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Where to go with what's in your pocket (or couch, or car)

Cheap eats
After about two weeks of being back in school and eating every meal — day after day after day — in the cafeteria, it's going to start sucking. It's actually written in the student handbook.
By LEISCHEN STELTER | August 31, 2011

Can a single woman peacefully co-exist with schlubby bachelor roommates? Absolutely!

Bachelor pad
Wait — you're living with guys? Don't you know they're filthy creatures who don't clean up after themselves and leave a trail of Doritos everywhere they go?!
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | August 31, 2011

The biochemical issue

My on- and off-campus struggle with a cognitive curveball
No matter what you're struggling with, take the initiative and get help.
By DEMETRIUS BURNS | August 31, 2011

On carpentry and college

Finding reward - and real learning - in the ivory tower
Age 30, I quit the Phoenix and ended up with a job as an apprentice to a carpenter. Sawing, chiseling, hammering, nail-gunning, tiling, sanding, slotting, framing, hauling, measuring, and sweeping are less obvious outcomes of an undergraduate career in the liberal arts. College, in strange and unexpected ways, prepared me for this sort of work. And in others, did not prepare me at all.
By NINA MACLAUGHLIN | October 20, 2011

Don't sweat your major — you'll probably change your mind anyway

Throwing it all away
Chances are that two of you have no friggin' idea what you want to do with your lives, and the one of you who does will change his or her mind by age 25.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | August 31, 2011

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[ 05/29 ] Brad Hooper @ Andy's Old Port Pub

[ 05/29 ] karaoke with DJ Ponyfarm @ Slainte

BLOGS

The #menews op-ed, and my response
About Town | May 24, 2012 at 11:18 AM

Cutting healthcare for low-income women
May 22, 2012 at 2:40 PM

A proposal for admission to the Farmers' Market
May 18, 2012 at 1:42 PM

Brennan touts local development
May 16, 2012 at 2:56 PM

Fairness at the Portland Farmers’ Market
May 15, 2012 at 11:06 AM