Watch, Read, Make: Trebuchets, Travel, and Jack-o-Lanterns!
[Image courtesy of MandyDax. Licensed under CC BY SA NC 2.0.] Watch, Read, Make is your weekly guide to cool things to do for your weekend. So–true story–this week has involved a lot of...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: Startups, Open Courses, and Delicious Pumpkin Brittle
Watch, Read, Make is your weekly guide to cool things to start off your weekend. Watch: CollegeInfoGeek has been doing a really interesting series of interviews with folks lately. The most recent one...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: Shark Wrestling, Gender Theory, and Liquor
Watch, Read, Make is your weekly guide to cool things for your weekend. TGIF! Watch: You know what class of animals is truly, transcendently weird? Cephalopods, that’s who. If you are not already...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: Entrepreneurs, Slowing Down, and Freezer Paper
Watch, Read, Make is your weekly guide to cool things to start off your weekend. Watch: Black in America is CNN series about–as you might guess from the title–being Black in the US. The upcoming...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: Camels are Just the Best
Watch, Read, Make is your weekly guide to cool things to look at and do during your weekend. Watch: So, I may be alone in this, but I find camels as a species just delightfully strange. From the weird...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: Spyware, Nonpologies, and Delicious Hot Chocolate
Watch: Do you want to watch something alarming about your phone? Then we have the video for you! This clip, demonstrating Sprint’s Carrier IQ software, is pretty freaky. Just a reminder that your smart...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: Finals are a Gem
Watch: You know what is transcendent and awesome? Leslie Hall’s career, exemplified by “Hydrate, Gyrate.” (Please don’t watch this at work. I don’t want you to be fired on my account. She started her...
View ArticleWatch, Read, Make: That’s All, Folks
This is going to be the last of the year’s Watch, Read, Makes, as it’s winter break for nearly everyone, and Fridays aren’t so special when you have a month to drink on a Tuesday with limited social...
View ArticleGet Axure RP for Free with Good Student Program
Get a leg-up on your professional web-design career with a free license of Axure RP. If you’re a web design student, you’ve probably heard of Axure RP. It’s a great tool for designing websites that...
View Article5 Tips for Aspiring Web Designers and Developers
Attempting to break into web design or development is a long and arduous process with more roadblocks and competition than most fields; but the payoff is a rewarding job that will continuously push you...
View Article5 Tips for Better Eating Habits
Caitlin Self is HackCollege’s resident Nutrition student. If you’d like to suggest a topic for her to cover, leave it in the comments below. With summer upon us, everyone could use a few tips on how to...
View ArticleHow the Xbox One and PS4 Will Handle Used Games, Trade-Ins, and Sharing
The console war is back on, as the latest generation of video game systems are finally being unveiled. Microsoft’s third Xbox system, the Xbox One, is a combination home entertainment system and game...
View Article4 Helpful Tips for English Majors
As an English major, I will be the first to tell you that my life doesn’t consist simply of books and writing. There’s much more than that, but I know others won’t see that. And every time that someone...
View Article4 Reasons Every Girl Must Train Shoulders
I like to joke about every guy who doesn’t train legs as much as the next person. It’s funny to see people who are obsessed with building muscle, but purposely ignore 60 percent of their muscle because...
View Article5 Reasons to Always Carry Pen and Paper
English majors aren’t the only people in college who feel the need to carry pen and paper around. Those who strive to work in business, those who want to be Entrepreneurs, and those who want to work in...
View Article6 Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life
We all undoubtedly have things in our lives that require answers. We want to know how to master certain skills, “woo” others, and make the right decisions in life. But most of us might not know where...
View ArticleWhat Motivates Top Students? Getting Into the Heads of High Achievers
When I was in junior high school, I was obsessed by the idea of becoming valedictorian. I felt like I would be the happiest girl in the world if I could only be first in a class of about sixty...
View ArticleCollege Transitions: 4 Simple Ways to Gain Independence
Transitioning from high school to college can be really tough. To help you adjust, TYT University and Lisa Ferguson are bringing you everything you need to know, from making new friends to forming new...
View Article3 Most Important Lessons Learned From My Summer Internship
This summer, I interned at a nonprofit called Engine in Downtown Minneapolis. It was one of my first real jobs working for someone else, and I learned so much in just a couple of short months. On my...
View ArticleBay Area Internships: Look for Startups, Skip Corporate New York
For many college students, spending a summer in the Big Apple is a luxury. Taking on a low-paying (or even worse, unpaid) internship just to get the city is not uncommon. But that doesn’t mean it’s...
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