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What’s the worst part of the beginning of the semester, you may ask a college student? Buying your textbooks for hundreds of dollars and knowing you won’t even crack them open. As a student, we’re pinching pennies for college tuition, and we simply can’t afford the books “required” for courses. In many of my classes, I’ve gotten to the first day with my $200 books only to hear the professor say we won’t use it the whole semester, or that we'll only be reading the first chapter. Sure, at the end of the semester you can sometimes sell your books — if the bookstore will actually buy them back. This is so easily fixed; all we need is an understanding with professors to only put on students’ book lists what will be needed throughout the semester. Until that happens, here's a piece of advice for the students: even though it may give you an extreme case of anxiety to not have all your books on the first day of class, wait a week to get a feel for the class to see if you’ll actually use the books. That could save you hundreds of dollars (especially if you switch out of the class later on).

Mismatched socks, breakfast in hand and bed-head tells everyone when someone is late to class. Some BYU students are not always properly prepared in order to make it to class on time every day.

Even though it's summer, school is still in session for many. With new classes comes technology, which is now a staple in classrooms. More than 14.2 million computers, or 1 computer for every four students, are available for classroom use in schools across America, according to a U.S. Census report.

Graduating from college with a degree in philosophy, Jeremy Pepper didn't envision himself as a public relations professional. However, a friend that worked at Edelman suggested an communications internship to Pepper, who ran student government campaigns and wrote for his campus newspaper.