Quiz: What should you do this summer?
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Do I go to the pool? Hit the gym? Stay in front of my AC unit until school starts? Take this quiz to find out what you should do this summer!
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How to enjoy a family vacation as a college student
Follow the guidelines below and I can personally guarantee that upon returning from your family vacation, you’ll only bring back pictures and positive memories.
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We’ll meet in Mei: A short story
Mei Huang meets August Claremont in the spring, when the air smells of rotten honeysuckles and mist. A chill rattles her bones even through her cardigan — a sure, swift wind that jostles her gait and forces her hands into thin denim pockets. Mei’s breath comes in sharp bursts: clouds
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Living the camp life: Why I love making friendship bracelets
There’s something cathartic about making a friendship bracelet: separating out the strings, looping one over the other, pulling them tight and repeating.
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Editors’ note: Outside impact issue
The outside — real and imaginary — is where we find adventures of all kinds and where, ultimately, we will learn and grow.
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Cold girl summer
Sex on Tuesday
If you have been keeping up with my column until now, you have probably realized that I don’t have very much sex (which is, to say the least, ironic considering I write this column).
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A playlist for summer love
For all of those summer relationships, summer loves, summer flings: Here is a playlist devoted to you.
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Traditional Taiwanese dessert street food
As a Taiwanese-American who lived on the island for eight years, street markets have always been my second home. Here are three of my favorite desserts.
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Recreating Chick-fil-A’s frosted lemonade
Make your very own Chick-fil-A frosted lemonade at home if you’re craving some and don’t want to support the establishment in light of past controversies.
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5 books to add to your summer reading list
The past school year was undeniably exhausting, and many of us can finally use this summertime to relax and recover from nonstop schoolwork. After endless reading assignments, it’s possible that the last thing you want to do is crack open a book. However, reading doesn’t always have to be an exhausting experience that requires critical thought. Sometimes the best books are the ones that let us escape reality for a little bit. These five books — that don’t require too much brainpower — are guaranteed to have you excited about reading again and get you out of your reading slump!
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