Teaching Assistants and You
Teaching assistants. We all have them. We all simultaneously love them and hate the subject they teach. We can all thank them for providing incredibly...
Staying Forever Young
It’s common knowledge that growing up is kind of the worst. It’s a world full of responsibility, stress, caffeine headaches, and “business casual” attire. Plus,...
The Land of No & Its Sandwiches
by Emily Adams As a transfer student, my adjustment to Brown has been fairly seamless. The only issue I have struggled with is centrally located and...
What CareerLAB Won’t Tell You: Cover Letters
Internship application season is in full swing, and it’s hitting me harder than the poignant final moments of the High School Musical franchise. (Don’t tell...
How to Stalk Like a Parent
College introduces a lot of independence and freedom into most people’s lives. That means that breaks spent at home re-introduce restrictions that can sometimes be...
Lessons from Aziz Ansari’s “Modern Romance”
Aziz Ansari could have written a pseudo-autobiography about his experiences with dating and tinder, and simply pontificated about his take on the 21st century. He...
The Rib Responds: Do boys not like funny girls?
by Hannah Pasternak I first started exercising my funny bone during my senior year of high school. The work out regimen was quick and surprisingly easy....
How NOT to Give the Sex Talk
Oh no! You’ve got a pre-teen on your hands, and you’re going to have to give the sex talk! When did that happen?? If you’re...
A Job-Seeker’s Guide to the Galaxy
As September rolled around and I made my plans for Brown, a brighter-eyed, bushier-tailed version of myself prepared countless resumes and cover letters for the...
What it Feels Like to Receive Friend Requests from Upperclassmen
Despite priding myself on having a pretty good handle on life as a first-year in Brunonia (I’ve never been late to any of my small...