The Red and Black

Who put this idiot in charge of giving advice to freshmen?

Listen to the truth train freshmen... eat, drink, and be merry. These are the best years of your life. Dump the high school girlfriend, grab your fake ID, and don't forget to study the night before your exams.

Well Said Truth Train.

Greg your article makes freshman year sound like the most boring thing one could with his time.

Party hard kids!

Thanks for the swell advice. It was really keen-o! The dorms are small, but cherish them. The food is bountiful, but don't worry silly gooses, there are healthy alternatives. A lot of people go to UGA games, better be there an hour early with your books so you can study that extra time. You sound like a UGA brochure.
Freshman, my dorm room had a lot of pubes on the floor, I skipped more than a few classes with monstrous hangovers and would have strapped myself to an IV bag if it was filled with gravy from the country fried steak. College it a whole lot more fun than this killjoy columnists makes it out to be

oh okay, nice cozy info for new students. But how about getting a very important message out there for female freshmen .... pertaining to frat parties. I'm sure you don't really want me to expound on that.

Yea I heard that every minute 65 women are sexually abused at frat parties in Georgia.

This is weak... Your freshman year should be much more fun than this.
I'm pretty sure Greg is going to be a junior this year (when classes actually begin to get hard). Trust me, if you don't start having fun right now, by the time you are a senior you will be having fun and not knowing how to make it to class (or a test) hungover, a very important skill to learn at Georgia.

Go dawgs!

Who the Dawg Catcher is!

this greg wilson character kind of sucks. don't listen to him

Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.

Someone needs to let Freshman students know that the Varsity has the best cheese chilli dogs in town!!!

Stupid idiot toolbag posters:

This guy Greg may never win a beauty contest, but who gives a damn?

His advice is sound. If you want to be a date rapist and/or get date raped, then do indeed drink like an idiot, go to class hung over, and leave pubes on the dormitory floor. If, however, you have half a brain, and if, however, you understand that college is your JOB for the next four years, then listen to Greg.

If not, listen to the wash-out losers who post on this board. Sure, you might be Mr. ManWhore Popular or Ms. I Smell Like A Tuna Fish, but you won't pass. You'll just be another loser 10 years down the road saying, "Yeah, buddy, when I was at UGA back in the 2000's." Of course, Greg'll be in his his penthouse, driving a nice sports car, and chairing a Fortune 500 company, so fire away, nimrods.

You ignorant trash sicken me.

What do you want this guy to write in the school newspaper? Get blackout 3 times a week and never go to class?

The incoming freshmen will figure things out. There will be MIP's handed out, puke on Clayton Street, bar brawls, etc.

No one needs an article telling them what they already know. That is, these will be the best 4,5 or 6 years of their lives.

This is possibly the least informative advice piece I have ever read.

Or you could just get drunk and lose Hope, at least you'll study hard in the Spring. That's what I'd do, but I'm a 5 1/2 year senior, what do I know.

I haven't been a freshman in a long time, but the best advice I got (and didn't initially follow) was simply GO TO CLASS.

Hungover as hell? Go to class anyway.

Wake up in the wrong bed on the wrong side of campus? Go to class anyway.

Fresh shipment of good weed? Go to class anyway.

Tickets on sale at 10am? Go to class anyway.

If you simply go to class, you will work through the rest of it, and you'll be all right. Being away from home at first throws a lot of options at you, and one of the biggest is that there is no one forcing you get out of bed in the morning, and no attendance notes being posted for Mommy and Daddy. It's very easy to just blow off that 8am class. Go to class anyway...trust me on this one. The rest will work out, if you just go to class.