Amanda Klohmann

Amanda Klohmann is a senior at the University of Missouri, class of 2011, studying Convergence Journalism with an emphasis in Online Journalism. Born in St. Louis, Missouri Amanda is attending college only a few hours from home, but loves to travel and get out of the Midwest. Amanda spent last summer living in New York City interning with Sports Illustrated Kids and last winter break studying in Europe touring media companies. Amanda's friends call her el Presidente (as a joke) because she is the current president of Delta Gamma Sorority and Mizzou Womens Club Soccer. She loves working out, tailgating for football games, tweeting and always making a scene with her friends in her small college town.

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Top 10 Things NOT to Say During Sorority Rush 1/11/2013	I have a super power. It is not the ability to fly or run really fast. My super power is that I can talk myself into and out of just about anything. A job, a nightclub, a discount, it doesn’t really matter, because I have a silver tongue. And what do I have to thank (or blame) for this skill? Sorority recruitment, of course. Your sorority recruitment, no matter what time of year, over what period of time, or in what dress code, is in one way just like the sorority recruitment on every college campus. It is mainly based off of the conversations between active chapter members and Potential New Members (PNMs). Girls spend the weeks preceding recruitment practicing their conversation skills. Whether it is having imaginary dialogue with inanimate objects (a wall, a plant, a paper plate) or brainstorming good stories to tell, collegiettes know the importance their conversation plays in the impressions made during sorority recruitment. While everyone focuses on what to say, sometimes knowing what not to say is just as important. During recruitment, word vomit could be a deciding factor as to whether or not a bid is earned or accepted. So to make your sorority recruitment preparation simpler (and to help perfect your conversation with the wall), Her Campus lists the top 10 things NOT to say during sorority recruitment for both PNM (potential new members, or rush-ees) and active chapter members to follow. What NOT to say as a PNM 1. My mom is making me go through recruitment
The Top 9 Highest-Paying College Majors 10/17/2012	Spotted, a recent college grad wearing this shirt: “I have a degree in Liberal Arts. Do you want fries with that?” For those graduating with liberal arts degrees, and a lot of other degrees for that matter, complete financial security might feel like a distant dream far into the future. Last spring, the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported the average salary offers to 2010 bachelor's degree candidates were down 1.7 percent from 2009. Each year the cost of college increases – rising over 30 percent for public colleges and 23 percent for private institutions since 1997. No one likes to hear they are paying more money for an education that will eventually provide them with less. But not every major will force its students to spend the rest of their lives paying back student loans and “in the red.” Some majors have the potential to provide their students with high-paying jobs and long-term financial security. Her Campus breaks down Newsweek’s list of the best majors for big paychecks and what it takes to be a student and professional in each field.
Your Guide to Being "Bro" 3/9/2012	UrbanDictionary defines the 'bro' species as "obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties. They usually just stand around holding a red plastic cup waiting for something exciting to happen so they can scream something that demonstrates how much they enjoy partying." You know the type. And if you are a collegiette™, chances are high you have partied with one, become friends with one, or (gasp) may even date one. Bros aren't a rare species; they populate and reproduce like crazy (opportune times: fraternity rush, sports team involvement, spring break). In a society that jumps from trend to trend, the trend of worshipping "bro culture" has always been around. Sometimes it ebbs and sometimes it flows like a newly tapped keg. And this has been the case for a long time. Your parents probably watched Animal House when it first premiered in 1978. Your boyfriend may have a poster of Animal House star John Belushi hanging in his dorm room in 2011. That’s some lasting popularity for a movie about an awesome toga party. Her Campus is here with a guide to all things that worship bro culture, in case you were curious. Online Bros Like This Site
How To Stick To Your New Year's Resolutions + Fun Resolution Ideas 1/1/2011	Oprah, the wisest women on daytime television, once said, “cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” And while these may be inspirational words to women across the country, the daytime talk queen forgot to mention one minor detail: getting it right is only half the battle. Setting resolutions is one thing, but following through on them is another. In the Psychology Today article, “New Year's Resolutions: Why They Don't Stick,” it is reported that only 10% of people stick with their New Year’s resolutions. The battle to actually fulfill your New Year’s resolutions, whether they are big or small, is a 12-month war with procrastination, motivation, and reality. So in efforts to help you get it right in 2012 and stick to your New Year’s resolutions, Her Campus™ has put together a list of helpful hints on how to make a resolution list and follow through all the way from when the ball drops until 2013 is here. How to follow through on your resolutions Make your resolutions stick – literally
