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CLASS
Su/anne ( ohban a venior at
Hjfiupi ( olicgr tn New Jrmv ha*
made tramterrmg an an lorn* *he
ha* three note he* in her undergradu
air belt 1 ohban a Nr* |cf*rv
native, curved at New \Ork l for a
umc of city life bill *oon found un
mopohtan living lev* than glamorous
It was what I pictured life aftrt
college to be like living on tm
own. taking cafC of d 4 Vi O - da V
(hmp. ( ohhan vjyi
She says Her first transfer 10
B<m«n ( o liege wai like going
back to high school Vm clique s
and nearly impossible for a transfer
to meet people
H\ the end of her sophomore
sear at Boston ( ollrgr. pressure to
choose a major forced her into a
yearlong sabbatical from school
1 act tall. I ohban enrolled at
Rarnapo. and she plans, tor the
moment, to stay
josh Me Kmlry. a sophomore at
the l ot Miami in Ohio tranv
Jetted from Rhodes C o I lege m l civ
ncvscc to escape the crash course in
Beer and J ratffnity 10).
McKinley sass he wavn t getting
hts money's worth at Rhodes ”1
drank too much he vas s ”1 carne
here to calm down It s a much big
ger campus drinking isn't the
only thing to do *
Frit 1* Stein i junior at North
western l’ considered transferring
to 4 smaller hhool for a more jH*r
sum) educitbtt
"Y ou think >; college is to
in- like Bcrkelcs in the CiOs Iocs
o! activism and interaction wnh tai
uhs. Stein says But 1 got
thrown into huge ciiuci where I
hardly knew the professors Otuc
Stern learned how to find smaller, j
more personal classes at Northwest
ern. he changed his mind about
tramlernng
(.ary I nglrgau. executive dues tor
of admission* and retold* at I etas
AN M l vay* that transferring is a
option for students who do the
right research “Students must rcv*»g
mwr that four year institutions fuse
unique personalities with unique
requirement*. ~ he saw “Hie earlier
you investigate, the better"
Fating solo m the cafeteria,
finding your wav around campus
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4mi straightening out
iU'N credits top the
list of hassles vou can
cspcti to encounter
when transfer ting
But tor mmy, tnn^i
rarv setback* 41c j
worth the move
NX e* belt i>l, nov> i
4 senior 41 Rhodes !
I o I lege. transferred
from tmon C ollcgc
m New York "1 umr
from 4 prep school,
and Union wjt |uo
like lit). [)f|( ol vasv
It was 4 huge train
nits nhoo! I he at.ad
trrnci were tine lor
engineers, hut it was
n’t the best place in
terms of off campus
oppon unites."
NX'tth 4 year 4t
Rhodes behind him.
DcICtil is settling in.
Sitting alone in the
dining hall is a pain in
the ass.” he says. “I
constantly questioned
vs hether I made the
right decision [But] it
svouldn t be transfer
ring it you weren’t
starting all over
again ”
Colleen Rush,
Assistant Editor/
Illustration by Steve
McNutt, Bucknell U . Pm
Rl ftlllNt. A ill*,) Of IKWOS SS V(HR ARMPITS lo Mf \ i > s MiM*.
blowing hangover nuv not be hrm you I relief Still, vou
might *ant to give this a mi other home remedies .1 shot
rhev re cheap and rau and «hcv just might work
kitchen cabinet remedies aren r cure alls sav Joan Wilen and l vdia
VV den, authors of (iutktn Soup & Other f olk Remetitn hawertt
( olumbtnci but they do offer inexpensive and safe alternative treatments to
minor ailments
f r»»m head to n*c. b*H»ks on home remedies feature a variety of ircar
menu for almost everything that ails vou I or example if you’re sour on trv
tr»g the lemon hangover cure, a tablrsptxm of honev rvers minute tor five
minutes may make you feel sweet again l >r load up on liquids just not
the kind that come with oink umbrellas
It miomnu is keeping you up Jit!
night, the Wilcm suggest putting
chunks of a yellow onion in j tight
iv scaled iar VC hen you have trouble
tailing asleep, open the jar and take
a deep whiff (Cither the inmal shock or the gradual essence demon should
knock you out in no time (about IS minutes1
Instead of popping tough drops to soothe a sort throat, ease that dirts
s*nk of! attri a ioilg das and sleep with it trapped around your netk It 11
takr your sore throat and breath ass as A convenient rationale lor
owning U> pain of dirty wxks ot a Ixma fide remedy' I ake a stinkin guess
.Meanwhile, at tire bottom (that s feet what were you thinking?), salt
water and sunlight van send athlete's foot back where it came from So can
walking foot-naked on the Israeli in the Bahamas, but that might caned the
inexpensive part
But user, beware Not all remedies work for all people Michael
Mvl urc, a junior at frinitv 1 in lev as attempted to get rid of a wart b\
putting a used fra bag on it tor IS minutes even das for 10 davs Td have
to sas there was a slight wart reduction." Mel me savs. “but I think Im con
vine mg rnvsdf that it s Hatter because I spent all that time scrapping tea bags
to im elbow
Kristina Vhurr. a graduate student at the 1 ot Maryland. C ollege Bark,
tried to case the itch of a mosquito bite by putting saliva and wet soap on it
I he whole idea was a little distasteful. Schurr suss I he voap gist dry and
crusty. It was grt»vs and it made me think about it more I m scratching it
right now
PULSE
Agrt Braskm U ot Southern CaMomu.Vtnto by Noah Berger U. ot CeUtomu. Berketey