With football season off and running , I’m hoping everyone reading this is as excited as I am!

(Editor’s Note: Wooo! DE-FENCE! GO TEAM!!)

Call me a tomboy, but I love me some football. I personally blame my parents for being hardcore Packer fans, and the fact that I HAD to go to every football game in high school because I was on drumline. But I’ve come up with my favorite parts of football season that everyone - even if you aren’t a sports fan - can enjoy.

1. School Spirit: Who doesn’t have it in college? There’s just something about a stadium full of thousands upon thousands of people screaming chants along with the cheerleaders that get’s everyone’s blood pumping. Everyone on campus seems to be happier on game day, especially nearing a rivalry game. And since we’re on the subject of school spirit, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say HOOK ‘EM!!!! Read More »

Remember when the end of the summer meant a shopping trip with your mom and a first-day-of-school photo shoot to chronicle the beginning of first/second/third/fourth grade?

Then high school hit, and you took your own initiative to blow your money on the perfect ensemble to make a statement on day one. Freshman year meant something eye-catching enough to grab the attention of a studly senior, whereas by senior year, your wardrobe had to scream, “I’m a senior. I own this school. And I’m f***ing graduating, bitch!”

Now that college is just around the corner, is it time to retire the tradition of back-to-school clothes, or do you simply need to step it up a notch?

On the first day of college, the campus will be filled with tens of thousands of students, frantically trying to change their schedules, pay their financial aid, and find the right classroom in the right building. It was easy to get noticed in high school, when you were one fashionista among only a few hundred, but in college, the people you meet on the first day are most likely to be a nameless, faceless blur who were kind enough to give you irections to the registrar’s office.

If you are thinking about going all out for a first day of school ensemble, ask yourself what your motivation is. Do you want to look professional to impress the teacher? Give yourself a little extra self-confidence to make it through the day? Find a nice college boy to walk you from one class to another? The following are some broad categories of BTS-wear that I have encountered year after year. You might fall into one of these groups, or you may notice a few hundred students who do on the first day of college. Read More »