The Freshman Files: The Final Straw
New York City is decorated like a postcard, Starbucks has introduced their red holiday cups and Christmas music has seeped its way onto…
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The Freshman Files: Home Sweet Home
The moment we have all been waiting for, or counting down to, is just around the corner. After three months of what seemed…
The Freshman Files: Halloween
Right about now we are all experiencing a bit of a mid-semester funk. Maybe it’s the fact that your midterm grades are out…
The Freshman Files: MTA: It’s Complicated
Public transportation is one aspect of New York City that every student at Manhattan College loves to hate. On one hand, some say…
The Freshman Files: Common Cold
Walking into my doctor’s office in August for my yearly physical I was in perfect health and ready to be shipped off to…
The Freshman Files: Midterm Mania
October is finally here. While there is nothing like fall in New York, we can’t enjoy the crisp autumn weather just yet. Midterms…
The Freshman Files: Finding Food
As students who are new to the college scene we are experiencing our own “Eat, Pray, Love.” Except, instead of traveling to the…
The Freshman Files: Balancing Act
College is like one big circus. All around us there are things to see and watch and take part in. There are classes…
The Freshman Files: Cutting the Cord
What does it really mean to “cut the cord”? My first few days at school I met Zhaku and Kris, two freshmen from…