April 27, 2012

The Summer Before College Shouldn't Be A Throwaway

After the rush of last minute life in high school, you like many of your classmates will wake up one morning and realize, high school’s done! But before hitting snooze on your alarm, rolling over and not making a productive use of the coming summer, there are a few things you should realize. The pace you set now will have a large effect on how you handle the Fall-2012 Semester. This summer can be extremely rewarding and a way to explore passions without the constraints of high school bearing down on you. But maybe you need a little push in that direction. That’s where I will help.

Set an alarm. We are not talking 6:30 every morning (unless you’re one of those morning people), but how does a reasonable 8:30 seem. I mean if you go to bed at 1am, you’d still get 7.5 hours. The longer you sleep in, the more you will waste the day away. I have seen it firsthand in a roommate and want to pass this valuable advice onto you. Keeping a morning routine makes the college transition easy and painless, so you’re more likely to succeed. With more daylight hours, you can do so much more out of the summer.

Don’t melt your brain. Movie marathons once a weekend during high school are alright. But when your internet surfing & jersey shore marathons take over, it will be Wednesday before you even realize, “where the %&!! did my week just go”? This applies to texting as well. The more time you waste doing this, the less time you can hang out with friends (the real social networking) or be doing something more productive (example below).

Find a passion. Summer time is the best time to go out and try the world for its full flavor. Look for an internship in an unusual place. Take a passion of yours and try making some money. Why stop learning when school stops? Try learning a trade like welding or seeing if your auto mechanics will train someone. If you learned a language in high school, keep with it this summer. Not only will you improve, but campuses are becoming more multicultural every year. You’re bound to meet a student that speaks it as their first or second language.

In summary, start setting yourself up on a schedule. Doing so will make college much easier and will give you the tools you need to excel. Avoid overusing the television, cell phone or internet surfing. These will distract you from enjoying the warm weather. Lastly, find what you like to do and find someone who will pay you. That is the golden merit of working.

April 18, 2012

Luxury Bedding, Without The Price - From DormCo


Every college student loves to sleep in; there is no way around it. With Naps, Siestas and a Good Night’s sleep, you can be ready to take on the world. With comfortable dorm room bedding, students like you can look forward to resting in luxury as opposed to lying down with those so-so run of the line comforters. One way to ensure that you sleep well is by outfitting your dorm room with a Jersey Knit Twin XL College Comforter.

Among college bed sheets, Jersey sheets are famous for being the premier choice for college students when choosing college sheets. But never before has a Jersey college comforter been offered. DormCo is the first and only college supply store to offer you this incredibly comfortable style. Jersey is always popular among college students, and those who have tried it swear by it.

Jersey comforters will match any of your jersey bed sheets you already have, making these cool college comforters the perfect graduation gift for high school seniors. Even if you’re not a student, everyone can benefit from having comfortable dorm room bedding. Besides being ultra-comfortable, this new Jersey lineup will offer 6 vibrant colors. With Blue, Light Avocado, Aqua, Black, Pink & Grey, you are sure to find a great match for your dorm room. Bedding this comfy and stylish makes an easy mesh into your dorm room décor.

A bonus for college students, these Jersey comforters will include a complimentary laundry bag. This is perfect for hauling dirty clothing or storing miscellaneous objects in your college closet. However you decide to use it, this quality bag will last through your college years. You can relax now; DormCo can now ship Jersey comforters’ right to you. No longer is it necessary to sew your own or use a headhunter to find one. Jersey Comforters will be fitted to your twin xl bedding, so you can rest in quality and not be short bedded.

April 11, 2012

New Freedom Time Zone: The College Clock

The first hour after your parents leave from dropping you off at College, you will realize how much freedom you have, freedom to go wherever, whenever and do whatever you feel like. This new found responsibility and college schedule makes college students adopt a new time zone. I call this the college clock.

While still in high school, your Monday to Friday was a rather strict schedule. Wake up early, go to school, after school practices and go home for dinner. But that first free week at College, your classes may be scattered throughout day. In high school, you would never have though about night time classes. But class schedules that begin between 10a.m. and noon are more common than you think at school. This leaves you with a different schedule than you once had under the structure of High School.

One staple of college is the late night food run. My friends and I would make a late night shopping run to Wal-Mart at least once a week. Not only was this a fun experience, but the lines were shorter than popular evening times making our time their much easier and quicker. Besides awesome late night shopping runs, have you ever tried the gym at 8:00? There are no lines, not many people and you practically have the gym to yourself until closing. This happens because all team practices last from around 6:00pm to 8:00pm, in effect leaving you a gym to yourself.

Within my dorm complex, there were only a few washer/dryer stations. When every college student decides to try and wash their clothing at 6:00, you can imagine the line. Pretty much any time before 3:00pm and after 10:00pm, the better the chance you will find no one running laundry. Another college classic is the late night movie party. While gaming before and during college is the same for students, movie marathons you will find are much more common than they once were. It is 10:30pm, all homework is finished and your friend just called, “let’s watch Animal House”. Of course you are going to go see it.

The new college freedom time zone is something that happens to all college students. With the proper responsibility, you will enjoy all that college has to offer you and these new hour commons will become a part of your dorm experience.

Dylan Swartz

April 4, 2012

The Dorm Douche Kit


Your first line of defense against becoming a douchy roommate.

Our Dorm Douche Kit is your first line of defense against becoming a Douchy roommate. Heading off to college is a fun and exciting time, but there are certain dorm essentials that are a must! Without the Dorm Douche Kit college essentials, you'll likely hear your roommate say, "Come on man, don't be a Douche.”

This epidemic of being a douche or “jerk” is sweeping colleges as you read this, literally. Roommates everywhere are “borrowing” laundry detergent, leaving dirty soap bars in the shower, toothbrushes in the sink, and reducing your ramen supply. This Douchitis has to stop! DormCo’s Dorm Douche kit is the antidote to this epidemic. Available in three varieties; basic, classic and the mega packages will assure neither you nor your roommate become dorm douches.

At the center of the basic dorm douche kit is a laundry bag. Too often college students leave their musky underwear on the floor and are compounded by every day’s dirty wear. Forget having a social life in your dorm room without a laundry bag to round up all dirty clothing. Secondly, every kit comes with 3 cord wraps to eliminate that trip hazard you call power cables. Keeping those cables organized makes moving your X-Box from room to room much easier.

There will come a time in every student’s life, right after applying shaving cream when they realize, “where’s my razor?” Having extra razors is not only practical but will be a life saver to get rid of three days of “ruffing it”. Loose shower soap is disgusting and dangerous. The dorm douche kit gives you a convenient soap holder. Whether you use it for your roommate or yourself to keep hairy soap bars hidden, the douchiness level will definitely drop.

The Dorm Douche Kit also includes an emergency ramen, tooth brush holder and 2 packets of woolite detergent. These three essentials are great lenders to ward off Douchitis until you can go shopping again. Finally, every douche kit includes a 10 pack of “don’t be a douche stickers” and a $5.00 gift card to DormCo for unexpected college supplies.

The Douche Kit will be a revolutionary advancement in the fight to eliminate Douchitis. This DormCo 2012 exclusive makes an ideal graduation gift for high school seniors. So graduates; declare to your parents, “I need you to get me the Dorm Douche Kit” and take the first steps to avoid being that guy or that girl in college.

Dylan Swartz