By: That friend you hate at first but secretly love because she has your back

After a semester sabbatical, I am back, snitches. I wanted to swear right there but my editor would

probably end my career after this column. Not that there is much to it to begin with.

Let me be honest with you. This is a Pro-Active Advice column. It’s proactive like the adjective,

so these problems may or may not be based on real life but here’s to anticipating your drama. If you

could relate to it, then that’s just peachy keen. C’est bloody la vie if you can’t. I’m not here to strike your

fancy. Letters to the editor are oh so welcome.

Dear Anonymous Advice Giver,

I have fallen in love with someone I shouldn’t be falling in love with. I have that Buzzcocks song on

repeat on my Spotify playlist and I can’t stop listening to it. And I just can’t stop thinking about her.

When I first met her, I never thought that we’d mesh together as well as we did. Due to complicated

circumstances, we decided not to pursue a relationship but we can’t help colliding every time we meet. I

don’t know what else to do.

Carl Junior

Hey Carl,

I don’t know what else to say to you besides the obvious “Why do you even?” but I’m sure that you

have said that to yourself a million times before. All I can then say is this: I hope that she is worth the

“it’s complicated” relationship limbo you’re putting yourselves through. It’s tough, man. Fight if it’s

worth it and don’t if it isn’t. If all else fails, let it go. It will hurt, but after all the rain, you’ll see the sun

come out again.

Dear Anonymous Advice Giver,

I think I’m royally screwed. It’s the second week of school and I think I have run out of time to drop a

class I’m not enjoying. Is my situation redeemable or have I dug myself a really deep hole for the rest of

the semester?

A typical college student

Dear Hole-Digger,

Fortunately for you, your hole is not that deep. You’ve got two choices here: either “drop” the class by 5

pm on Wednesday, Sept. 16th and receive 50 percent of your money/student loan back or find a way

around it by changing your attitude about it. However, if your instructor is a total dick, you are pretty

much screwed. I’m kidding. If your instructor is a total dick, you could tell him/her to stop being one in a

civil manner. If he/she refuses to change, you could report him/her to the department chair and let

them handle the matter. Honestly though, I’m a huge proponent of enjoying the classes I take but once

in a while I have to bite a goddamn bullet for a required class. Chat with your adviser and see what they

think for a second opinion. I might just be full of fluff anyway.