Researching last minute for that paper on the French revolution that's worth half of your grade and ohmigod you don't know if you're going to pass and you need a bibliography now?!

Thought so. By this stage in the finals-project game, Google is certainly your intimate friend.  But the Internet giant, for all of its do-no-evil talk, doesn't do m

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Rumor has it that if MU cancels exams tomorrow, any 8 a.m. finals will move to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Is that even legal? It's so kind of the university to take the college student schedule into consideration.  All of us are certainly awake and functioning at 5 a.m. ... if that's when we get back from the bars.

It’s finals season.  You’re tired.  Getting hammered really isn’t on the to-do list, but you’re still aching to leave that macaroni-box and textbook-littered apartment.

Enter Top Ten Wines.  Each Friday night at 7 p.m., the 9th street wine shop offers a tasting-and-tapas special. Prices vary depending on the wine, and reservations are required.

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It’s hard to find Christmas presents for fashion-forward friends in Columbia, but if any store fits the receipt, it’s Swank, downtown’s top spot for of-the-moment dresses, baubles, tops and coats by Seven for All Mankind, French Connection and Kenzie, among others.

Can’t afford $200 dresses and $150 jeans?  Lucky for your waning checkbook (we

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It’s hard to justify going to Club Shattered, but this event should do it.  A flock of belly dancers and belly-dancing musicians will shake it for the first hour of the all-night charity event.  The dance floor opens up the rest of the evening for a mix of belly-dancing and club music.

The $5-10 admission and silent auction benefits ROOTS Home

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"December 7 — a date which will live in infamy," for the people will organize their Facebook profiles
What used to be referred to as “a date which will live in infamy” has been proudly demoted to “Facebook Profile Cleanup Day.”

The event, created by a guy from Cambridge, MA, has one attendee and zero invitees – but his justification for the f

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Even the steamiest mug of chamomile won’t cure pre-finals jitters — but a free cup certainly can’t hurt.

Swing by the anthropology museum Dec. 5 to celebrate its “The World of Tea” exhibit, which will look at the history of the healthier caffeinated beverage.  The opening tea party comes with a free tasting or two between 5 and 7 p.m.  Drink to

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Anyone who thinks retail therapy doesn’t soothe the soul didn’t watch the Tigers get trampled by the Sooners’ wagons last night.

Lucky for anyone suffering from post-game depression, a new student-run, eco-friendly online clothing shop is about to open its doors.  Factorygreen.com, a green clothing site that specializes in T-shirts and trendy

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For those who actually enjoy the burning, acidic combination of Tabasco sauce, pepper, tomato juice and vodka after a night of drinking, Colosseum offers a sweet deal: $2.99 for a glass of vodka.  You add the mixings at the restaurant’s Blood Mary buffet.

If you have a thing against drinking on Sunday, don’t fret.  The same deal applies on Satu

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