About Amanda
I'm currently a senior at the University of Texas, Austin, working toward a degree in Management. I'm also the Editor-in-Chief of an online news publication, The Horn, in addition to writing for CF.
If you have any topic requests, questions, feedback, or just want to talk ... I'd love to hear from you! And for more musings, feel free to tweet me or visit my personal blog at www.notesbyamanda.com.
All posts by Amanda
5 Ways to (Still) Ace Your Classes this Semester
{Photo Credit} It’s smack dab in the middle of Spring, so understandably we college students are bound to be distracted … with break, looking forward to summer, and shopping for a fantastic new new Spring wardrobe, priorities get muddled. Things get put off. And before you know it, your brain is screaming “5 alarm fire!” [...]
4 Fun, Last-Minute Spring Break Ideas
{Photo Credit} It’s finally here (or close enough, at least!): That much needed week of relaxation and responsibility-free bliss also known as Spring Break! While surely some of you gals are already packed and ready to go to some tropical location, the rest of us may still be wondering how exactly we’re going to spend 7 [...]
Girl’s Night! 8 Fun Suggestions for Spending Time with Friends
After a frenzied week of tests, assignments, and 20-page papers due (ha, we wish we were kidding … ) sometimes you just need to unwind and kick it back with the girls… it’s time for a Girl’s Night! Whether you want to keep it low key and spend the night in or dust off that [...]
Beautiful You: Reminders for Maintaining a Healthy Body Image
{Image Credit} We girls live in a world where pressures to fit a certain mold of beauty weigh us down on a daily basis. Though makeup and fashion are fun to play around with, we don’t blame you if bombardments of image-centered ads and celeb-drenched shows leave you asking, “Why can’t I look like that?” [...]
