Delight

When I got an internship with my city’s communications division during my last semester of college, work experience became my personal buzz word. Anyone who learned of my new position could not say enough about the invaluable work experience I would have by the time I left. I did the same. In talking to people during the first weeks of the internship, and in the times when I was struggling to keep up with expectations, I repeated the same mantra: work experience. Work experience. Work experience . A year and a half later, I have to admit that I did not know what I was talking about. I was using the phrase in the proper context, but I could not truly understand what work experience would do for me until I had it, which came slowly and in waves. I can’t guarantee that should you get an internship, your experience will be as beneficial and enjoyable as mine was. I wish every hard-working college student could experience what I did, but I can guarantee that if you bring th

Concise writing is studied by scholars, but it doesn’t take a degree to lose interest or conversely, experience satisfaction from a succinct statement. I’ll never forget my editing professor praising Twitter for its 140-character limit. He said more good writing comes from those limitations than from having all the characters in the world available. I wonder what he would say about Twitter testing a new 280-character limit. Aliza Rosen, Twitter Product Manager, reminded users that “Twitter is about brevity,” in a company blog post published on Tuesday, September 26. She went on to say, “We understand since many of you have been Tweeting for years, there may be an emotional attachment to 140 characters – we felt it, too.” The blog post explains that the character limitation appears to be too restrictive for English and the added freedom could attract more Tweets. Let’s cut to the chase. Twitter wants more business. I can respect that. Managing five social media accounts

When it came to paying off my student loans, I understood that the bulk of it would have to be done after I walked across the stage to get my diploma. However, I was eager to make the most of my time and money in the interim of being a full-time student and you should be too. There are several things you can do in the midst of college to save yourself thousands of dollars. 1. Pay off interest while you are still in school. If you allow interest to accrue, that amount will add onto your principal loan amount, which will result in more interest accruing and more debt come the start of your repayment period. Still not convinced? Try this little trick. Multiply your interest rate by the current principal balance of your loan. Then, divide that number by 365 (number of days in a year). The result is how much interest is accruing daily. Example: (4.4% x $21,000)/365 = $2.53 That may not seem like much, but it sure grows when your are lying in bed trying to sleep at night. 2.

There comes a time in every student's college career when they are faced with that frightening question, "What if I don't get a job in my field of study?" In 2013, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York* released study results showing that only 27 percent of college graduates had a job related to their major. That's not a very comforting number. However, regardless of what job you land, it's important to understand that  college will still be one of the best investments you ever make in yourself . Here's why: 1. In today's market, there is a positive relationship between education level and income.  That means, the person who received a bachelors degree is likely to make more money over their lifetime than the person who only holds a high school diploma. Even if your career is unrelated to your major, you could still be making a good sum of money. 2. College challenges your way of thinking. The people you meet and the classes you take will for

An Easter Challenge Christianity hinges on Easter. The holiday originated when Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and Joseph, came back to life. He resurrected. Three days prior, he had been beaten to the point of being unrecognizable and nailed to a cross, which during his day was the most shameful way to go. As his body began to slump, the only physical things holding him to that dead tree were the nails in his hands and feet. He died as all humans would in his position. No angels came to attend him. No sinners were smote in his presence. The skies did not open to retrieve Jesus’ sad body from the cross. He went just as he had come, in humility. If that had been the end of the story there would be no reason for me to write now. And Easter would not exist. And Christianity, along with several other religions, would not be practiced. Paul, an early spokesman for the faith, put it very frankly in a letter he wrote to the church located in Corinth, “And if Christ has not