Instant Gratification and Dopamine Deficiencies
Have you ever looked at your phone repeatedly only to find no new notifications? Most of us have and do daily only to just put our phone back in our pocket with an almost subconscious level of disappointment. You didn't get your fix. The average US adult has over 2,600 touches on their phone a day. This figure does not focus on millennials, Gen Zs, and hard core memers. Who knows what those numbers would look like?...
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You’ve gone through half the battle if you’ve already decided to study abroad, and gotten buy-in from your parents (financial or not). Now what?...
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If you’ve ever thought of studying science, you’re already familiar with the term STEM. It stands for the four pillars of science: science, technology, engineering and maths....
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Fifteen years ago, who knew what an influencer was? Few. Today, the word “influencer” is on its way to Merriam Webster’s dictionary. Thousands if not hundreds of thousands are vying to be considered one. Several are making money from it....
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Yes, we know spring break was last month. But we also know that unless you packed bags and headed for Florida, you missed the sunny temperatures that made your dream spring break outfit list unwearable....
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Great job, you got the internship. And it’s probably because you asked all the right questions, including “what’s office culture like, and what’s the dress code?”...
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Remember when podcasts weren’t really a thing? People just listened to music. Occasionally, the older crowd was tuning into audio books. Huh....
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Ah, that time of year -- sorority recruitment -- where we find ourselves spending too much time in the guilty pleasure that is watching sorority recruitment videos. Usually a well-edited mix of time lapses set against pop techno, girls on speedboats, the latest trends in bikinis, and of course, convertibles cruising coastlines and/or desert backroads. Here are this semester’s best sorority recruitment videos....
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