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          With the past and upcoming tryouts for the 2019 drum corps season in motion, I thought this post would be a great one that most of my friends could relate to. Preparing pre tour for drum corps is essential for a better experience with your corps, in my opinion, not everyone thinks so, but I bet you will after this post.                     When I say preparing I mean very specific things, not just raising money or gathering items for tour, or even the infamous packing for tour. What I mean is preparing your body, preparing your skills and most importantly preparing your mind. One of the top reasons members leave within the first few weeks of tour, besides injuries, is mental stability. And that is totally okay, never feel like if that has happened to you that it was the wrong decision because you need to take care of your body and ...
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Why You Should Study In A Coffee Shop

Coffee Shops around the U.S. and even the world are making their mark on 'millennials'. Why? My thoughts are that more and more people or 'millennials' are wanting to expand their horizons and intake more knowledge and get more degrees, and the perfect place to prepare for all of this is at a simple, cozy coffee shop. It is a way to be completely obsessed with studying and getting those A pluses while also staying connected to the outside world. Hiding in a library just does not cut it anymore. 

An article from spoon university (Science Proves You Should Be Studying In A Coffee Shop), states the evidence found in how a coffee shop can improve your study skills. It 1.) apparently makes you more creative. Maybe that is why we all seem basic when we decide to take a candid photo of our coffee. It is not that we are basic, we are just thinking of an outside of the box way to display what we did with our day, and that consisted of sitting at a caffeinated cafe and we totally can not just take a boring selfie holding a mug. 2) 200 milligrams of caffeine can help you process and recognize words more quickly, and what better way to intake this than to be in the very spot of endless caffeine. Personally, being in a coffee shop just produces all of these endorphins and gives me such a determined and focused mindset that I am bound to walk out of there accomplished. There is just something about how a coffee shop makes you feel more sophisticated and feeling sophisticated, to me, means becoming more knowledgeable, and becoming more knowledgeable, especially in my area of study, means learning as much as I can and having it stick in my brain.

Next time you decide to study, go ahead and "treat yo self" to an overpriced vanilla cappuccino and document how much better you concentrate, how much you remember, and what your test score is compared to if you spent your time secluded in your room or in the back of a library. My personal favorites, if you are a student here at Mississippi State, is the 929 coffee bar over by mugshots. It is the stereotypical image of a 'millennial coffee shop'. The people are very nice and even when there is a line out of the door, you never have to wait more than 5 minutes. There is also a 'basement' area that you can go to that has bigger and longer tables to bring a study group for a class to.  If I am already on campus and I have time between classes I always run to the Starbucks in the union to get some studying done. It is normally a little more busy at times, especially around breakfast time, but it does the job a lot better than the library.



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