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Living a healthy college lifestyle is a challenge. Between friends, parties, and that liberal arts education, finding time to think about healthy choices can seem nearly impossible. The key is to start early. Develop habits at the beginning of the year that will carry through the rest of your time at Furman and hopefully into your post-grad life.

The 2013-14 NFL season is less than a month away, and fantasy football has already begun. The draft is crucial for starting the season on the right foot, so I want to share some of my sleeper picks. For each player, I’ve included an insight on the upcoming season. In no particular order, here are my top ten sleepers for the upcoming season.

It doesn’t look like much from the street front, but Jamaica Mi Irie has huge personality. The restaurant is downtown on South Main Street, right beside Takosushi. The small restaurant, which opened last October, radiates a Caribbean vibe.

Each of the past four years, an increasing number of students from across the globe have been enrolling at Furman. This year, a new program through the Office of Study Away and International Education is hoping to help them feel just a little more at home.

President Rod Smolla surprised the Furman community in May when he announced that he was stepping down the following month, ending a rocky tenure that — at three years — stands as the shortest in Furman’s 187-year history.

Getting active when you barely have time to breathe is hard. Between classes, clubs, studying, and the occasional spurt of this rare things we call “fun,” doing something physical seems more like a chore. However your days play out here at Furman, it’s never easy to take the time to be physically active. Truth is it doesn’t take that much movement to make you feel better.

What do Ed Sheeran, Kenan Thompson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the Biltmore all have in common? They are all events brought to Furman University’s campus through the Furman University Student Activity Board, or FUSAB.

It’s crunch time, guys. This is the part of the year where the campus divides itself into two distinct factions: the Tortoises and the Hares.

You may not think this would change your eating habits much, but trust me, go and look at the sources of food at the grocery store. Bananas from Florida and berries from Chile line the produce section. If you were to eat seasonally, even for a month, your choices would be extremely limited. And maybe that’s a good thing.