Who is looking at your Facebook

Facebook is the seventh most trafficked site on the internet. Everyone who is anyone has a facebook by the time they reach college. More then college students are using facebook. My mom and numerous aunts and uncles now have a facebook. It is one of the largest social networks. You can search anyone you desire online. Anyone can search for you online. You need to make it apparent that your information is private on your facebook. Companies, organizations and colleges have been known to look at your facebook to gain perspective of who you are. You need to be careful what you say online, what pictures you post and what pictures you provide. A student was denied admission to his choice lawschool based on elements posted on his facebook that were seen by the dean of admissions. School authorities have taken an active interest in why students have begun to devote so much time on their facebooks.

Walking the streets at night

I went to Texas over Spring break. We visited Austin, San Antonio, Aransas Pass, La Plum, and La Grange. South Texas is not the safest place in the world. People that live around here voice that Downtown, Baltimore is the area that is best to avoid at night. My Mom and I visited the Riverwalk in San Antonio one night. We parked in a garage three blocks away from the Riverwalk. It was around 7:00 and it was getting dark. My Mom power walked the entire way there and said five minutes out of the car that we probably would not be able to stay long because it was getting dark. My Mom has extreme paranoia. To my suprise a homeless man did approach us in the short distance that we were walking from the car to the Riverwalk. He stood between us on the sidewalk and clapped his hands together. He looked like he was trying to say something but couldn't find the words. Me and my Mom walked around him quickly. I was calm but my Mom looked like she was going to pee herself. He didn't do anything to us but he still could have. We were the only ones walking down the street. It is important, especially in the city not to walk in bad neighborhoods. Try to avoid walking alone. This man could have easily grabbed me or my Mom and done something far more severe.

Do you not think prescription drugs can take a toll on you?

Ever feel overly depressed, anxious or even violent. These feelings can often be triggered by an overuse of prescription drugs. Many students use amphetamines and metamphetamines on a regular basis. Aterol is a common drug used by college students. It is often used to complete late night homework or study for that mid-term you have tomorrow. This drug is intended to be used by people with a.d.d or attention deficit disorder. Aterol is designed to alter your brain chemistry and if not prescribed by your doctor it can have serious consequences on your health. Some students take the abuse of this drug to a whole nother level. You can increase your dosage to such an extreme that you can loose sleep for as much as 3-14 days. Side effects can lead to hypothermia and formication(where you feel like insects are crawling underneath your skin). Forces of procrastination are what typically lead students to use these drugs. We as students need to learn how to better budget are time and not lead us into these type of temptations. Study groups and doing homework with a friend are strategies that I have found to be helpful in getting a jumpstart on my homework.