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Anxiety inducing, overly-complicated and a huge frustration are just some of the ways Syracuse University students described the on-campus housing lottery. But when it comes down to it, is there a better way? The first email from housing comes in January, freshman are just beginning their second semester when housing asks them to to begin thinking about housing for the following year. The email touches on advanced payment opportunities, eligibility checks and your bursar account. At this, point

Everyone will have to search for housing at some point in their life but for most JMU students this process begins after only a few weeks of living in a dorm your freshman year of college. The thought of signing a lease this early into the school year with friends that you have only known since coming to JMU can be very exciting and scary at the same time. there is such high demand for off campus housing that they tend to fill up very fast and early in the school year. Most students at JMU will only

Surviving Dorm Life Without Your Mom Do you remember when you were little and being sick meant a day of staying home watching TV? When did the mentality switch from “Yes, I get to stay home” to “It is just a little cough, I am sure I am fine”? Everyone experiences illness at some point in his or her life. Most people get their first illness when they are young children and the best part about it is there is parental figure there to take care of them while you stay home. Parents bring you food, medicine

The knocking on the door was the loudest he had ever heard fist on wood. It wasn't the banging noise on the door that jarred his concentration off track, but rather the reason behind the blasted knocking. He hears it yell unspoken threats to him behind one of the 20 identical wooden doors that line up and down the hallway. He knew this moment would come, but expected it to arrive much later. He truly doesn't belong in this clan. No one in the Clan of Knowledge is allowed to be wrong. Five seconds

. College students, especially freshmen, are a group particularly prone to stress (D'Zurilla & Sheedy, 1991) due to the transitional nature of college life (Towbes & Cohen, 1996). They must adjust to being away from home for the first time, maintain a high level of academic achievement, and adjust to a new social environment. College students, regardless of year in school, often deal with pressures related to finding a job or a potential life partner. These stressors do not cause anxiety or tension

I. INTRODUCTION A. How many years have you been in school? How many of you ever thought that once I enter college that I will have a lot of freedom? Have you ever considered how much your life will change once you enter college? B. Many of you upcoming freshman probably think that college is the same school except you have more freedom, especially now that you are consider as an adult but your whole life changes completely from how you behave in front of people, or whom you talk to, but

The University of Albany is State University, which is located in Albany, New York. This university offers many different majors and programs. The University has many sports for both men and women besides the sports there are clubs anyone from the school can join. It offers a big campus where most of its activities and events. In this Essay I will discuss information about Albany and why I choose it as my college. The University of Albany founded on1844, as a "normal school". It trained teachers

You didn’t have to be inside the campus to see that the students were nerving for their spring break. It was in the air, the smell of growing nature, that feeling of newness, the anxiety of students ready to spring from their seats and head to god knows where. In the classrooms, student’s barley paid any attention, with their eyes fixated on the clock, counting every second. Nobody cared for their grades, jobs, or families, they just went on bragging about all of their goals for the break. Even the

The wind howled as we drove vigilantly through the mountains. The winding, treacherous roads rattled our van with every turn. The sun vanished behind the arms of the trees as we ventured deeper into the mountains. Miles of vegetation swarmed on the like we were entering a jungle. The mountain peaks impaled the sky like a sword. Darkness crept and latched on to our van with every twist and turn. Fog whisked it’s way like a tidal wave through the trees. As we approached our destination, the

“Hear what you want” claimed the Sound Blockers through a video advertisement commercial targeting college students into purchasing The Sound Blockers 2.0. This advertisement was shown in class sharing personal experiences that influences the audience to relate to the situations and increase their chances in purchasing the product. This commercial used the three main rhetorical appeals, Logos, Ethos and Pathos, which were used in targeting emotions, statistics and creating a valid advertisement.