Great Sex

Growing up Nisei, a second-generation Japanese-American kid, I don’t remember seeing my parents lip kiss. Was that because of Japanese modesty or was that just my family’s style? I don’t know, but sex was not something I was naturally comfortable talking about.

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There’s more to paper than little cranes

By Britta Gustafson

Today’s topic is… paper art! A few months ago, a friend and I put together instructions for making a fancy paper icosahedron and that got me interested in paper art in general. It applies endless amounts of skill and creativity to something mundane, and the results are often geometric in a nice handmade way.
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Finding a Job in a Recession

Despite what some newscasters and headlines would have you believe, the world is not ending. All of the points of comparison to which experts are referring in assessing the economy have occurred in my lifetime, so I know what I’m talking about. The market downturns we are experiencing this month are comparable to what we experienced in the 1970’s and 1980’s, and NOT 1929. Will this impact your job search after graduation? Yes. Does it mean there are no jobs? No.

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A Blundering Gelato N00b

Escape From IV: Extreme Edition

“Straciatella and melone?!” Unwittingly I had mixed Stracciatella (which is basically fancy chocolate chip) and melon gelatos. Or at least I tried to. After two waitresses, five bystanders and a good friend had laughed at me, I was informed that it was a cardinal sin to mix fruit and crème based gelatos. Embarrassed, I managed to pull myself together in time to order melon and lemon gelatos. For days afterward, every time I ordered gelato, my friend Michele (not pronounced like Michelle) felt the need to explain to everyone what I had done. I would have no idea until I heard the words melone and stracciatella in Italian, at which point everyone would turn to laugh at me and my gelato ignorance. This courtesy extended to anyone, waiters, family members, people on the street, everyone felt the need to laugh, point and inform me not to do that again.

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How to Work a Career Fair

The Fairs are coming! We have a great line up of employers, and I want you to make a good impression on them. Here are some tips that will help:

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