Drinking in the dorm is quick, easy, and a potentially huge risk, depending on where you live. Stereotypical “partying” dorm? (Bobb, Elder, Allison, Willard, etc.) You’ll probably make it out okay, but no matter where you live most in-dorm parties are marked by general paranoia and overall sketchiness following the golden rule small is better. [...]
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Tags: alcohol, dorms, freshman guide, lame, parties, partying, social life
When all other colleges have already commenced and Northwestern students linger/languish across the country waiting for school to fucking start already, the prefrosh will inevitably receive a series of irritating calls from their friends who are already at college detailing the “sick frat parties” they went to last night. By the time new student week [...]
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Tags: alcohol, frats, freshman guide, greek, greek life, parties, partying, social life
Fundraising parties have been in the Mary Desler bullseye for the past year, who has threatened to revoke the charter / right to party / right to be an organization status of any group caught hosting a fundraising party. Unfortunately, this rule has been loosely enforced so far — at least, as far as I [...]
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Tags: alcohol, freshman guide, fundraisers, parties, partying, your night out
A few months into my freshman year at Northwestern, I found myself posing against a white brick wall in a skanky, dimly lit hallway of one of Northwestern’s sketchier dorm– snap, my picture was taken, and a few weeks later, I was handed a shoddy rectangle of plastic emblazoned with my name and picture. [...]
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Tags: alcohol, bars, fake ids, freshman guide, freshmen, partying
College is all about freedom. The freedom to drink 5 shots (and that’s just pregaming). The freedom to go out at 3 a.m. if you want. The freedom to hook up with as many people as you want.
Uh, back up there.
Look, if you think you’re going to come to college and your roommate will be [...]
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How to Make It, Spend It, Lose It and Get It All Back Again
Surprisingly, I hate to be cynical. I would love to tell you that everyone that comes to Northwestern — from the trust fund babies to the scholarship kids — will never have to worry about money beyond the woes of the typical [...]
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Tags: freshman guide, jobs, kellogg studies, money, scholarships
