Why Aren't We Also Mad at Colleges for Increasing Tuition?
Finally.The New York Times finally got on the bandwagon of reporting on student loan debt as the interest rate on student loans are set to double on July 1st, from 3.4% to 6.8%. I've talked about this...
View ArticleWhen Fate Gets Its Way
I stood, staring at myself in the full-length mirror. Denim shorts about four inches too short, a plaid shirt so tight the buttons threatened to pop off exposing the red bra underneath, big hair, dark...
View ArticleA Decision Made
As we walked through the quiet of the intramural fields, I found myself questioning everything.I’ve never approved of being the “other woman”, and yet, here I was. Sure, nothing had happened…yet. But...
View ArticleEmpty Nest's Silver Lining
I have been preparing for the empty nest for two decades. I hated it when my boys went off to nursery school. I was not one of those mothers who thought sleep away summer camp was a great idea. So when...
View ArticleKids These Days...
Kids these days...are tomorrow's food trendsetters.There are 20 million college students in the U.S., most in their teens and early 20's.They're young, impressionable, and eating Thai food for the...
View ArticleAll Roads Lead You Here Series: A Closed Door
We were sitting in a booth across from each other, chatting lightheartedly while waiting for our food to arrive. It had been a great afternoon, a look at what Spring would bring over the next few...
View ArticleHelping Our Kids Design Their Futures
“Mommy is half of so many things!” interrupted my son as I chatted with someone I've just met. Obviously, the question was, “So, what do you do?” My conversation partner, smitten by my kid’s social...
View ArticleI'll drink to that!
Drinking my morning coffee, I stumble across these words: "Otherwise healthy college-age adults who binge drink show possible early signs of impaired vascular function..." Hold on here, that's some...
View ArticleOne Student's CollegeTransfer Story...
The whole college experience is really more of a journey than anything else. But I guess that can be said about our lives. These journeys take us to new places and new experiences and sometimes we...
View Article"Hook Up Culture": Fact vs Fiction
In a Los Angeles Times op-ed this week on hookup culture in college, Bob Laird links binge drinking and casual sex to sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, confusion, low self-esteem,...
View ArticleWhat You & Your Daughter Need To Know About Campus Safety
What You & Your Daughter Need To Know About Campus SafetyBy Tracy Vega | Simple Self Defense for Womenhttp://www.wobcmagazine.com/7623/38317/a/what-you-your-daughter-need-to-...
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