host is a friend of yours, it’s still a lovely gesture. They’re doing you a favor, so do one in return.
Read MoreSunday Dinners: Cheesy Kale Rice by Stephanie
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Today's easy (and delicious) cheesy recipe is accompanied by a great bit of general advice for making sauce that will make you appear to be a great chef without a lot of effort. Enjoy!
Read MoreStyling Your College Essay: Advice from a High School Language Arts Teacher
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This advice for crafting a college essay comes from a high school language arts teacher, who speaks from many years of helping high school students prepare for college. As you write your college application personal essay, keep this question in mind: Are you able to get beyond voiceless reporting to an engaging description which makes use of various stylistic devices so as to persuade?
Read MoreSunday Dinners: Thai Chicken Satay
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When she sent on today's Thai chicken satay recipe, Aunt Mish wrote
I know that this has a few less common ingredients but it is a great summer grilling recipe. You will find yourself making it just so you can eat the peanut sauce.
Try it out for yourself, and enjoy!
Read More7 Coping Strategies While Doing Depressing Research
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To do this kind of work, we have to be able to look after ourselves and our emotions. Every person will have a different way of coping, and a different set of triggers, challenges, and specific responses to what they learn. This is far from an exhaustive list, but it’s a starting place: how to cope with doing depressing research as an academic.
Read MoreHigh School Graduation: What Next?
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Graduation can be a bit of a jolt. Suddenly you’re not a high school student anymore, and you’re not a college student yet. You’ve just accomplished one of life’s big milestones, and you have the next on the horizon. It’s the short-term future that’s tricky: it’s filling these next few months.
Read MoreSunday Dinners: Pot de Crème
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Today's comfort food recipe comes from my grandmother, the inestimable Gran Fran. It's a simple but decadent desert, perfect for a date in or an impressive contribution to a potluck meal. Chill and enjoy!
Read MorePlaying Club Sports in College: an Experience with Ultimate Frisbee
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I learned many lessons playing for a club team in college. The first and most important of these was the great amount of energy and commitment it takes to sublimate personal desires into a shared community goal. I wanted to be the best. But instead of learning that I could achieve this if I just worked hard enough, I learned my limitations.
Read MoreThe 5 Books to Read Before College, According to Professor X
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This list of the five books you should read before college builds on two previous lists: one from me and another list by former philosophy major and frequent contributor to My College Advice, Miles Raymer. Professor X has more than 20 years of science teaching experience at the University of Oregon, and has previously written contributed an article entitled "The Transition From High School to College" on this site. Enjoy!
Read MoreSunday Dinners: Veggie "Meat" Loaf
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For all those vegetarians out there (or for the culinary adventurers), today's Sunday Dinner is a meatloaf of the meatless variety. It's brought to you by my friend Christina, who I met while studying Conflict Resolution at the University of Oregon. She is now pursuing a PhD in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of San Diego. When asked for culinary advice for college students, she answered "a crock pot is your best friend."
Enjoy this veggie comfort food classic, and look forward to future recipes from Christina!
Read MoreWhy I Don't Like Career Statistics
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Your major does not doom you to a lifetime in one career track. I think that’s a good thing. I see employment statistics for comparative literature majors and I think “I don’t fit the concept.”
Read MoreEssay Writing Basics: The Fast First Draft
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A fast draft means you have a starting place. You get the main points down on paper. And even for longer projects, this process of writing a fast draft will help push the whole process along.
Read MoreSunday Dinners: Hot German Potato Salad by Leah
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It's springtime, and I've got picnics and summer foods on my mind. So today's recipe is perfect: a spicy and fresh revisiting of a traditional potato salad dish. Perfect for potlucks, graduation parties, and sunny afternoon BBQs. And on top of all of that, it's brought to you by my fabulous friend, Leah, who is also responsible for other favorite comfort food recipes on this site: "Garbage Muffins" for the culinary adventurers/folks trying to clear out their cupboards and "Chocolate Lava Cakes" for all the chocolate enthusiasts out there.
Read MoreThe Transition from High School to College: Guest Post from "Professor X"
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The transition from high school to college is certainly different now than it was 20-30 years ago and thus represents an evolutionary process. While the high school experience has probably not changed much in the last 100 years, the college experience is now different in new and fundamental ways, and most incoming freshmen are unprepared to deal with this new way of life and new mode of educational performance. By far the biggest of the transitions is the realization that now you, the college freshmen, are suddenly personally responsible for your own successes and failures.
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