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Fly on the Wall—How Was Your Summer?

Fill in the blank quiz questions can be a breeze or a bummer.  Like multiple choice, they leave little margin for error or ambiguity.  There seems to be no room to elaborate or hedge one’s bets by fluffing up an answer to cover as much terrain as feels right.  So, with that in mind, inevitably… Read more »

The Not-So Starving Student—Four Reasons to Shop at an Ethnic Grocery

Ethnic grocery stores hold gems that adventurous foodies would be thrilled to explore.  Recently I had the opportunity to visit a local ethnic grocery store chain known as H-mart that specializes in retailing South Korean food.  Some ethnic grocery stores are like supermarkets, featuring imported products from fresh veggies and fruit to packaged non-perishables such… Read more »

The Fit Student—No Student Should Suffer Ramen Noodles

Are you a student eating ramen noodles?  Worse, do you have an autoimmune disease or health condition—while eating ramen noodles? Stop now! My goal is to get you as healthy as you’ve ever dreamed possible, but on a budget.  And I’ve discovered a way to get you an extra boost from your organic buy.  This… Read more »

Course Exam—ACCT 356

ACCT 356 (Strategic and Competitive Analysis) is a three-credit upper-level accounting course that provides students with an intermediate level coverage of managerial accounting concepts and the use of managerial accounting tools for strategic planning, measurement, and analysis.  Students will develop an understanding of the role of management accounting information in building and managing a company’s… Read more »

Dear Barb—The Green Eyed Monster

Dear Barb: I know guys don’t usually read advice columns, but I do occasionally read yours. I would like your opinion on a situation I’m in right now. My girlfriend and I have been dating for one year and we have a lot of fun together when we are alone. As soon as we get… Read more »

The Mindful Bard’s 14 Top Mindfulness Songs

If you really want to get into the meditation zone, you need, if not complete silence, then meditation music — ambient, world, classical, jazz, or anything that draws you into your own contemplative space, usually music that’s free of voices or any audio distractions that force you to think or that draw you away from… Read more »

The Fit Student—Resume Fitness Basics

To be fit for the costs of living—and the shock of student debt—we need to woo job interviewes.  I bombed at interviews.  It took me a year to find a job.  Sadly, I would get interviews every week—sometimes three—but no-one would hire me. So, I bought new clothes, hit the gym, splashed on makeup, dyed… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—Limbic Fantasies Amid Study Reality

Pop culture gleams with opportunities for sociological analytics.  Take the country song “What Was I Thinking” by Dierks Bentley: “I was thinking ‘bout a little white tank top sitting right there in the middle by me I was thinking about a long kiss man just gotta get goin’ with a night like me Well I… Read more »

Course Exam—Math 366

MATH 366 (Complex Variables I) is a three-credit, upper-level mathematics course that is an introductory complex variable course covering complex numbers, complex variable functions, continuity, limits, derivatives, transcendental functions, integration on the complex plane, infinite series with complex variables, and the residue theorem with some of its applications.  MATH 366 requires students to take MATH… Read more »