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June 21, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Will Work for Travel: How Work-Stay Programs Can Work for You

Work-stay programs are not only great for budget travelers, they can also enhance your resume, help your language skills, and let you get to know the people of your destination far more than if you were just seeing the sights.

June 20, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

How You Can Use Podcasts to Learn a New Language

Learning another language isn’t easy, but whether it’s for your undergrad prerequisites, study abroad, or to prepare for a graduate program, you are going to have to do it.

June 18, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Romance Abroad: Dating in Different Cultures

Asking about dating on my travels to England, India and Japan revealed some fascinating differences in how guys and gals are getting together – or aren’t.

June 17, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

How to Use Your Blog to Land a Job

Having a blog is great, but knowing how to use it to land that job is something else entirely. Here’s what you need to know before you post that resume.

June 4, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Wanderlust and Lipstick: Safety Tips from Women’s Travel Expert, Beth Whitman

Natalee Holloway, 19, was last seen leaving a nightclub with three men in Aruba when she disappeared in 2005. In April, 23 year old Aubrey Sacco went missing while hiking alone in Nepal. Traveling is dangerous, but that doesn’t mean young women should stay home – they just need to be careful. Beth Whitman, solo [...]

June 3, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

UC Berkeley to test Incoming Students’ DNA

Does anyone else remember Gattaca? The freaky futuristic movie in which your entire fate (education, career, love life) is decided by your genetic makeup? That’s part of the reason some students and activists are very upset by UC Berkeley’s recent stunt: asking freshmen and incoming transfers to send in swabs of their saliva before fall [...]

May 31, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Study Reports “Me Generation” Lacks Empathy

What’s the difference between college kids in the 1970s and us? Sadly, I’m not making a comparison of generational fashion. The difference is empathy. Apparently, “Generation Me” has far less of it than 20-somethings did 30 years ago. This idea isn’t new – there have been a few books claiming our generation to be the [...]

May 29, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Burning Man: Creating Community in the Desert

Through the heat waving above the cracked surface of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, a city exists for one week every fall. In this city, nothing is bought or sold, only given or traded. And the one rule is to leave no trace behind. Burning Man is part arts festival, part social experiment. It’s a mass [...]

May 28, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Major Breakthrough: History

“I’m a Federal Special Agent, and while firing a weapon and handcuffing dirtbags has little to nothing to do with history, getting to that point kind of does.” Kevin never was a traditional college student – he served as a Marine before attending UCLA. After seeing a B action movie with his then girlfriend (now [...]

May 27, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Quick & Dirty Tips to Avoid Being Buried Alive in Debt

Nancy Trejos, a young financial journalist, was sinking in debt from car payments, a failed mortgage, and bills she racked up as a college student. Ironically, Nancy is a financial reporter for The Washington Post, but while she knew a lot about finances, she couldn’t dig herself out of debt without help. Then she wrote [...]

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