Archive for category: Student Survival

Counting Sleep: Examining Student Shut-Eye Statistics

Counting Sleep: Examining Student Shut-Eye Statistics

If one applies the “Quiet Hours” policy in the McMahon dorms, students should sleep from 11:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. This appears to be Fordham’s ideal sleeping schedule: eight hours and a half of quiet and nourishing sleep.

Can I Get That To Go? Take-Home vs. In-Class Exams

Can I Get That To Go? Take-Home vs. In-Class Exams

By now you can probably hear the whimpers of fellow classmates as the stress of finals sets in. Whether it be a final paper for an art history class or an exam for a two hour media ethics class, the stakes and tensions are high for this test week.

NY Challenged: The Fear of a Bee Allergy is Worse Than Being Stung

NY Challenged: The Fear of a Bee Allergy is Worse Than Being Stung

This weekend I saw that some entrepreneurial mom was selling chickenpox lollipops online. Her kids were sick and licked the lollipops, and she was offering the tainted candy

Click and Tell: Hot Dogs and Beer Set the Stage for Some Funny Business

Click and Tell: Hot Dogs and Beer Set the Stage for Some Funny Business

I have a date on Sunday with young comedian I met on a dating website. I shoot him a text to ...

How To Avoid First Time Online Dating Mistakes

How To Avoid First Time Online Dating Mistakes

You are sitting in a restaurant across from your date. It is your first meet-up in the real world; a few flirty online messages culminated into a hopeful dinner for two. Your date smiles at you, leans in close, puts one hand in your hair and whispers,

NY Challenged: I Was Scarier the Morning After the Halloween Party

NY Challenged: I Was Scarier the Morning After the Halloween Party

My eyes were burning when I woke up in a foreign apartment in the heart of Brooklyn. Everything was out of focus; I fell asleep with my contacts in. Why did I do that...

Oh the Men You’ll Meet! An Online Dating Field Guide

Oh the Men You’ll Meet! An Online Dating Field Guide

If you choose to enter the world of online dating, you should know that certain real-world etiquette does not translate into HTML format. The dot-com domain is the bar; the user profile

Click and Tell: Gotta Get Down on Friday: A Fantasy (Football) First Date

Click and Tell: Gotta Get Down on Friday: A Fantasy (Football) First Date

“I will be wearing something ridiculous, to be explained later,” is the text I receive after confirming plans with my date for Friday night. Just when I start getting comfortable with meeting strangers

NY Challenged: Sometimes I Feel Like I’m Just Pissing Away My Money

NY Challenged: Sometimes I Feel Like I’m Just Pissing Away My Money

Last Friday, I went to court because I received a summons for urinating in public. The night I received the summons, I was sober. I was just desperate and sweating, and I did not want to waste money on a Boston

Click and Tell: A First Date With a High-Fiver Ends in a… Kiss?

Click and Tell: A First Date With a High-Fiver Ends in a… Kiss?

By DIANA KOKOSZKA Contributing Writer Published: September 21, 2011 I’m 30 minutes late when I arrive at the unmarked door on a narrow street in Chinatown. I had scribbled down the address from the inbox on my computer screen to a piece of paper stuffed in my purse. I look up and meet the gaze of a large man in [...]