Thrift Stores

Being a full time college student with a part time job I dont have much cash to throw around on my wardrobe, But of course I'm a diva and need to buy cute new clothing on a regular basis. So this is a problem and I am a problem solver the answer is thrift stores. Although they might not be brand new, I believe broken in clothes are the best! Some of my favorite piece have once been at a thrift store. I got into thrift shoping with my friend Chyvonne in highschool, but I didn't really get into it until I was a despret college student and fortunatly in Bloomsburg there are quit a few thrift shops.

I believe thrift shoping has become more popular with this economic time we are in. Personally, I can see spend $20.00 on a T-shirt that you can get for $4.00 at the thrift store. Not to mention that Good will industries helps out others and you can not only shop but also donate you're clothing.

I know alot of people think they wont be able to find anything they like or they have looked but didnt find anything. With thrift store shopping its all about finding the diamond in the rough. When I go to the thrift store I like to go in with an idea of what I am looking for, this makes it easier to find good items. Thrift stores are not like departnement stores that have racks of the exact thing you want, they might have three things similar to what you want and its up to the shopper to find them. Thrift shop is a true experience and shoppers feel great satisfaction leave with cheap unique items as well as giving back.

Hook Up Culture on College Campuses

The college-dating scene is often associated with quick hook ups at parties, temporary flings or even the scandalous “friends with benefits” arrangement. For older generations, Friday night in college was date night. Now, Friday night is party night and hooking up is the new dating. This is the social phenomenon known as “hook up culture”.

While talking with my fellow students on campus I found that most of them were comfortable talking to me about their past hook ups. All of the students I talked with said they have hooked up during their time at Bloomsburg. 2/3 of my respondents said that they have hooked up with over 10 people.
Just like the term “hook up”, the word dating has many different meanings depending on who you ask. Most of the students I spoken with agree dating isn’t a Facebook official deal, its more or less spending quality time with another person without a title.

Even though most women today are attending college in hopes of a degree and a successful career, In a study done by the Institute for American Values, marriage is a major goal for the majority of today’s college women. College is a fast pace life style of hooking up, short term dating, and the occasional relationship, and the way we go about finding a spouse has changed dramatically.

 

UFC on Fox 8

Carmouche and Tate are back in the octagon. This is the second time in the octagon both women coming off of a loss, but thats not all that these two women have in common they both were also submitted by a 1st round arm bar by Rhonda Rousey. I personally think this is going to be one of the most exciting girl fights so far in the UFC. Both of these fighters having good stand up skills so I'm kind of expecting to see a beating happen. Carmouche being Rousey latest opponent seemed to have gotten Rousey in more that one uncomfortable position and looked as though she was the closest to take the champ down. It will be exciting to watch this fight and hash out the top spots in the women's bantamweight division.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/liz-carmouche-vs-miesha-tate-071257167--mma.html

Women in the Octagon

Last night was the ultimate fighter finale on FX. through this event was the second women's fight in the UFC. The 2nd women's bantam weight fight was between Misha Tate and Cat Zingano, the winner of this fight fights women's bantam weight champion Ronda Rousey. Misha Tate has actually already fought Rousey during their time in strike force in March 2012.

The fight last night did not disappoint, it just seems like girls are more exciting to watch. I know it might be because they have something to prove to the audience but whatever the reasoning behind it, its exciting. These girls wanted to knock each other out, with the punching and kneeing to the face which what eventually ended the fight. Knees and a right elbow from Zingano ended the fight for Tate after referee Kim Winslow called a stop to the fight in the third round. Zingano not only won the fight, fight of the night , a title fight with Ronda, but also along with Rousey, Zingano gets to be the first woman coaches on the Ultimate Fighter Tuf 18.

It seems as though these women fighters are becoming a huge party of the UFC. Being a fan of women sports and being a strong athletic woman I love to see this. The UFC is growing bigger each event and women fighters are right along in the action. I am excited for this upcoming season of the Ultimate Fighter and to see more bad ass women in the octagon.

College Graduation Season

Being a soon to be graduate I have been searching for jobs for jobs both in and out of my field and most that I have found with full time pay are jobs that require years of experience. While looking on the internet I came across an article titled "Why College Graduates are Working Low Wage Jobs". This struck my interest since most of the jobs I have been applying for are minimum wage jobs, even jobs with in my field.
The article talks about how during the recession both low wage and middle wage jobs were lost but since then more low wage jobs have been added than middle wage. Unfortunately this means that college graduates are less likely to contribute to the economy because of student loan debt and non college graduates are going to find it harder to compete with college graduates.
Since having a college degree is as common as having a twitter I think a lot of college graduates are just going to take any job they can get even if the wage is to low and not in their desired field. The competition in the job field today is forcing former students to settle until they have enough experience to search for higher quality jobs.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/04/01/1801511/why-college-graduates-are-increasingly-working-minimum-wage-jobs/?mobile=nc