Just a little more than two years ago, I returned to the U.S. after serving 27 months in South America as a Peace Corps volunteer. During […]
Tag: Mark Leszczynski
Tips for Bar Etiquette
Having been a bartender a few years ago, I can tell you that there is definitely a right way and a wrong way for patrons […]
Halloween Inspires Social Satire
Well, it is that time of year again. Time for us to start searching the internet, pilfering our friends’ and relatives’ closets, and rummaging through […]
Fed Up with the Feds
After 16 tumultuous days of political unrest, Senate leaders Mitch McConnell,R-Ky., and Harry Reid, D-Nev., finally came to an agreement on a measure that ended […]
Students Suckered by Textbooks
Buying college textbooks, as most of us can agree, is not something we do with alacrity at the start of a new semester. We all […]
Trouble with U.S. Education
As I sit and debate with myself the best way to begin an article that would not even begin to scratch the surface of explaining […]
Young Employees Offer Fresh Perspective
For the better half of the past decade, companies have had the advantage of filling available positions with overqualified applicants due to a flooded job […]
The Four-Year Advantage
The four-year college graduate is not impossible to find, but studies show that you are more likely to bump into a five- or six-year college […]
Youth Battle Unemployment
As a soon-to-be college graduate, I am concerned about my future occupational prospects. I am concerned because I know that highly coveted and sought-after college […]
Citizen Media: Helpful or Invasive?
According to EDUCAUSE, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the proliferation of information technology, citizen media (or citizen journalism) is defined as the “wide range of […]
Increase on Student Loan Rates
One of the most highly discussed issues concerning college students right now is the increase in student subsidized loan rates. As of July 1, 2013, […]