4 Easy Dorm Meals on a Budget
Let’s be real, everyone. It is April, and if you are anything like me, you’re done with eating dining hall food 3 times a day and crave...
Sam Lacey (UVM ‘22)
Sam Lacey (UVM ‘22)
Sam Lacey is a current Junior at the University of Vermont majoring in Political Science with a Public Communications minor. Sam loves all things music and film-related, and recently got super into spin classes. She's super excited to write for HerCampus (which she's been dreaming of since she was 16).
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UVM Residence Halls as Taylor Swift Albums
Spoiler alert: I am a tried and true Swiftie. I bought her first, self-titled, album back when it was released on CD in 2006 (or I had...
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Meghan Markle, Britney Spears, and the Portrayal of Women in Contemporary Media
In the current age of media consumption, the portrayal of women has been very negative and full of attacks on their character, especially when it comes to celebrities or those in positions of power.
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How Completing One Small Task Can Really Help You Feel Better
Spotify came out with the ability to create folders to organize your music around the middle of 2019 (I’m very much estimating here, so do...
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Ways To Honor Black History Month In the Wake of Summer 2020
Last summer, the globe was rocked by a series of protests against the unfair, sometimes even criminal, treatment of the black community by...
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Why I Chopped My Hair Off (and then Grew it in Again)
When I was younger, my hair was the bane of my existence. Everyone around me was constantly jealous of my long, thick locks, but I simply...
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Mindfulness: The First Steps
Amid a pandemic, most professors or scientists are not widely promoting ways to go about being mindful. Sure, everyone says to “take some...
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5 Ways to Adjust to a Virtual Fall Semester
Before leaving for spring break last year, nobody that I talked to thought that we would end up completely online a week later and that we would be going to school virtually for the rest of the spring semester. Over the summer, cases rose and campuses nationwide made the tough decision on how to hold classes: completely remote, in person, or a mix of the two. Either way, this fall is unlike any other. Although this is a mostly virtual semester for many students, there are still ways to both adjust to the change and help it feel more like “normal”.
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How to Tackle the Transition to College
As a second-year student at UVM, I went through one of the toughest changes in my life last year: moving out of my family’s house and onto campus. Like many other first-year students, there were a lot of tears and one am phone calls home when I missed my parents and dog. However, when moving back onto campus during year two there were a lot fewer tears and a lot more rejoicing that I was finally “home”.
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The Best Albums of 2019
Think of this as the ultimate end-of-year throwback playlist for all your holiday party needs.
