Ask Claire!

As college students we are plagued by constant problems. Granted, some of these problems are of our own making, such as waiting until the last minute on an assignment or sickness brought on by a little too much fun downtown or the combination.

As if we weren’t doing a good enough job ourselves, teachers, friends and extracurricular activities thrust other issues upon us.

College, for most of us, is the first time we are responsible for feeding ourselves, doing things our own way, dealing with our own mistakes. And here comes the big one. College is the first time we live with people other than our families.

Freshman year is often the most fun, but most tumultuous year of one’s life to date. But you don’t feel bad if the drama never seems to end.

Roommate issues, relationship issues and weight issues have a funny way of fading into homework issues, pending career decisions and financial problems.

Do you ever think “oh my god what am I going to do? No one else in the world has these problems!” or my personal favorites: “I hate my life.” or “Why am I so ridiculous? “

Don’t fear; Claire is here. I promise you, any issue you may have, I’ve been there. Life is hard, but you shouldn’t have to go through it alone. I got through it alive, and you can too.

So I’m here to help. Send me your problems, issues and concerns. I’ll tell you what I would do, now that I have the wisdom of having done it the wrong way the first time or knowing someone who did.

To get your question answered, send an e-mail addressed to Claire to colonnadeletters@gcsu.edu, a message to The Colonnade with “Ask Claire!” as the subject line or post your question to our wall. You can tweet or direct message your questions as well.

Lastly, you can always text it to us at 708-949-NADE (6233)

Don’t forget to sign it as something clever, preferably utilizing alliteration, but that’s completely up to you. Identities of advice seekers will be kept completely anonymous, so don’t worry we will keep your secrets.

Ask away my friends, and I shall answer.

Posted by Claire Childs on Nov 18 2010. Filed under Opinion, Other. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.