Category: Blogs
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These are a few of my favorite things (pens)
With the exception of one of my classes, I tend to subscribe to the age-old practice that handwriting notes is much better than typing notes. Particularly when it comes to my studies, I use pens and markers to illustrate and write all of my notes. A recent study by a Princeton researcher suggests that even…
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#Consciouscapitalism
If you haven’t already heard of this, conscious capitalism is a thing. For almost a decade, companies have been throwing around corporate social responsibility as a way to justify retreats and charity fundraisers while simultaneously running sweatshops in other parts of the world. Now corporations are moving one step forward to say donating money isn’t…
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Top 5 Dallas Foodie Instagrams to Follow
As everyone knows, Instagram is taking over how brands promote their image to consumers, how people market themselves, and how people feed their interests and hobbies. As a result, there has been a noticeable boom within the foodie community on instagram as restaurants use it as a way to give people a behind the scenes…
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Dresses and Spring Weather
One of the most wonderful things about spring weather is that it’s dress weather. There’s just something about wearing a cute dress and shoes that makes going to class or work that much better. My friends are never afraid to tease me about my never-shrinking closet of clothes. I actually had a conversation with some…
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Liver damage
At its very basic, food is for survival. Then, if your wallet’s thick enough, you could argue that food can be a delicacy. The perennial debate on vegetarian versus meat eaters will never end: both arguments are valid. Yes, killing animals for pleasure is cruel, but sometimes, meat eaters don’t adjust very well to vegetarianism and…
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Elephant beats EVERYTHING!
If you have already played “Far Cry 4” then the title should make sense to you because Elephants in that game are AMAZING! Recently I gave in and got “Far Cry 4” on Xbox One even though I had not finished “Far Cry 3” which I had been playing on my PC. What an awesome…
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Agree to disagree?
Have you ever gone to bed with thoughts whirring through your head, and realized that you can’t shut them out anyway? Activist voices are just like that. You could kill all your dissenters and reporters investigating you, but you can’t shut down those voices. Yet, everyday activists in the world are killed because they tried…
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10 types of people you find at Starbucks
Coffee shops are the social hub of society. They’re a great meeting place for for a variety of people from old friends to classmates to even awkward first dates. Here are 10 types of people you’ll probably find at your local Starbucks. 1. The Hard-Core Student Characterized by the stack of books and papers next…
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Rainy Day Recipes: Fresh Tomato Soup
To me, this weather is atrocious. I’m not a fan of the cold, and I’m not a fan of rainy days. Needless to say, I’ve been spending a lot of time in my apartment. The roads aren’t great, so that means not only am I in my apartment, but I’m left unable to get out…