The Students' Lifestyle

The queens of K-Pop are back! All hail Brown Eyed Girls with their music video "Kill Bill". If you are familiar with the movie Kill Bill, by Quentin Tarantino , you know exactly what the video is about. I've never seen the movie before, but their music video was a great take on the movie.

Left to Right: Shannah and Tara

So we've been writing here at The SLS for a while, and just realized you guys don't really know much about the girls behind the blog. Anyone who's followed us for a while may remember that we used to post under pseudo names, but wanted to let down our guards and let you guys get to know the real us. So with that being said, we each came up with ten fact about us that we wanted to share. Enjoy!

"We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus has been stuck in my head for a moment. To relieve the stress of the song-bug in my ear, I played the song one more time before I went to bed. I woke up the next morning still singing the tune. What's wrong with me? I saw the trashy video of "We Can't Stop" weeks ago, and the video itself turn me away from the song. Okay- Maybe if I hear the song one last time, I'll be over it for sure. However, I wasn't over the song, I soon realized the terrible revelation. I like the song! But how can I like a song by Miley Cyrus?  I'm sure there is some sort of explanation. It's a sad day when I like a trashy dance song that talks about "Molly." Well I have to go, I will  listen to "We Can't Stop", one last time... I hope. Save me!

Fox has a new comedy series under its belt called Brooklyn Nine -Nine. The show will hit your T.V screen this Fall. The show stars two time Emmy Award winning actor Andre Braugher, who plays Captain Ray Holt.  Terry Crews from Everybody Hates Chris, will be his action hero.

If you're majoring in any field of communication, have your own blog, or plan to work with big companies like Cosmopolitan, then this post is for you.

As you know, we're apart of the Her Campus Blogger Network and Her Campus is having a two day conference where you can network with people in the magazine industry and more. The Her Campus National Intercollegiette Conference will be Saturday, July 27-28 in NYC and is only $20-$30 depending on which day you choose. Saturday is reserved for Her Campus members, so if you have ever worked with Her Campus as a blogger or ambassador, Saturday is strictly for you. Sunday is open to the public so anyone can attend.

The conference is an amazing chance to meet heads in the industry with representatives from Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Seventeen and more.

Of course there will be speakers and workshops that will help you navigate your life after graduation and even break a few myths. Workshops incude:

Does the Devil Really Wear Prada?: Life As An Entry Level Magazine Editor

Well Read: Opportunities in the Book Publishing World

Jobs in Marketing & PR: How To Break In

A Collegiette's Guide to Freelancing

How to Make Your Start-up a Success: Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories

Climbing the Ladder: Journalism Jobs Later On

How To Be Your Own Best Publicist

A Collegiette's Guide to Negotiating & Getting What You Want at Work

Church and State: What It's Like To Work on the Business Side of Magazines

How to Make Your Blog a Powerhouse


Not only will this be an amazing chance to hear and meet people in the industry, you can also get some cool perks like free manicures, free lunch from Chipotle, a braid bar, and a movie screening! All attendees will get a goody bag and have a chance to enter into raffles. To find out more about the conference, or to buy your tickets, click here. Don't wait guys, sign up before it's too late. Don't forget to tell a friend!

When I began listening to K-Pop, 2ne1 was my favorite girl group. I eventually started liking other groups as well. One group that I stumbled upon was Brown Eyed Girls.  I really started listening to them after Psy's video "Gentleman" because Ga-in, one of the members, appeared in the video.  One song that I'm still loving from them is "Abracadabra." I have been eagerly waiting for their comeback single after listening to their older music. "Recipe" is their newest single, and Miryo's rapping in the song is amazing! Her voice is like no other. The beat to the song is very smooth and sounds similar to a 70s disco hit with a modern twist. After reading the English lyrics to the song, I think the song is about a woman pleasing a man. Think of it as a Destiny's Child "Cater 2 You" type of song. I also believe the song is about allowing a man to open up more and the only way of doing this is by showing love and catering to him. I posted a video with the English lyrics to see your take of the song's meaning.

The MTV reality show Catfish has become one of my favorite shows. The series gives people the chance to meet the real person they have been dating online for the first time in, and usually the person they meet is far from what they expected. The show has changed the way that people have looked at online dating making them thing twice before adding random people on Facebook. Of course some of the stories seem far stretched and avoidable (like being engaged with someone you never met) but the crazy thing is, it could happen to anyone. Even you. After watching the show, and using this thing called common sense, we've piled together a fool proof way to see if your dream guy is as real as he says he is.

1. You're dating a model

My BF is an A&F model and looks just like Trey Songz!

Looks can be deceiving, and online it's easy to steal anyone's picture and use it to be your own. So when that Brad Pitt look-a-like friends you on Facebook, it's okay to be skeptical. If you want to weed out a fake is to search their profile pictures on Google Images. If no other images are found, then you may be in the clear. If not, then you may be getting reeled in by a fake.

2. Can never meet

Is your dream guy always dropping out of dates and cancelling meetups?  If he's always cancelling or something comes up, ask him what's up. Is he really busy, or is he hiding something from you?

Since we are both in the communications field of study,  I'm majoring in Broadcast Journalism and Tara is majoring in Communication, I sometimes wonder which celebrities started off as journalists. Believe it or not, many actors went to school and majored in journalism or communications. Although they're not working as news anchor, take a look at some actors who had a different passion before hitting the big screen.

LR: Dara, Bom, Minzy, and CL. 2NE1 is back with their new comeback single!

Last night BET aired its original movie  Being Mary Jane, starring Gabrielle Union. The film follows television host Mary Jane Paul, a woman who has the looks, the job, the house, but is still looking for love.  In the first scenes of the film we find out that Jane's lover is hiding a secret from her -he's married. In a seat clinching scene Mary Jane sees her lover's wife going into a pet shop and has the spontaneous idea to go follow her inside and reveal the secret that her husband has been hiding. But, things didn't go the way that she or anyone else expected.

We couldn't fit all of the crazy ways that people pay tuition into one post, so we had to make another one. Here are more ways that students have found to get their school bills out of the way. Again we have to share this little disclaimer. We aren't endorsing any of these methods, just sharing what we found.


Lab Rat
Being a human guinea pig is also another way to earn some extra money to go towards school bills. Clinical studies and lab tests all around the world seek participants to join in their studies for compensation. Studies could be anything from watching you when you sleep to seeing how a new drug affects you. Of course, this is a choice that should be thought about long and hard before making a commitment.