The Next Great Generation

An online magazine written by and for the Millennial Generation.

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Turkey Lurkey T and Turkey Lurkey V, Thanksgiving Episodes are Fun to See

By on Nov 18, 2011
Categories: TNGG Weekly Columns

Behold! Thanksgiving is nigh! Turkey is the reason for the season! TV specials abound! Yet no shows have quite the Thanksgiving magic as that given to us by two particular gems: Friends and How I Met Your Mother.

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Facebook, it’s not you… It’s Google+

By on Jun 30, 2011
Categories: Technology

The Internet is going berserk. Has a real challenge to Facebook finally come on the landscape? Is it Google+?

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Haven’t Spoken to You in Five Years, But I Know What You Did Last Summer

By on Mar 24, 2011
Categories: Internet Week

If you check out your list of friends on Facebook, how many are people you actually call on a regular basis? And how many are people you haven’t talked to in five years?

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Hero or Harlot? A Look at the Sexually Liberated Woman

By on Feb 26, 2011
Categories: Sex Week

Today, we finally have the right to live life the way we want. Millennial women can finally choose, by themselves. We must ensure that we respect, exercise and continue to fight for the hard fought freedom we have and to empower each other.

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The Exception List: Who’s on Yours?

By on Feb 23, 2011
Categories: Sex Week

One of the references from “Friends” that’s stuck around the mainstream lexicon isn’t as synonymous with the show as “The Rachel” haircut, but it’s way funnier: “The Exception List.”

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Reconnecting with the [hand]written word

By on Oct 7, 2010
Categories: Technology

Like most Millennials, I spend a hefty portion of my day glued to my smart phone and a computer, constantly responding and writing a mess of emails. But last night, I wrote a letter.

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My family are my friends

By on Sep 20, 2010
Categories: Family Week

My family parties automatically have at least 60 people and those are the smaller ones. Although most Millennials aren’t from big families, I think there’s something to be said for trying to have one. Growing up with so many cousins, I always felt I had an abundance of friends and the best part is that no matter what, we are all still family.

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Sometimes, the best trip is in your own backyard

By on Aug 28, 2010
Categories: Travel Week

A vacation, the experience, isn’t always about finding some amazing, luxurious place – it’s about having a new experience with people you care about.

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Communication best learned through wine, friends and food

By on Aug 27, 2010
Categories: Travel Week

Our travel experiences are not necessarily limited to the group tequila shot photos gracing Facebook that have become the stereotypical study abroad anecdotes. We grew up with tehcnology and as we have matured and technology has evolved, so has our way of communicating.

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Silver and gold friends: Is there a difference?

By on Jul 22, 2010
Categories: Lifestyle

There’s a distinction between “home” friends and “college” friends, and as Gen Y comes of age, we are caught in limbo between home and college, here and there, then and now. But why do we distinguish between the two? Is one gold and the other silver, like the Friendship Song told us?

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