Lauren West

Christmas and finals are both coming up, so it's a good time to listen to some tunes to keep you sane and in a more positive spirit. Let the Clog help you destress! Take our quiz to see which holiday album to bump to this week.

As I sit here, at the bar, I can’t help but look back on my time here as a student, not only at St Andrews but also at UC Berkeley.

A break? In this economy? We know what you're thinking — there's absolutely no time. But breaks are important, even if it's just going down to Walgreens to get yourself another bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

You sip on your coffee as you float on down to the library. The beating of your heart is in tune with the student librarian's stamp as he checks in and checks out books. Speaking of checking out...

We at the Clog feel as though we've been to just about every grad school event that has been offered in the tri-state area. All of which have left us with more questions than answers. We felt it was high time we get to the bottom of the great post-grad quandary.

This past Saturday, five out of seven students in my UC Education Abroad Program, or UCEAP, cohort — myself included — got on the train at Leuchars Station in St Andrews to meet up with almost 200 other students who were studying abroad in the U.K.

My childhood brings one very specific place to mind — Overtoun House. Overtoun House is a grand, romantic-looking estate I can only ever remember having seen in pictures. It's become almost a family myth at this point — a magical place a SoCal native can brag about to people who love Jane Austen and BBC.

You figure there must have been some terrible mistake. Maybe you wandered into the wrong class or came at the wrong time. You cry out, but no one can hear you. You have entered the Impostor Syndrome Zone.

Humans are social creatures, so eating and drinking is something we do in herds. Some of us just like our drinks to be less spiked than others.

If you like history, Dublin is the place for you. From Dublinia, an interactive history museum that starts with Dublin's invasion by Vikings, to beautiful sites such as St Patrick's Cathedral, you're sure to find plenty to keep you occupied.