The thing that I have done to conserve money during this semester was to not spend money. I know this sounds too simple or maybe not simple enough. My goal was to only buy things I felt I ABSOLUTELY needed. Also, if I didn’t spend a lot of money for a given [...]

There is no doubt that the state of the current economy is affecting us all in one way or another. Personally, I’m not worried about my finances so much as my parents’, who are currently financing my education here at USF. It is this concern which has prompted me to conserve money in almost any [...]

My intro to Media Studies professor has asked my class to be apart of the media. In order to do this we were given a question to respond too, then we were to post our responses on a blog for the University of San Francisco’s school newspaper the Foghorn. The question is: “Given the state [...]

The state of the current economy has made me change a lot of old habits that I had in order to conserve my money. Last year I feel that I spent too much money on things that are not necessary. I spend a lot of money on expensive clothes and expensive shoes. I would also [...]

I started working when I was a sophomore in high school to earn a little extra spending cash. I took babysitting jobs and eventually the local video store, Kensington Video, hired me to work when I turned 15. At that point my parents were still buying me clothes and gave my money for food and [...]