5 Music Festivals You Can’t Miss This Summer

The semester is ending, and classes are almost over. It’s time to kick back, pull out the crop top, and enjoy some live music at the best music festivals around the country this summer. The Brief has come up with our top 5 summer music festivals that you have to check out, complete with rockin’ […]

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Tags: bonnaroo, cahicago, electric daisy carnival, governor's ball, las vegas, lollapalooza, manchester, music festivals, new york, summer, warped tour Read More

May 19th, 2016 by Alex Beaton

The Ultimate Throwback Thursday Playlist Created By YOU

Last Thursday, we asked you on Instagram to tell us your favorite #ThrowbackThursday tunes so we could create a new #TBT Spotify playlist: We’re working on a #ThrowbackThursday Spotify playlist. What other songs should be on it? A photo posted by @gocommandoapp on May 12, 2016 at 5:52pm PDT Boy did you guys deliver! Over 100 […]

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May 13th, 2016 by Alex Beaton

How to Find Success After Graduation: 6 Tips to Building a Career

Today I want to talk about a few things that have helped me in my career in advertising with the hope that you may be able to apply these lessons to your own budding career. There are a lot of reasons people find success after college, but if you start with these 6 tidbits of […]

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How to Maintain a College Workout Routine

Staying in shape in college can be tough. Classes, homework, and unlimited meal plans all make working out a challenge and a chore. However, staying healthy and active can help your brain function and lower stress, and there’s a great number of studies that suggest that students who stay active perform better academically. So, here […]

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5 Reasons to Take Summer Classes

When we were younger, I’m sure we thought of summer as a time to relax, hang out with friends, and have (almost) zero responsibilities. Summer vacation was what we longed for all school year! Come May, most classes would start the countdown as students pushed through just a few more weeks of school. Now, as […]

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May 3rd, 2016 by Alex Beaton

6 Reasons You Should Join Greek Life

It’s common knowledge that the Greek system isn’t for everyone. However, I wish this wasn’t the case; I truly believe that anyone can become a part of Greek life when you find the one. No, you don’t have to join a sorority or a fraternity to fulfill your college experience, but I am a believer […]

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5 Foreign Languages to Learn in 2016

In high school, foreign language was a requirement. Each option had stereotyped associations: French was “the language of love,” German was aggressive, Spanish was an easy A, Russian was the blossoming student of communism, Italian was hot girls, food and cars. The list could go on, but the whole scenario changes in college. Suddenly German […]

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Tags: arabic, chinese, college requirements, foreign language, german, japanese, language, mandarin, portuguese Read More

How to Make the Most of Summer 2016

You’ve studied hard, perhaps partied harder, but the end of the semester is finally here. There are indentations in your fingers from holding your pencils with urgency. Your notebooks are filled with chicken scratch. Your bank account is diminished, just like your energy. That means, whatever you decide to make of your summer, it will […]

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5 Ways to Make Your Study Abroad Dreams Come True

Studying abroad: It’s on a lot of college students’ bucket lists. We all know someone who managed to escape the university for a semester in Europe or Asia, and they came back with a thousand stories and some skill they didn’t have before they left. (When did Becky learn to speak fluent Hungarian? I thought […]

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Thoughts on “Going Commando”

There are many times in a person’s life where they are faced with difficult decisions. They’re forced to make certain choices that are not the norm. Sometimes, making those kinds of choices that a person is not used to can lead to a discovery that may change the way they live life for the better. […]

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