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A Letter to College Freshmen

The Northern Nerd

Sep 2, 2019
5 min

A Letter to College Freshmen

Dear Freshmen, It seems as though you’ve just got dropped off by your parents at summer camp. Classes are just about to start, but that hasn’t occupied your mind as much as figuring out the best room configuration for you and your roommate. You don’t remember having this much stuff when you were living at home, but now you’ve got to find a way to make it all fit. You’ve also got to decide whether your room will be the place to watch movies with everyone or if you’ll be travel

The Most Important Lesson I Learned At College

The Northern Nerd

Feb 19, 2019
3 min

The Most Important Lesson I Learned At College

A lot of people used to call me weird when I was growing up; whether it was because I normally didn’t drink on the weekends, dressed up like a teacher to school once a week (still kind of weird), or when I just wouldn’t follow the status quo. I used to take it to heart when people would call me weird because I cared a lot about what people thought about me. Now, I have kind of embraced my weirdness. I'm not talking about to a large extent or anything like that, but I am just

The Five People At Every College Party

The Northern Nerd

Oct 25, 2018
2 min

The Five People At Every College Party

DJing any event can be fairly entertaining, but throw a bunch of party animal, stressed out college students into a nearly crumbling basement and you’ve got yourself a night for the books. Although the people at the parties aren’t always the same people, there are always these types of people at every party. 1. The Person That Just Came To Dance. Don’t try to strike up a conversation with this person. They are too lost in the music at the moment. They know the dance moves to

5 People On Every Intramural Sports Team

The Northern Nerd

Sep 30, 2018
2 min

5 People On Every Intramural Sports Team

Intramural sports can be some of the best nights of college. You and your friends may use it as a means of getting together once a week to have fun and possibly work off some of the weekend’s bad decisions (ice cream, pizza, beer, etc.) On the other hand, you and your friends are in it to win it and have dreams of throwing on that championship t-shirt when it’s all said and done. No matter what side of the spectrum you are on, there are going to be these five people on every