Back To School Archive

  • Back to School: A 9 energy drink shootout

    Back to School: A 9 energy drink shootout

    Posted on August 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh man. I don’t think drinking nine different energy drinks over nine days is that healthy. My life expectancy had to be effected. Oh well, it was done in the name of science and CrunchGear. Before this shootout, I was under the impression that all energy drinks taste like piss and gave you the [...]

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  • Back-to-School: Social Improvement Tips from Neil Strauss

    Back-to-School: Social Improvement Tips from Neil Strauss

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    As you settle back into the dorms and sift through syllabi while searching for drink specials from the local pub, you also should put in some time improving your social life. The fall is a great time to lay a solid foundation of dating success on campus. To provide some tips on turbocharging your dating [...]

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  • Back-to-School: Advice I’d give myself if I were going to college right now

    Back-to-School: Advice I’d give myself if I were going to college right now

    Posted on August 24, 2009 | No Comments
    I’ve been sitting out this Back-to-School season mostly because I’m so far removed from college and my son is only three so I don’t feel sufficiently informed enough to offer any helpful advice to you all when it comes to gear you need in the dorm. However, some of us are old enough to give [...]

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  • Back-to-school: 10 Things You Should Know About Going To The Bar

    Back-to-school: 10 Things You Should Know About Going To The Bar

    Posted on August 20, 2009 | No Comments
    College is a time to try new things - especially that second or third year, when everyone’s turning 21. Suddenly, a whole new world has opened up - a world of intoxicated semi-public bliss, previously off limits to your nascent self: the world of bars. Bars can be a stupidly intimidating place when you’ve just turned [...]

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  • Back-to-School: Who are our new college freshman?

    Back-to-School: Who are our new college freshman?

    Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
    We're running a Back to School extravaganza right now, but one thing that I don't know if we really addressed is: Who exactly is going back to school? Or, more accurately, who is going to college for the first time in a few weeks? (That's who these Back to School things are usually for, freshman. If you're going back odds are you know exactly what you need and what to expect.) What have today's 18-year-olds experienced in the world, what are they about, and what do they expect from technology?

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  • CrunchGear’s going Back-To-School

    CrunchGear’s going Back-To-School

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s that time again, folks. Cars are being loaded, parents are being kissed goodbye, and summer is coming to its unavoidable end. It’s time to go back to college - or for many, to go to college for the first time. Fortunately for you, the CrunchGear team has been there and done that. We’ve dealt with [...]

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