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Career Fair Fashion Guide

With the fall career fair coming up Wednesday, students are so busy worrying about their résumés and interviewing skills that they barely have time to think about what to wear. It may even seem frivolous to spend time thinking about clothing when there is so little time as it is. Are clothes really that important for a career fair?

What your stadium arrival time says about you

9:30 am – You're trying (and failing) to buy a ticket for your friend from Purdue from the ticket window. You leave the stadium and go take pictures with your roommates jumping in the air in front of Zahm's "Here Come the Irish" banner until the crepes line opens at North Dining Hall. Later, your Purdue friend pays an ungodly amount to the scalpers stationed on the corner of Douglas and 933.

Eating after the game

There are two good options for where to enjoy your post-victory or lamentation meal – the campus dining halls or one of the fine local food establishments, accessible by foot (Eddy Street Commons) or car (pretty much everywhere else). Decide which will hit that post-game sweet spot, and then plan ahead! Did you forget that there are over 80,000 people on campus on game days? A little pre-emptive planning will save you a big headache when sitting in traffic or waiting in line for your much-needed food.

Weekend hour breakdown

Friday around 12:30 p.m. – One of the strangest yet most enjoyable football weekend experiences is watching the Alumni Dawgs have a dance party in front of their dorm on South Quad. Take a break from your walk from class to South Dining Hall to admire the random mix of costumes, dance moves and upbeat songs.

Things to do before the game

Before the weather starts getting really terrible, take the time to make a trip over to Carroll Hall to see the massive "Go Irish" banner. It's quite the surprise that so much Notre Dame spirit can be contained in such a small dorm, but seeing the banner early on Saturday morning will certainly evoke pride in even the most lackluster football fans.

Things to avoid on football gameday

Bookstore: Like sporting the latest The Shirt on football weekends? Of course! Like it enough to be touched anonymously by hundreds of other noisy fans in the mile-long cashier lines? Didn't think so.

Weekend Events Calendar 9/2 to 9/5

Thursday: Best of LaFortune

Comedy on the Quad

Over the past few years, the quality of comedians at the annual "Comedy on the Quad," taking place this Saturday, has constantly increased. Two years ago, it was a pre-"Community" Joel McHale; last year, it was Maria Bamford and Judah Friedlander of "30 Rock" fame. The event has continued it's improvement this year, as 2010 boasts perhaps the best line up yet: Michael Ian Black and Mike Birbiglia.

ARTgenda: September

September doesn't just mean the start of classes and football games — it's also a month packed with exhibition openings and special events around campus, South Bend and Chicago. While most of your weekends this month may be full of tailgating and football games, be sure to check out some of these highlights around campus:

The Progression of Sci-Fi

Sunday afternoon's 3 p.m. showing of the original "Planet of the Apes" kicks off a new series in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC) called "Sci-Fi Through the Ages." The series was created to complement a seminar taught this semester by Professor Paulette Curtis entitled "An American Key: An Anthropologist Looks at the Genre." There are three more films being screened as part of this: "Brother From Another Planet," "Metropolis" and "Fantastic Planet."

Now & Then: Football

As the student body prepares for the first football weekend of the year, it's the perfect time to grow nostalgic and discuss seasons of old. To our generation, that includes probably around five seasons, if that.

Lollapalooza: That festival in Grant Park

This August, the Chicago area experienced its annual musical invasion known as Lollapalooza. With the addition of 20,000 extra tickets per day and the expansion of the park beyond the usual border of Columbus Drive, I questioned whether the event would have the same feel as in years past. Despite hesitations, the added space and extra concert-goers didn't hinder the festival at all — they simply amplified the energy in Grant Park and fed the unstoppable force that is Lollapalooza.

Jersey Explosion

If you've been living with no electricity, in the Antarctic or with your eyes shut this past year, you may not have noticed New Jersey's fast and steady takeover of television. From those crazy fist-pumpers on "Jersey Shore" to the crazy fist-punchers on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," loud-mouthed east-coasters are all the rage right now, with shows about GLT-ing, selling prom dresses and making cakes, to name a few.

The soundtrack stands alone

Whether you're rooting for Team Edward or Team Jacob, or you just despise the entire "Twilight" franchise in all its supernatural cheesiness, you can't argue that the soundtracks behind the films are albums that can stand completely on their own, apart from the series.

Music Under the Radar: Hunters and Gatherers

There are two types of music listeners: hunters and gatherers. Hunters are always on the prowl, reading music blogs and magazines, looking up the soundtracks of movies and TV shows, and Googling lyrics they hear on obscure radio stations. Music hunters have accounts at Pandora and last.fm, a collection of ticket stubs from this summer, and about 18 "Personal Best Of" lists. Hunters are ruthless in their pursuit of the perfect song, and go out of their way to explain a detailed opinion on everyone from Lady Gaga to Bon Iver.

The Suburbs': A Majestic Drive Down Memory Lane

Do you remember the good old careless days of "screaming and running through the yard?" Those are the days that the Montreal-based band Arcade Fire reminisces about in their new LP The Suburbs.

Notre Dame Style Spotter

Name: Nathalia Silvestre

The Kids Are More Than All Right

Though overshadowed by big summer blockbusters like "Toy Story 3" and "Inception," one of the best movies this summer was the small family dramedy, "The Kids Are All Right." The film, about a lesbian couple (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore), their two children (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) and the sperm-donor father (Mark Ruffalo), is an honest and real portrayal of what it takes to be a family and why it's worth the struggle.

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