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College survival

5 Geeky Ways to Improve your College Experience

College provides a new beginning; it is a place where you can shed your high school label and forge a new path. However, many of us are content with the comfort zone we have established for ourselves and view change as an overwhelming task. If this is you, don’t worry, you can still be who…

Cross-platform must have apps for the college student

Cross-Platform Must Have Apps for the College Student

There was a time when the Android and iOS catalogue essentially ran on two different planes. If you wanted to use Apple, you had to go all Apple, and the same applied for Android. However, in 2015, that is no longer a feasible market strategy for any developer that wants the proper exposure, popularity and…

Playing video games in class: does it count as curriculum?

Playing Video Games In Class: Does It Count As Curriculum?

“This guy keeps trying to kill me, and I don’t have a weapon.” – Britt Clifford, 23. Well, talk about a first world problem. No, it’s a not a 13-year old raging at his killstreak being cut off right before he could call in an airstrike in Call of Duty. Clifford’s avatar, the Debuante, was…

Geeky back-to-school shopping

Geeky Back-to-School Shopping Guide

School is quickly approaching and it’s time to start shopping! For Middle School and High School students, there’s no better way to show your geekiness than through your school supplies. For a college kid, it’s all about your dorm room. Purchasing the novelty items that us geeks love so much can be expensive, so we did…

College? A geek’s alternate path

College? A Geek’s Alternate Path

College tuition is more than through the roof. It’s through the penthouse, through the ozone. It’s becoming more difficult to afford to explore the boozy, intellectual jungle that is a college campus. What is more, it’s a badly hoarded secret that the skills imparted to only usually sober students in the realms of higher education…

5 geeky tips for surviving a boring class

5 Geeky Tips For Surviving A Boring Class

Everyone’s been in one of those classes: the teacher or professor reads straight from the textbook, offering no new information to keep you engaged or necessitate note-taking. Their irritating, monotone voice manages to suck the remaining life out of the already dry material, and their lifeless eyes make you glad you’re not going into teaching….

Geeks after college

Geeks After College: How to Avoid the Monotony of the Daily Grind

For many geeks, myself included, college was an awakening. What do you mean there’s a day devoted to Harry Potter where the dining hall serves pumpkin pasties and changes its menu font to lightning bolts? Wait, there’s an actual student body Hunger Games (minus the killing…most of the time)? Lightsabers abound on May the Fourth?!…

College degrees: does a geek really need one to be successful?

College Degrees: Does a Geek Really Need One to be Successful?

If you’re reading this article, you’re most likely an 18 year old on the cusp of this grand journey through life. You’re probably also doubting college, what with all the big talk of millennials (you, yes you) dropping the ball. You’re also a geek. So what does that mean for your future? Your success? And…