Sarah Carbonel
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Relax, savor what's left of college life

Where did the quarter go? My sense of time got lost somewhere amidst hundreds of pages

The precarious post-honeymoon blues

At the wedding I went to over the weekend, the emcee led a contest that

Loving, learning and living together

Caffeinated cramming sessions. Pert professors. Lamented love affairs. On the

Sense and serendipity: soul mates

We’re rational beings. OK, we like to think we are. Though we sometimes take on our studies

V-Day: a love-hate relationship

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and the battle is on. I don’t mean the advertising

Status report: the e-relationship

I have no qualms admitting it: I’m a geek.
Mostly I’m referring to my technological

Anatomy of a first date: the good and bad

In a highly scientific and structured approach, I took a general survey of friends’ and acquaintances’ impressions of the “first date.”

Learning new languages: guy talk, girl speak

I love intellectual sparring with the opposite sex.

I’m not exactly sure what started this (bad habit? guilty pleasure?). My training in the art began sometime in elementary school. The boys didn’t appreciate having to share the playground with my 8-year-old attempts to start mental tennis matches.

Avoid a mucky start to the New Year

Welcome back, everyone. Hope your three weeks of break were revitalizing and relaxing and other restorative R-adjectives.

New year, new quarter – fresh start. Right?

When the New Year holiday rolls around, emotional propensities may take us in one of two directions: the nostalgic trek back over the last 364 days and previous years, or the refreshing, exciting look forward into the opportunities of tomorrow.