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  • Senior Suggestions: How to make the most of election season

    My freshman year at Marietta was marked by the campaign of, then senator, Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. I remember walking to Front Street with Sean McKenna and other members of The College Democrats to hear, now our vice president, Joe Biden speak.

  • Cervantes Counseling Corner: Remedying self-sabotage

    It's a new year, a new semester has begun and we are facing what to do about our resolutions, if we made any. There are two psychological phenomena that interfere with our resolve: fear of failure and fear of success. Sometimes these phenomena are known as self-sabotage.

  • Insabella Diary of a December grad: Playing the waiting game

    Just a month after graduating from Marietta, the post-graduate life is in full swing for me. As all my friends are returning to campus and getting ready for another semester, I am at home watching the NFL playoffs and browsing every job search website that exists.

  • Senior Suggestions: How to keep the holidays with a student’s budget

    With the holiday season approaching, here are five tips that I've learned that can make the holidays affordable....if you can hold on just long enough to make it through finals.  1. If you have a core group of friends agree, to do a secret santa or gift exchange.

  • Dr. Nan Cervantes, Clinical Psychologist Counseling Corner: Reconciling college and family life while at home for holiday break

    When finals are all over next week, it will be time to prepare to go home. "My parents treat me like I am in high school again. They give me a curfew and want to know where I am all the time. How can I make them stop?" There are two reasons parents do this to their returning college students.

  • Senior Suggestions: What to do to get cultured

    College is said to be the place to "discover yourself," to find life-long friends and to get cultured. Now the almighty mystical college guru, hopefully played as a voice over by Morgan Freeman, might say that the first of these three is the most important, but I disagree.

  • Ohio voters set stage for election next fall

    On Tuesday, November 8, a general election was held in Ohio to decide on local candidates, levies and state issues. Leading up to that day, a lot of campaigning was taking place- but the majority was not for candidates. State Issues 2 and 3 controlled Ohio's media for the past few months, garnering the state a lot of attention and making it a focal point for politics in the nation.

  • Counseling Corner: Sleep can help you study

    As the end of the semester approaches, it is time to consider the study aid of sleep - yes, sleep. We all know of the legendary student who can pull an "all-nighter" and get an "A" on the exam. Perhaps you are such a student; however, research has shown that fatigue can impair memory, attention span and concentration.