Yearly Archives: 2019

Updated with current information for 2023 Pat yourself on the back. You successfully (we hope) completed your first semester and now you’re set to take a well-earned break by going home to celebrate the holidays with your family and friends. While you’ll likely have a great time with all the festive goings-on, do be …

Do you and your friends wake up every morning (or afternoon) stumbling toward the kitchen in your rentals in Athens Ohio to make coffee, certain you can’t possibly be awake until that first jolt of caffeine finds its way into your brain? Caffeine is a cherished study aid for most college students. No doubt, …

Your college years, we hope, will be among the best ones of your life. Being young and (again, we hope) wrapped up in a whirl of social activities, living in the best Athens Ohio rentals, balancing fun times with the demands of your classes, exploring new possibilities as you plan for a career – …

It’s late in the fall. Cold weather has arrived and you’re huddled in one of the best apartments in Athens, but your feet are definitely cold whenever you leave home. You’ve only recently realized that those down-at-the-heel flip-flops and the blown-out athletic shoes you thought would do fine for the fall semester are really …

Test taking is among the greatest stresses you’re likely to encounter during your college career. So what’s the best strategy for acing a test? Hate to break it to you like this, but there’s no magic bullet other than study, study, study. The better prepared you are, the better you will do. Do not …

OU students may be living the small-town life in their Athens Ohio rental homes, apartments and dorms but there’s no reason you can’t get a taste for the world’s varied cultures as part of your university experience. Opportunities for future leaders, both domestic and foreign, to meet and exchange ideas about culture and heritage …

Traditional students generally begin college in the fall semester. But for a variety of reasons, some students don’t begin college until spring. Sometimes this is the student’s choice, but it may also be the university’s. It’s not uncommon after high school graduation for a student to wait out a semester from attending university, either …

Now that you’re in college you are developing habits that could be with you for a lifetime. One of the best you can cultivate is the practice of meditation. Traditionally, college students have been known to use their newfound freedom to succumb to binge drinking, partying, over-eating, failing to get adequate sleep and arriving …

Jazz and blues merge in a unique form of cultural expression from the global artists Mwenso and the Shakes, all the way from Harlem but headlining in Athens on Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at John Calhoun Baker University Center at 1 Park Place. Troupe members originate from Sierra Leona, Greenwich Village, Jamaica, Madagascar, …

Updated with current information for 2023 Thanksgiving is a family-oriented holiday. So, when your family lives too far away to go home for Turkey Day, you may suffer serious disappointment and even feel depressed. Fortunately, most schools recognize that not all students get to go home for the holidays, so they make an effort …