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The Study Break: A Weekly List of Our Favorite Distractions

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Check out these 5 links from some of our favorite blogs:

• Many of my friends are beginning to search for their summer apartment, which can be a very stressful process, but Student Renter has some tips that may help you out! Look at A Renter’s Checklist – 5 Things to Know Before Signing the Lease

• Deryck Wong, of HackCollege, is on a roll this week- he not only figured out a way to Get another 5GB of Free DropBox Space, but he also answered the question on every college student’s mind: How to Buy from Costco Without a Membership. Check out these links so that you are in the know!

• Hey Ladies, if you are looking for motivation, look no further- The Daily Muse, put together a series of quotes by inspiring women, in their blog post titled Lessons to My Younger Self.

• Valentine’s Day is less than a week away, and I’ll admit I’m not a big fan of this Hallmark holiday, but I do enjoy eating chocolate frosted cupcakes or cooking a fancy dinner for my closest friends. No matter what your relationship status may be, Big Girls Small Kitchen is here to help! Check out their list of What to Eat on Valentine’s Day 2012.

• I enjoy learning in the classroom, but I am also a strong believer that “internships are the most informative classes you’ll ever take.” College Magazine agrees- be sure to check out their blog post titled Learning and Interning in Real Time.

Courtnay Oddman is a senior at The George Washington University, majoring in Communications, with a double minor in Statistics and Health and Wellness. She has been a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars since 2008. Courtnay is currently the Social Media Intern at the NSCS national office and is a regular contributor to the NSCS Twitter account. She enjoys attending GWU basketball games and being a mentor to students on campus. Courtnay is currently applying to graduate schools in the field of Higher Education and aspires to one day be a student affairs professional.

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Slow Cooker Challenge

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I’m not exaggerating when I say slow cookers are at the top of my list of favorite things.  As a former busy college student on a budget and as a new nurse with little time to slave over a hot stove, I have found a slow cooker to be a life saver. They’re extremely functional, are super cute (you can find them in a variety of colors and sizes), and take up less space than a toaster oven on the counter.  They can also cook pretty much anything; I’ll give you some tips a little later for adapting pretty much any recipe for slow-cooker cooking. But first, a few recipes to demonstrate the versatility of a slow cooker.

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The Study Break: A Weekly List of Our Favorite Distractions

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Check out these 5 links from our partner blogs!

1. January is Job Search Month, according to theDailyMuse, and this hiring season they are helping job hunters everywhere land their next job. Check out theDailyMuse’s Happy Job Search Month page for advice, articles, and answers to your job search questions! Graduating seniors I suggest you take a look.

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The Geek is Chic Brown Bag

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With the emphasis on sustainability and being eco-friendly, brown bagged lunches are becoming more and more common. It’s a regular occurrence to see people on their way to work carrying their lunches in designer lunch bags, recycled plastic bags or brown paper bags. While the brown bag phenomenon may be new to some, it’s the lunch du jour of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), the home of the proud-to-be-geek blog TalkNerdy2Me. This week we’re more focused than ever on packing our lunches thanks to the Small Kitchen College Brown Bag Challenge.

On a typical day at NSCS, nearly half of the employees, including summer and postgraduate interns, bring their lunches. If you take a peek inside the fridge, you will find an assortment of lunch-carrying containers; there are some rather snazzy lunchboxes from Built and a Vera Bradley lunch box, Tupperware, and the requisite plastic or Ziploc bags that can be reused and keep the contents of bags and purses leak-free. The lunches inside those containers are nearly as varied as the containers themselves with different varieties of yogurt (though it seems most prefer greek yogurt – yay protein!), fruit, salads, microwaveable meals, and dinner leftovers. However, after taking a poll of the office, it seems as if the lunch of choice is the sandwich. Read More

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