Apartment Living

By Danielle Wirsansky There is nothing quite like decorating your apartment to get into the holiday spirit! It can help lift your spirits, especially after a difficult semester and even harder exam week. However, if you are anything like most college students, you probably live in a rental apartment. For most rental properties, you are…

By Alicia Geigel Each semester, we all make the same promise to ourselves that we aren’t going to study last minute before a test and change up our study habits, but for most of us, these promises just about always fall through. With all of the responsibilities of college, time management can be a real…

By Kaitlin Hurtado Regardless of where you are at in your college journey, finals never seem to get any easier. Whether it be because you are overwhelmed with all the responsibilities you have been juggling over the course of the past semester or you feel like you are nowhere near prepared to ace your finals,…

By Ashley Paskill Moving out of the dorms and into an apartment is exciting. You have more freedom, especially since you will not have to answer to an RA. However, you may find yourself slacking on getting chores done, especially with a packed student schedule. This will put you in a panic when your parents…

By Danielle Wirsansky With the housing market the way that it is, finding a new place to live is crazy even if you are only planning to rent and not outright buy a property. It is getting more and more competitive to find a place to rent, with property managers being immediately flooded by applicants…

By Alicia Geigel As a renter, there is so much to consider when planning a move. Whether it’s carving out time to pack your clothes and furniture or cleaning your apartment before your landlord’s final walkthrough, it can be easy to get swept away by all of your last-minute moving responsibilities. Are you currently moving?…

By Kaitlin Hurtado If you are renting your current living space, you may find yourself feeling stuck when it comes to making your rental feel more like a home. With most rentals, the opportunities to customize your space to your liking are going to be far more limited than if you owned your own property.…

By Ashley Paskill When you move into a new apartment, you sign a lease that outlines all of the rules that you and your landlord agree on for the property. Like any document, you have to read the fine print to make sure you don’t miss anything important. The lease is legally binding, so it…

By Victoria Robertson It’s a truth universally known that college students are broke. Or, at the very least, are attempting to save money in order to begin paying back their mounds of student loans. That said, there are actually organizations out there that offer discounts specific to college students in order to help make their…

By Alicia Geigel After the past year of lockdown and isolation, there is nothing wrong with a change of scenery. However, when you live in a location that you love, are close-by to work and friends, and adore your apartment complex- what do you do? Transferring apartments is an excellent choice for when you grow…

By Ashley Paskill College is a time where students are making decisions and are becoming more independent. Part of this may mean living alone. While many students want to live alone, whether or not they are ready is a whole other issue. If you are considering moving out and living alone but are unsure as…

By Danielle Wirsansky In college, students are able to learn and grow, make new and lifelong friends, and gain polish and maturity before they go off into the real world. There are many ways to do these things and a million different experiences for each student to have, which will, in turn, shape them in…