Does the food at your cafeteria suck? Want to make some extra cash? Can you cook candied olive crumble with fish, braised short ribs with scallops, robiola cheese with fizzy carbonated grapes or chai ice cream with miso-sesame chocolate and powdered peach and pineapple?

Didn’t think so.

Fortunately for Duke senior Bryan Zupon, who just loooves food, all this was a possibility. So, he opened a restaurant…in his dorm room.

Those Duke kids, they’re always going the extra mile. Damn overachievers.

“I don’t think that New Southern cooking has changed since the mid-’90s,â€? Zupon said to the New York Times. “I’d talked to a lot of big-name chefs in the area — for personal reasons and also for the newspaper — and they were so apprehensive to change. I was like, this is frustrating, so I’m just going to do my own thing and see where it takes me.â€?

Now I know, having grown up in North Carolina, that the state is not known for its culinary wiles. Although there aren’t any top restaurants, there are still some delicious places I look forward to eating every time I go home that could rival some of the best southern cooks out there. Read More »

Surprise!Kids our age aren’t as downright angry at the world as everyone previously thought! We aren’t totally disaffected and kind of care about the world! AND we REALLY love our microwaves!

I haven’t quite decided if this MTV/AP poll that was just released is dead on about our generation (or the way 13-24 year olds think in general) or total bullshit. They only polled around 1,300 of us, making the margin percentage error about plus or minus 3%.

There are a bunch of different news articles that are using the survey to make a general consensus of what makes us happy… that are parents do and that money does not. But, after reading through the WHOLE thing, this is what I found most interesting:

Drinking makes us very happy, somewhat happy and neither happy nor unhappy…which means, we like to drink! (SURPRISE!)

Sports, sex and religion make us happy! So do our parents! Read More »

My boyfriend in high school used to think he was really cool because he used Rough Rider condoms. Me, and my inexperience had no idea what the difference was between, say, Trojan and these other ones. But I did know that I would get really embarrassed on the rare occasion that he could convince me to go in and buy them for him. It just seemed so—dirty—to ask for Rough Riders.

Condom shopping now… is still slightly embarrassing, but a lot more fun. Those vibrating condoms I was talking about the other day? Who knew there were so many to choose from! I feel like my ignorance has cheated me out of a better sex life. There’s the Trojan Vibrating Ring ($9.95), the Lifestyles 4Play Vibe ($7.95), and the highest rated TPR The Pleasuring ($5.95). The vibrating ring lasts for up to 20 minutes, and hits us girls right in the money spot. Read More »

When I started college, I thought my digs were pretty sweet. It was a private school so of course it was nice compared to most state schools I had looked at.My roommate and I had a TV, stereo, window AC unit, mini fridge and an illegal microwave. I mean, what else did two girls on the verge of the most exciting adventure of their lives need??

Apparently everything.

According to the LA Times, college kids these days aren’t just bringing their own expensive shit to pimp out their dorm rooms, but their schools (and subsequent building contractors) are totally catering to these high class kids that want dorms that look nothing like, well, dorms at all.

Basically, these 18 year olds are moving into sweet school side “residential hallsâ€? (because dorm is sooo passe) that are like mini apartments. Pools, mini movie theaters, 24 hour gyms, doormen, semi-private bathrooms, pool tables, barbecues, Wi-Fi are many of the amenities included in these “four star dorms.â€? Read More »

Shameless self promotion (and your humanitarian concerns) are only a text away.

Reactee lets you customize your own t-shirt that when texted will send any response you like. They give you suggestions (“Stop Global Warmingâ€?, “Practice Safe Textingâ€?) or you can design your own (“Single?â€?, “Hung Like A Democratâ€?) that you can share with friends or just order for yourself.

All you do is text the keyword on the shirt to 41411 and your customized response will be sent straight to the users cell. Visit reactee.com to customize a tee, browse the gallery and send a few texts. You never know what response will show up in your inbox!

Here are a few of my favorites.

I have had many an internship, so I know a sweet deal when I see one. And Trevor, the Mentos intern, has just about the best gig one can procure.Trevor’s “internlyâ€? duties don’t consist of mailing packages, running errands, getting coffee or database entry but rather whatever the public demands.

Yes, you too can tell Trevor what to do. And then watch him do it. Feel like doing a little bit of mid-day office yoga? Become a yogini along with Trevor every day at one. Bored and feel like chatting? Call Trevor up, his phone number and email are on the website. Read More »