New York City is decorated like a postcard, Starbucks has introduced their red holiday cups and Christmas music has seeped its way onto every station on the radio. But one obstacle stands between Christmas break and us: finals week. The bliss of Thanksgiving break is starting to fade away with the incoming pile of papers and tests to start preparing for. An increase in stress … Continue reading The Freshman Files: The Final Straw
The moment we have all been waiting for, or counting down to, is just around the corner. After three months of what seemed like never-ending reading, writing and Google-ing, we are finally going home. While an increase in personal space and a miraculously clean bathroom rank high on the list of reasons we are itching for the holiday weekend, what we are really looking forward … Continue reading The Freshman Files: Home Sweet Home
Just as the stress of midterms is starting to dwindle down, there is another issue at hand that is causing our blood pressure to spike above and beyond normal levels: registration. In case you didn’t get the memo, registration for the spring 2015 semester for us freshmen starts tomorrow morning, Nov. 12. “I am going to wake up early and register at exactly 7 a.m., … Continue reading The Freshman Files: Registration
Manhattan Madness is the crown jewel of school spirit events held in our beloved Draddy Gymnasium. The occasion marks the beginning of the men and women’s basketball seasons and is sponsored by Student Activities and Student Government. We all know that it is a night full of spirit, a lot of green and is in honor of a team or two, but what can us … Continue reading The Freshman Files: Manhattan What?
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 and they’re not so good. Maybe your 8 a.m. class is starting to get to you and your beauty sleep. Or maybe your fantasy football team is zero and eight on the season. Whatever the reason may be, one thing is sure … Continue reading The Freshman Files: Halloween
Public transportation is one aspect of New York City that every student at Manhattan College loves to hate. On one hand, some say we have it all. With one swipe of our metro cards we can be transported to anywhere we want in the greatest city in the world. The convenience is marveling and the inexpensiveness is unparalleled. What we love about the subway or … Continue reading The Freshman Files: MTA: It’s Complicated
Walking into my doctor’s office in August for my yearly physical I was in perfect health and ready to be shipped off to Manhattan College. So when my physician handed me a pack of Kleenex and warned me about college breeding as many germs as a kindergarten classroom, I shrugged it off. Except now I find it almost impossible to walk around campus or sit … Continue reading The Freshman Files: Common Cold
October is finally here. While there is nothing like fall in New York, we can’t enjoy the crisp autumn weather just yet. Midterms are just around the corner, as well as the potential loss of our sanity. Midterm week is a bi-annual occurrence where caffeine is your best friend and the library is the coolest place to be on a Friday night. Juniors and seniors … Continue reading The Freshman Files: Midterm Mania
Last Tuesday, my English class went on a trip to Arthur Avenue to analyze the “Italian-American” cuisine. We borrowed a van courtesy of Manhattan College athletics and my professor drove all eight of us through the Bronx. As we filed into markets, butchers, pasta and pastry shops all I could think was “this would have never happened in high school.” The great competition between high … Continue reading The Freshman Files: College vs. High School
