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Five Ways To Be A Smart Consumer During a Holiday Recession

December 13, 2009 by Alicia Roberts

To some, shopping is the bane of their existence. This disliking is exacerbated by things like “Holiday Sales!” and Black Friday tales of being stomped to death at a Walmart at 4am. Did you ever consider alternatives to mall crowds, shopping cart collisions, and unfriendly faces beating you to the last toaster?

1. Do-It-Yourself

Can I Get an Amen?!

March 13, 2009 by Alan Cooper

What are those boisterous stand-up campus preachers actually teaching us?  And why is it called the "good news" when people feel accused, angry and confused after listening to it?  To my knowledge, it’s all fire and brimstone with a glimpse of hell and repentance.
 

Textbook Buybacks Seem Bogus

March 13, 2009 by Travis Anderson

 
With Winter Quarter 2009 winding to an end, many students will be participating in more than just the beer drinking and partying traditions of spring break.  I'm talking about a tradition that is music to some student's ears.  I'm talking about selling back their old textbooks for cash.
 

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