Making Friends in College: Quality > Quantity
Making friends in college can be difficult, especially when everything is online. Here's my advice for how to find your people and make real, quality friendships.
-
It’s Okay To Be Thriving During COVID-19
Okay people, let’s be honest - 2020 sucks. It’s like 2016 but worse. 2020 feels like a kick in the face to everyone across the globe. It...
-
Do’s and Don'ts of Maintaining A Social Life: Pandemic Edition
Human connection is more important now than ever. As people, we need the love, support, motivation, and simple comfort that we feel from...
-
Dear WCU Freshmen, A Welcome Letter
In all the commotion it can be easy for your inner romantic eye to be clouded, but try to remember fall is coming right along with the new semester! We all know that means getting to justify buying Triple XL cozy hoodies, paired with fuzzy socks, a chill playlist, and the soft embrace of a cool breeze. If you have been a student at West Chester, as I have, you know that campus and town alike are especially breathtaking in the fall months. I hope you get the chance to enjoy the gentle change of the seasons as safely as you can with your close friends, despite the encroaching pandemic. Even if you won’t be able to experience the beloved ice cream machine in the dining hall, or the quesadillas from the diner, and late nights on the top floors of the Francis Harvey Green Library- just know that those aren’t the most memorable aspects of any college experience. Truly, it is all about the people you get to meet and the learning to be the person you always envisioned you could be. Those are facets of the college experience that will never be shaken by a pandemic or a faulty Wi-Fi connection. Welcome class of 2024!!
-
COVID 19 Anxities and Fears
Back to school is something that many of us were unsure we would hear this year. Plenty of students like me feared we would not have the...
-
A Guide to WCU As An Incoming Student
We are living in an odd time nowadays. There are different rules and obligations to go by within every day, including how we go through our...
-
My Mental Health Struggle as a Social Media Manager and What I Learned
Will it really be work over mental health?
-
600 Miles Away from Home (Part 3): Social Life at DePauw
Besides bringing me the education I desire and helping me grow as a person, DePauw has also allowed me to meet some of the most...
-
I Don't Like Clubbing or Partying, and That's Totally Okay
When I started college, I was a measly 17 years old. I never went to parties in high school, and I didn’t particularly like the idea of...
-
Quarantine: the Perfect Excuse?
I have turned this isolation into my ideal world. I think people sometimes forget the value of silence, of having time, of enjoying our own...
-
Girls Can Join Fraternities, Too
My experience with rushing sororities and fraternities both.
-
Five Things I've Learned During my Second Year at University
Almost a year ago, I was finishing up my first year of University and I wrote my first Her Campus Article about everything I learnt. Today...
-
The Things I Miss Since Quarantine Started
Staying indoors limits quite a number of options.
-
5 Ways to Hang Out With Friends Virtually
Staying at home doesn’t mean you can’t have a social life.
-
When an Extrovert Meets Quarantine
When I first heard quarantine, I have to admit I was a little queasy. No friends? No plans? No… nothing, for over three weeks? Might as well have handed me a one-way ticket to hell
-
The Regrets of a Couch Potato
Reflecting on all the social events I missed because I stayed home.
-
Emma Off The Record: Ringing in Spring
Looking on the brighter side.
-
Emma Off The Record: Feel Better
How to keep on keeping on while social distancing.
-
Emma Off The Record: Adieu (For Now) BU
Things took a turn for the worse, but I’m determined to feel better.
-
Emma Off The Record: Road Trippin’
Five and a half hours on the road = one extra-long playlist!
