What to Bring to College and College Advice

[acatnamedollie]

College List
Okay. Here is my list for packing for college. Please leave comments if you want to see things added, like explanations or whatever.

Comments

[wenchamuffin]

You know, I only have two problems with this list...it's pretty great.

1. You say not to cite Wikipedia as a source. This is true, HOWEVER! Wikipedia is an amazing resource that summarizes primary literature, so, read the article, scroll down to the references section, and start reading those. A lot of times you'll only have to skim a source to know what the Wikipedia author took from it and to feel confident in citing it in your paper. Wikipedia is invaluable for getting started finding the right resources for just about any topic ever.

2. "Hall booty is bad booty" was always one of my pet peeves. This is pretty much a blatant lie, when read directly. I have never seen or heard of anyone getting into a mess because he/she fooled around a bit one night with someone on his/her hall. The mess arises when people get into serious relationships and live right next to each other. Then again, I'm the type to spend most of my time in my room and never meet the people who live more than 3 doors away, so perhaps I don't think of my hallmates as people I live with. The point is, when it comes to who you bang, no set rules will apply to everyone, except maybe "don't fuck an unconcious person." That's nothin' but a heap of trouble, I tell yah.

[bobbiejane]

A couple months ago the Wall Street Journal and New York Times both ran articles about how sometimes Wikipedia is just plain wrong and many examples were cited. If someone is looking up something fairly obscure, Wikipedia is not always a reliable source.

Of course, I use it all the time for pretty much anything I don't know.

x2 on your #2. In my roommate's experience it was awkward to see the guy in the hall for about a month and then the whole thing was just forgotten about.

[theperfectrhyme]

I'm all for wikipedia and even my professor admits to using it. In fact its usually a starting point for my papers. But I agree with the poster about not citing it. I personally have had professors mark me down using wikipedia and putting it in my works cited page.