Author Archives: Jane Commando

Sony’s Rep Program Hits all the Right Notes

Sony Music U offers an immersive experience for students at 65 US college campuses. The program, established over 50 years ago, allows 75 college students per year to make amazing connections in the music industry and develop desirable, resume boosting marketing skills.   To be considered for the position of a Sony Music U campus […]

An Inside Look at PINK’s College Rep Program

PINK, Victoria’s Secret’s sister brand, boasts a sizable, successful college rep program. Over 100 colleges in the United States and some parts of Canada participate in the program. Two brand representatives are carefully selected from each university. The brand seeks students who are outgoing, engaged on social media sites, interested in fashion, passionate about PINK, […]

13 Crazy College Courses

School pride is one thing, but what about your classes? Sure, you’re learning tons of valuable skills and information that will contribute to your career and your academic goals, but what about learning some really cool information? The Brief has found several classes that are just too awesome not to talk about, and they might […]

A College Love Triangle to Learn From in music

(Originally titled, “This draft is a mess, just like my love life”) Here I present the typical college love triangle, described by music. First, a boy and girl magically fall in love senior year of high school. Plot twist, the girl is me. It seemed like fate. We met at summer camp as eight year […]

Make Volunteering Work for You While You Work on College

Volunteering. For some, warm memories of stacking ten thousand can goods come to mind. For others, the dread of not putting in enough mandatory service hours in order to graduate is dredged up. But for all of us in college, the word volunteering reminds us that we have a hectic, vulnerable schedule. Between studying, working, […]

5 Laundry Hacks So You Never Have to Actually Go COMMANDO

College life is not conducive to getting things done beyond labs, lectures, and studies–not to mention the walking time between all of those! So when the heck do you do your laundry? Well, most savvy students know to take advantage of the free wifi and do research or relax with Netflix while machines wobble and […]

5 Tips for Achieving Life Balance in College

Although heading off to college is an exciting time, you will quickly find that there are many people and activities aside from your academic workload that are vying for your time and attention. It’s important to find a balance between academics and things like extracurricular activities, your social circle, friends and family back home and […]