Nervous about making preparations for Valentine’s Day? Follow these easy tips to make the day full of love, not stress.
Flower Recommendations
Pre-bought store bouquets from Vons and Albertsons are wonderful, but if you want to make an easy upgrade, try arranging your own assortment of flowers. It’s a great way to elevate your gift and make your significant other feel...
Going into a STEM major such as Computer Science can prove extremely challenging, especially given the competitive nature of the field and the strenuous workload. It’s not uncommon for students to run into countless obstacles that are overwhelming for them. With that said, here are some tips provided by fellow computer science students that ensure success in whatever CS...
Math-Related Courses Come First
Many courses like the math series and the statistics class are generally prerequisites for upper division courses as well as lower division courses so it’s advisable to start knocking those classes off your list early, saving you the trouble of dealing with them when most inconvenient.
Learn Excel
Much of excel is used in assignments or projects while...
Identify Your Reasons
Your New Year’s resolutions should be achievements you want. Ask yourself if you’re making this resolution for yourself or someone else because if it’s the latter, it’s unlikely you will follow through. Don’t create certain resolutions just because others are making them. Be sure that your resolutions support your interests and aspirations, not others.
Be Specific
When creating your...
With the New Year, it is only natural to improve your life. Everyone makes New Year’s resolutions, but the problem with making resolutions is nobody ever keeps them. In January, you’re going strong driven by newfound inspiration, but as the year progresses, the motivation dies down. By December, you find yourself right back where you started writing the same...
Now that it’s the new year, many of us come back to campus expecting new opportunities and adventures. However, if you’re new to college, Winter quarter is known to be a “dead quarter” as not many events happen around campus like Fall and Spring quarter. With the weather constantly being gloomy, events on campus happening once in a blue...
There are some things that every college student ought to have with them in their bag, ready to go, and there are some things you might not have realized should make it onto your ‘must bring’ list. Over the years, I’ve perfected what I personally need to have in my bag every day for classes. So here’s what is...
As a first year at UC Riverside this year, I’ve had to find my way around the long, daunting list of recommended items for my dorm. As we get deeper into the quarter, some of the items on the list are becoming more and more important to my daily routine.
A hydroflask
Any water bottle works, especially in this Riverside heat....
With fall quarter barely starting, it’s sometimes easy to forget how overwhelming classes can be. Coming back from summer, it’s hard to find a balance for not just class schedules, but for all the everyday crazy demands college throws. That’s why it’s always good to remember about self care and to just take a moment for yourself away from...
Transitioning from high school to college can be overwhelming. Here are a few tips to make your freshman year adjustment easier.
Attend on campus events.
ASPB, HUB programs and so many other organizations put on so many programs and events that there is always one right around the corner. Look through campus organization’s instagrams to find events that interest you and...