Life as a College Student... With an Overprotective Mom I wish that I could say that my mother just became a helicopter parent when I was on my way to university, but what pains me is that she was always that way. She always had to be in control of all situations and when she lost even a small amount of that grip of control hell broke loose on everyone in her path. This unfortunately still happens today. When I...

The Tragedy of the Commons "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin and "Green and Competitive: Ending the Stalemate" by Michael Porter are two articles that express the issues among the common areas around the world in which we all must share amongst one another. Over the years, we have implemented many laws and regulations in order to curb the major issues (i.e. pollution, breeding, etc.), but as it turns out, like everything else, there are loopholes and...

In the "Tragedy of the Commons" essay provided, I go more in depth of what we as humans can do in order to fix the addressed problems in articles written by Garrett Hardin and Michael Porter. In addition to that, I give the pros and cons of each solution.

If you are anything like I was (torn between multiple majors), my advice to you would be to go in "Undecided." Many incoming college students have done it at my school and they take a...