How to Make a Viral Video 11/14/2011	Want to become a star but don’t care for the Hollywood drama? Every day, people watch about 2 billion videos on YouTube and upload hundreds of thousands more. In fact, every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. These viral videos can get more viewers than the latest episode of Gossip Girl and, even better, you don’t need to be Blake Lively to catch the camera’s eye. The content posted to YouTube is what people are passing around in emails, posting on Facebook walls during class, and even getting television time on new entertainment shows like Tosh.0. So in an effort to give proper respect to the videos that never get to be seen on your flat screen TV or local theater, Her Campus has put together a list of some of our favorite YouTube videos as part of a guide on how you too can become a YouTube sensation. Trick # 1: Expose yourself (or someone else) in a vulnerable state
How to Tweet Your Way to a Job 10/25/2011	@akloh: I’m Amanda, a journalism major at Missouri with an online emphasis focusing on social and new media. Hunting for any entry-level job. DM me! What if I sent that 140-character message out into the Twitterverse? Would someone respond? Could I actually make a contact and get a job? More people follow Britney Spears and Ashton Kutcher on Twitter than live in the countries of Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway or Panama. Clearly, there is a large population of people out there ready and able to connect. Some Twitter users are only tweeting in order to know what Justin Bieber ate for dinner, but others are part of a growing group—a group that uses Twitter as a Human Resources outlet to hunt for potential employees and employers. Throwing out a message like the one above could grab this group’s attention.
Is TFM Taking the 'Bro Culture' Too Far? 12/28/2010	Three little letters – “T,” “F” and “M” – are causing a pretty big stir. To thousands of college kids across the country, when combined, the letters TFM mean “total frat move.” Behind the TFM name is a website. Best described as TFLN (Text From Last Night) meets BroBible, the website compiles reader submitted content of all things considered frat moves including wall posts, photos, links, and even apparel. While some of the content promotes the great elements of college Greek Life, other content blatantly displays its worst (think hazing, alcoholism, drug use, homophobia and sexism). For those of you with sense of humor like mine, it is easy to get addicted to this site and laugh it off. You know submissions from people naming themselves things like “In Frat I Trust” and “Pretty in Pearls” are simply exaggerations and extreme spoofs on fraternity and sorority stereotypes. But it is also easy to see why some people are extremely upset about the way the site portrays Greek Life to those who are not members of it. An article in The Unofficial Stanford Blog shows this point of view. The most interesting part of the article comes from the comments section following it – the section itself has almost turned into another version of the TFM website, with almost 200 people giving their opinions about the site's content and the blog author's stance.
How to Look Good for Halloween in 1 Week 10/23/2010	Do you remember when Halloween was all about the candy? A homemade costume and a pillow-case bag were all you needed to run from house to house and greedily stock-pile enough M&Ms and Twizzlers to last you until Christmas. The college version of Halloween has no resemblance to that. Now Halloween is all about excuses; the excuse to party, the excuse to party multiple nights in one week/weekend, and, most importantly, the excuse to wear something Mom and Dad would never approve of. Halloween is simply a fashion show - emphasis on show. Showing a little more leg, showing a little more stomach, and showing a little more cleavage. It’s a time where you have a free pass to walk the line between skimpy and skanky. Your only problem, the college curse of the curves is upon you. The Freshman 15 and general stress from heading back to school has set in. Whether it is because of one too many pizzas after late nights out, too much soda from trying to stay awake studying, or just your general lack of effort to hike across campus and get to the gym, your body is probably not in the shape it was when school began two months ago. You don’t have time to rediscover the perfect you of August, but you still can shape-up before stepping into that extra-small costume. Read below for Her Campus’s guide to looking and feeling better in just one week so you can rock Halloween night and the inevitable Facebook photo albums that come with it! Sailor Legs
"I like it on..." Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness on Facebook 10/6/2010	Her Campus has some great articles about October being breast cancer awareness month. The pink-craze has spread to my actual campus as well; wear pink days, benefit concerts, and information booths have taken over. My Facebook has even “gone pink” too. My Facebook status currently says “I like it on the yellow room’s couch.” It is a reference to the television room in my sorority house and also my support for fighting breast cancer. An article on the Huffington Post explains with more detail: “October is breast cancer awareness month and the “I like it on” trend is an attempt for women to unite around that cause in a top secret way. The idea is literally to leave men in the dark. This isn’t the first time a Facebook status update has gone viral. Less than a year ago, thee bra color Facebook status update went viral, also in support of raising breast cancer awareness.” Of the 15 ‘friends’ currently popping up on my Facebook newsfeed (literally as I look at it right now mid-post), eight have statuses saying “I like it on…” That’s pretty impressive considering this viral sensation only took off earlier this week and I live in Mid-Missouri where we tend to be a step or two behind on some things. This social media campaign is getting press and attention – two things any ’cause’ craves. But let’s look at it from a bigger picture, what can Facebook possibly do for breast cancer… This is a tweet I saw this morning that perfectly sums up the shortcomings of this Facebook effort… “Yesterday, as women decided where they like their purses, 111 women across the US died from breast cancer. #RealAwareness #RealityCheck”

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