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Five times Winnie the Pooh was right about college

By Tatianna Salisbury | January 18, 2018

Oh, honey. When sleep is more important than (everything)via GIPHYWhen you splurge on yourself and get the unlimited dining plan. via GIPHYWhen your new professor spends the entire first class period making passive aggressive remarks about their recent...

Weird, wacky and strange laws in Illinois

By Holly New | April 30, 2013

Sometimes, I’m not very proud to live in Illinois. From our crooked politicians to our increasing debt, Illinois has a lot of room for improvement. I decided I wanted to seek out something that makes Illinois unique and interesting, something I could...

Your text humor is measured in ‘ha’s

By Danny Cozzi | March 21, 2013

Before we all left to celebrate our spring break last week, I was in class when I got a text from a good friend of mine. She was responding to a joke I made, which was an array of “haha’s” in all caps and an “LOL” at the end. Despite the obvious...

Make embarrassing situations ‘as artistic as possible’

By Joe Palmer | September 25, 2012

I’ll admit it: I like watching people fall over. It may make me a bad person, but so long as they’re ok, I’ll get a cheap laugh. More than anything, though, I like seeing how people recover from such personal travesties. Some will undoubtedly try...