Category Archives: Student Life

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Darrin, Student Life

Dead week

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Who:  All college students…except those communications majors.

What:  Operation Hell Week

When: Friday, December 5 – Tuesday, December 16

Where: Libraries, Study Lounges and Classrooms

Why:  I only wish I knew.

It’s the slang term for the time of year when college students become zombies and are forced to neglect their social lives in hopes of not failing out of college.  Dead week is upon us. I am not sure what your strategy is but if it has anything to do with pulling ridiculous all-nighters, drinking energy drinks and becoming “one” with a text book that you clutch to your chest…know that you are not alone.  Continue reading Dead week →

Bart, Student Life

The MPA Lounge

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Welcome to the MPA Lounge. The door only opens for those with ID cards that have been activated to allow entry, making the GSB 4th floor room exclusively for MPA students.

Two girls are sleeping in the corner, one on each couch. Apparently the end-of-semester demands kept them up late last night.

In addition to those two couches, there are six comfy arm chairs (not lazy boys, but pleasantly comfortable), and five tables at which people can study, cruise the Internet, eat, or socialize.

Three guys just walked out after spending approximately five minutes socializing. For some, this is a place to make quick pit-stops between classes.

Of the remaining three students (besides me), two are working on an assignment at one of the tables, and another is studying at a separate table. Except for the sounds of my typing and the group studiers quietly discussing their assignment, it is relatively silent in here. Continue reading The MPA Lounge →

Bart, Student Life

Day in the life

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

6 a.m. – Alarm goes off.

6:20 a.m. – Roll out of bed to get ready for school.

7:10 a.m. – Grab hastily assembled lunch and backpack, hop in the car, and race down to campus (twenty minute commute from my house).

7:45 a.m. – Arrive on campus, kiss wife goodbye, stop by locker in the library (free lockers in the PCL are brilliant!) to pick up folder for Intermediate, log onto library computer to quickly check Google News.

8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – Learn about accounting for capital leases from the lessor’s and the lessee’s perspective. Professor Koonce thinks SFAS 13, which covers leases, is one of the worst accounting statements in existence because companies can easily adjust their lease terms to allow for their accounting alternative of choice. Continue reading Day in the life →

Darrin, Student Life

Getting “plugged in”

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Above and beyond the business school, UT in itself is massive. It is very easy to feel overwhelmed at times and even feel “lost in the crowd.” Regardless of one’s personality, it is difficult to shine at a school that hosts 50,000+ students. (Well, unless you are Colt McCoy or Jordan Shipley.) But remembering the words of my father, the greatest step to succeeding in college is “getting plugged in.” Continue reading Getting “plugged in” →

Austin, Grace, Student Life

Find that happy place

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DSC01569I wholeheartedly second, third, and fourth Darrin’s earlier post (“Wanted: Sherlock Homes WannaBe”). I had a similar week last week. Thus, after I turned in my Tax Research case on Saturday (thank you, Prof. Zvinakis, for the extension!), you guessed it! I rushed to San Marcos with a friend for some retail therapy. San Marcos Prime Outlet is a familiar place to me since my UT alumna sister has also found her happy place there and took me with her many times. I have to say, after borrowing some of my future income to pay for that pair of designer jeans in Neiman Marcus (30% additional discount, no less!), I felt so much better about my busy week. For people who are not impulsive spenders like me, this outlet is also a good place for suits, blouses, slacks, and other business attire at heftily discounted prices. Continue reading Find that happy place →