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Keepin' your head above water
You ain't got to live bummy ...Just get a big-face twenty!
Corey Richardson
Contributing Writer
Being broke is real, and
we have all been victim to
poverty's evil clutches on
occasion. The wrath of
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brokedom is not for the meek
and requires imaginative
thinking to overcome basic
obstacles. Let's face it,
anything and everything
worth doing requires some
type of spending, and if
you're broke, you're out of the
loop.
Laundry, clubbing,
drinking, eating, dating and
even learning all have a
monetary stipulation that, to
the fund-impaired, can be the
difference between a
weekend like "Fear and
Loathing..." and a weekend of
futile loafing.
So, how does one
overcome the seemingly
insurmountable odds of
being broke? is there actually
life without money? No.
Here's a way, though, to
actually survive off about $20
a week and still maintain your
"high profile" lifestyle.
Follow these helpful tips, and
you too can learn how to
pimp your piggy bank and
live like the playboy you think
you are.
First and foremost on the
list of BrokeNigga essentials:
food.Without food, you'll die,
and if you think Crown Forum
is wack, I'd wager to say that
death has to be worse (though
it's up for debate).
If you live on campus or
are fortunate enough to have
a meal plan, feel free to skip to
paragraph three since you
probably won't be forced to
employ these tactics to procure
a decent meal.
Step One: Groceries. The
grocery store can pose many
potential risks to the broke
student, and if you aren't
careful, you may blow your
whole wad at the check-out
line. Solution? Stick to the
essentials: Ramen Noodles,
cereal, milk and Kool-Aid, and,
if you're really feeling bold,
spring for the brown rice.
Avoid meat. Living off
campus has forced many a
student into veganism, not
because they feel so strongly
about meat, but because it's just
too expensive to try to make it
a regular thing (remember,
there's still beer to buy.)
If you shop right, groceries
will put you at about $7. Notice
I didn't include bread. That is
an item that can be
"borrowed" from the Caf,
although I would not
advocate such actions
(sandwich anyone?). Any
other meal you need besides
cereal or noodles you'll just
have to sneak into Chivers to
get a hold of.
Remember, it's not really
sneaking unless you get
caught and, on the off-hand
chance that you do, tell the
"authority" that you left your
coat on the other side and
book it to the nearest line for
a meal that's, literally, "on the
House."
Now that you have $13
left, it's Monday and you need
gas for the ride. What to do?
Well, if you're going to buy
gas, get it cheap. Head for the
suburbs, especially Cobb
County. Gas there is much
cheaper and the RaceTrac on.
South Cobb Dr. has 87 octane
that usually ranges from about
$.75 to .83 per gallon. Do not
buy gas in the city and
particularly in a black
neighborhood. They're yoking
you on the price and a person
of your economic standing has
more pressing issues on his
mind than keeping money in
the community.
With a $5 purchase of the
good stuff, you've got 8 bones
left and enough gas to last
until Thursday. If you need
more money, turn your car
into a dollar cab and offer rides
here and there. You can easily
get two or three bucks for a
ride to the West End Mall. Or
better still, offer to be the
Designated Driver on Friday
night, as drunk people are
awfully generous and no
drinks are free drinks. Take the
$5 and get another fill-up at
the RaceTrac. Now you've got
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This week’s Street Beat question :
“What's up with NSO?”
Freshman
West Pal m Beach, FL
"I think NSO week was watered
down because it was in control
of the staff. And basically, the
activities that they had
scheduled were kind of boring
and kind of weak that's why .a lot
of people didn't show high
participation in a lot of the
activities."
Devon Cai
Freshman
Business/Finance
Newark, NJ
“Personally I do think [NSO]
was watered down a lot. It was
laughable.”
Junior
Finance
Bangladesh
"I believe that we should go
hack to the old school days
where we could push people
around and take 'em under the
tent and make them lose their
voices. All that good stuff.”
Marketing
Baton Rouge, LA
“I thought it was inspirational.
It kinda made me wanna go
to Morehouse. Old heads say
it's not the same, hut to me it
looked like brothers were
bonding. It looked like I was
coming intoa family.”
Senior
Psychology
Chicago, IL
“I remember when they used to
wake us up at 3:00 in the morning
and march us around West End.
It's a lot of back-biting and stuff
now heacuse I don 't think the
brotherhood is still there with a lot
of the freshman that came after my
class."