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May 17 Make your dorm a cozy home away from home
By Nicole Zakrzewski, Palm Harbor University High
Two beds, two desks and a closet. That’s pretty much all you’ll find in most any dorm room. Goodbye, comfort of ... -
May 17 Going far away to college requires more than packing
By JULIET PARAMOR, Tarpon Springs High
Getting prepared to head off to a college anywhere is overwhelming enough, with all the paperwork and lists and shopping, plus the sheer excitement ...
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May 17 Seniors, make sure mom and dad know it's not the end
By Tori Lawhorn, Newsome High
Seniors, you know going to college will affect you in huge ways. But don’t forget it’s also affecting your parents.
They’ve been ...
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May 17 Tips on how to trick out that college dorm room
tb-two* staff
As seniors head off to college, one of the most important things we worry about is dorm decor. The drab walls of a dorm desperately need some adornment ...
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May 17 F(ACE)B(OOK) I(NTELLIGENCE): Tips for gathering info on prospective roommates via Facebook
By Allie Davison, Wharton High; Liz Tsourakis, Hillsborough High; and Katie Lamont, East Lake High
Most college-bound seniors already know who they’ll be rooming with, and even if they ...
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May 2 Campus tour: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.
By TORI CREIGHTON | Special to tb-two*
The University of Notre Dame has been immortalized by the movie Rudy and by Saturday home football games on NBC. Some of the hype ...Filed in college, campus tour
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April 18 Get a real college education with these campus touring tips
Washington Post
You and your parents may be packing into the car or plane soon on trips across the nation to a half-dozen colleges or more, hoping to find that ...Filed in college
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April 18 Barnes Scholars: Whole world in their hands
Compiled by Angela Skane, St. Petersburg High; and Michael Newcomer, Tarpon Springs High
Photo by Rachel Mowat, Hillsborough High
By many measures, they are successful. They have been accepted by ... -
March 6 Bright Futures volunteering: I'm running out of time!
BY ANGELA SKANE | ST. PETERSBURG HIGH
I’m not much of a procrastinator. I usually like to have things done ahead of time so I can avoid the stress. • Unfortunately ... -
February 22 To have a car at college ... or to not have a car?
TO NOT HAVE A CAR
By Rachel Lubitz, George Washington University
When you live off drive-through Taco Bell and Diet Coke in high school, it’s hard to imagine yourself ... -
February 9 Help us help you, tb-two*ers
We can all agree that tb-two* is pretty awesome, right? (I mean, have you seen this video?)
But we do like to humble ourselves every now and then by asking ...
Filed in entertainment, sports, life, college, fashion, food
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February 6 Busting STEM stereotype
By BILL MAXWELL, Tampa Bay Times columnist
Seventeen-year-old Kyla Kolb is busting stereotypes. A senior at Lakewood High in the school's Center for Advanced Technology, she is a computer ...
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February 1 Sh*t seniors say
Are you a senioritis-suffering senior? Someone who lives for that fourth-period trip to McDonald's because at least it makes you feel in control as you endure the final days ...
Filed in college, entertainment, food, life
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January 11 Junior worries about not getting in to dream school: Florida State University
BY SARAH PHILLIPS, Durant High
I’m a junior, and I’m worried. • Ever since I was a kid, I have been a fan of Florida State. My dad started ...Filed in college
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January 11 Peculiar test practices
By Allie Davison, Wharton High
For college-bound juniors and seniors, a lot rides on SAT and ACT scores. With all the time and pressure you spend on them, you have ...
