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Highsnobiety: The Weekly 5

Gradspot.com — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:17:59 -0400

This week in flyness: New blogs, vintage Wilson, and a pop-up Banksy installation, and more... more >

In Celebration of the French Tongue

ToryHoen@gmail.com — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:10:14 -0400

In France, language is taken very seriously. There is an ongoing debate here about how to preserve and protect the French language—both from its own organic evolution/desecration and from the English words that, little by little, are weaseling their way into French dictionaries.... more >

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Out of Starbucks...

dan.marley@gradspot.com — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:48:00 -0400

Usually the stuff at the Starbucks cashier station make me want to cancel my order and never go back. Why would I buy a Motown album at Starbucks? Because it's playing and I just realized that I like this music?... more >

The Debt Chronicles

Gritz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:32:03 -0400

The dog days of debt have consumed the nation, and as members of so-called “Generation Debt,” perhaps it’s time to face the facts and peer into the abyss of our bank accounts. Check out these articles from Consumerist to get the ball rolling on a new era of financial self-awareness:... more >

Industry Lingo Cheat Sheet

mfalls@email.unc.edu — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:29:05 -0400

Whether at the interviewing stage or getting ready for your first day at office, it's useful to have a grasp of the "insider" lingo that gets bandied about in different industries. Here's a quick primer on some common phrases and titles in a number of popular industries.... more >

Calculate the Cost of Driving

joan.mitchell@gradspot.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:33:36 -0400

Fact of the day: it would cost $678 for a Hummer to drive from LA to NY, and only $219 for a Prius. What about your car? Check it out at Cost2Drive.com, a site that calculates the fuel costs of a car trip... more >

Alumni Donations?! How Bout a Recent Grad Bailout!

jason.richards@gradspot.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:41:40 -0400

Here's a nice lesson in the pros and cons of keeping it real: a College Humorist imagines an honest alumni e-mail and response. Hopefully Gradspot.com can help keep recent grads (and, by extension, alumni departments) happy to avoid these sorts of awkward exchanges…... more >

Building and Maintaining Credit

Christine Margiotta — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:18:46 -0400

Credit is one of those nebulous things that lurks in the background of our lives like recessive cancer genes—unseen, unknown, and ready to wreak havoc on our futures if we slip just once. What is credit? Basically, credit refers to your ability to pay people back if you borrow their money (i.e. a credit card) or buy something... more >

Life 101

dan.marley@gradspot.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:08:33 -0400

How much of a man are you? Is that a sexist question? Popular Mechanics has a quiz that tests basic “manliness,” but it would be more appropriately labeled as a test of... more >

Video: Bill O'Reilly Spoof

Gritz — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:38:36 -0400

The Lil' O'Reilly Factor = best show ever... more >