10 Things To Do This Summer to Solidify Your Ideal Job After Graduation

July 24, 2008 - 4:29 pm , By COED Staff

10 Things To Do This Summer to Solidify Your Ideal Job After Graduation

It’s the middle of summer! Time to sip lemonade, slather on the SPF and read gossip magazines for hours, right?

Not if you’ve just graduated from college and you’re eager to find a full-time job before the fall. If you’re looking for your first job this summer, here are a few ideas to help you snap up job offers while everyone else is slacking. [Huffington Post]

Writing at the College Level

‘ve compiled a list of tips to help you take your writing to a more formal, well planned body of work. Perhaps it’s been years since you have had to write a formal paper, or maybe your fresh out of high school and want your papers to appear more “grown up.” Think about these few things when starting our first paper. [Stuff To Get It Done]

How College Students Can Make Extra Money

f you’re a young and broke college student like me, this article is for you. The bad news is that college tuition goes up every year and financial aid money can only get you so far. However, there are good news in store: you can make extra money if you’re willing to look for them.

6 easy sources to boost your income when in college.. [AC]

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The Post Graduate Job Hunt: Top Cities For Jobs

June 30, 2008 - 12:31 pm , By Editor

With the economy in distress, recent graduates are looking for work anywhere they can find it–and location of their job hunt will effect their ability of landing that killer payday.

Luckily for you, Forbes compiled a list of Best Cities For Jobs in 2008, which examines all the important factors in 100 metropolitan areas including, unemployment rate, job growth, income growth, median household income and cost of living.

“I don’t live anywhere near those cities,” you might say. But think about this: The world is currently going down the crapper; the stock market is plumetting, gas costs a left-nut, and we’re about to go to war with Iran. And as the saying goes, drastic times call for drastic measures. And while many can’t just up and move their entire life to a new city, you can! Without any long-term committments tying you down–house, kids, wife–you’re in a unique possition to move where you need to move to succeed.

So check out Best Cities For Jobs in 2008, stop being a wussy and do what you need to do to make it in this crazy new century.

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7 Arrested For Cheering At S.C. High School Graduations

June 13, 2008 - 12:45 pm , By Editor

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In today’s “this is some serious bullsh*t” category, seven audience members were arrested this week, at two separate high school graduations in South Carolina, for cheering. No, they weren’t drunk or crazy, and calling out expletives during the valedictorian speech–one dude was just calling out his cousin’s name.

From MSNBC.com:

Six people at Fort Mill High School’s graduation were charged Saturday and a seventh at the graduation for York Comprehensive High School was charged Friday with disorderly conduct, authorities said. Police said the seven yelled after students’ names were called. Read More »

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Coming To The Big East In 2010 - Men’s Lacrosse

June 12, 2008 - 4:45 pm , By Editor

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The Big East conference is forming a new men’s lacrosse league that will include national champion Syracuse.

The league will start competition in the spring of 2010 and will include Syracuse, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Villanova, Notre Dame and Georgetown.

The schools will play each other once.

The conference’s 16 athletic directors unanimously approved the new league during recent meetings. The conference will apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Syracuse, which won its 10th NCAA title last month, had played as an independent, while the other schools were scattered in other leagues. [AP]

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Former President Clinton Backs Out Of UCLA’s Commencement Ceremony

Former President Bill Clinton won’t be addressing graduates at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony on Friday, June 13, as previously scheduled.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will deliver keynote remarks to approximately 4,000 graduating seniors and their guests at the event, which is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) asked Clinton and others not to speak at UCLA while its union members are working without a contract and negotiating with the University of California system.

“It’s unfortunate that union activities are affecting a UCLA event intended to celebrate student achievement,” said Judith L. Smith, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education at the UCLA College of Letters and Science. “While we’re disappointed for students and their family members looking forward to hearing a former president speak, we anticipate a joyful mood as we send off graduating seniors with a ceremony filled with colorful traditions.” [UCLA.NewsRoom]

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Stephen Colbert’s Strange Request To The Princeton’s Class of 2008

June 3, 2008 - 4:30 pm , By Editor

Stephen Colbert’s Strange Request To The Princeton’s Class of 2008

“Gandhi said, ‘you must be the change you want to see in the world,’” Stephen Colbert told an audience of thousands at the Class Day ceremony this afternoon. “But may I also point out he drank his own urine, so let’s not go overboard on his advice.”

The host and executive producer of “The Colbert Report” and a one-time presidential candidate in his home state of South Carolina, Colbert drew laughter and applause from the assembled senior class and their families as he poked fun at Princeton traditions and urged the class to maintain the status quo after graduation.

Though the Class of 2008 “can change the world,” Colbert said, he pleaded with its members to “please don’t do that.”

“Some of us like it the way it is,” he explained. “Personally, things are going great for me right now.” [The Daily Princetonian]

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The Funniest Name In College Football

Rivals of Marshall football and sports blogs around the country are going to have a field day with this guy, once football season rolls around. What were his parents thinking? I almost feel badly for him. [Losers With Socks]

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Nine Signs He’s a Frat Guy

The darker it is, the more beer that’s present, the more likely it is that girls will be back-humped by a frat guy. It’s the frat boy’s way of saying, “Hello, I’m drunk and you have a vagina, please let me stimulate my penis while grinding on you.” Because this usually takes place in a dark basement, it means it’s somehow OK. Most don’t even mind that you can feel their aroused penis slithering over your leg while dancing at a party.

He’s probably a frat guy if… [CollegeOTR]

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Wesleyan Wins: Obama to Stand-in for Kennedy as Commecement Speaker

May 23, 2008 - 10:30 am , By Andrew - Hunter College

After doctors diagnosed Sen. Edward (Ted) Kennedy with brain cancer this week, colleague and presidential candidate Barack Obama has agreed to fill-in at Sunday’s Wesleyan graduation cerimony as the event’s commencement speaker.  Read More »

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It’s the End of the World as I Know it: I’m Graduating in a Month!

April 11, 2008 - 10:00 am , By Mike - Montclair State U

gradFinals are just around the corner. Job interviews are being had. Apartments in new cities are being looked for.

Holy sh*t. College is ending.

And I am having a serious breakdown.

1. What the hell am I going to do with my English degree?

2. When am I going to see my friends again?

3. Where am I going to live?

4. How am I going to support myself without the help of my dad (who I have totally wrapped around my finger, might I add)?

5. What am I going to do when the college life I have gotten so accustomed to is over?

I know that these are things most people thought about months ago (especially the job stuff!), but I am really bad at accepting reality. Like the fact that everyone can tell my Marc Jacobs bag is fake. I like to pretend that everything is fine. In my world, if I think something is true then it must be true. So for awhile, I pretended like college wasn’t ending. Instead, this was just another year leading into yet another summer. Read More »

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Kanye West - “Flashing Lights”

February 16, 2008 - 10:00 am , By Josh - UMASS, Lowell

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