Sibs weekend is always a blast. It’s great for your family to get to check in on you in the dead of Spring Semester, before the weather gets warmer and Fest Season starts. And what’s a better college visit for your younger relatives than a tour of campus and uptown from you firsthand?

Remember the 2002 movie Drumline? Centered on the journey of a talented marching band at an historically Black college called HBCU, Drumline is the journey of a talented drummer from Harlem who is recruited to this nationally-renowned college marching band.

Yeah, it’s a Hallmark holiday, and sure, it’s a little exclusionary (some of us like to be single; sorry not sorry), but Valentine’s Day is nevertheless overwhelmingly present in the month of February.

Everybody loves being in love, and college relationships tend to be hot and heavy, not to mention, fun! You’ve always got a buddy to eat with, Netflix-and-chill with, party uptown with…. and hopefully study with.

College is busy. Classes, studying, theses, friends – there’s a lot going on. Even more so if you have a part-time job on top of all that. Now, if you worked during high school, you’ve got a leg up on managing school and work. But even so, you’ve never done it like this before.

Whether you’re an international student, you’re taking classes over break, or you’ve just outgrown going home during the Holidays, it’s easy to stay in your apartment and get cabin fever during Southeast Ohio winters.

Anyone who’s lived in an Ohio town with a state university will tell you that they’re notorious for high rent rates, especially compared to towns without a university.

There’s not a lot worse than signing a lease on a new student rental only to find out later that you really should have read your lease better.

Whether you’re moving into an uptown house or apartment, making sure you’ve got the essential tools that will make your off-campus rental a home is key to having a great experience living in Athens. Some things seem obvious, but others may not.

It’s almost Fall, y’all! Athens might be known among Ohio college culture as the destination for Halloween, but that’s not nearly all we’ve got going on. And of course, there’s more to Autumn than the ubiquitous Starbucks PSL.