Dale Lavine

Aspiring writer with an affinity for gummy bears.

Hampton, VA

I'm Dale, a 21-year-old college journalist living in Virginia. I've written for a few online publications, some independents, and my current gig is writing relationship columns for HerCampus.com

Dale Lavine

Aspiring writer with an affinity for gummy bears.

Hampton, VA

I'm Dale, a 21-year-old college journalist living in Virginia. I've written for a few online publications, some independents, and my current gig is writing relationship columns for HerCampus.com

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Real Live College Guy Dale: Should I Hold Out For My Hook-Up Who Graduated?
Tired of having to sort out the “nice guys” from the “bad boys”? Want to move up from one-night stand to full-time girlfriend, but unsure of how to do so? Stop worrying, because Real Live College Guy Dale is here to help with all of your collegiette love kerfuffles and steer you clear of unnecessary boy drama during your brief but ever-important time in college.
Her Campus
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Real Live College Guy Dale: I’m in the Friend Zone After He Hooked up With Another Girl, What do I Do?
Tired of having to sort out the “nice guys” from the “bad boys”? Want to move up from one-night stand to full-time girlfriend, but unsure of how to do so? Stop worrying, because Real Live College Guy Dale is finally here to help with all of your collegiette love kerfuffles and help steer you clear of any unnecessary drama during your brief but ever-important time in college.
Her Campus
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5 Things I’ve Learned As A Relationship Columnist For Women
For the last year and a half, I’ve penned a weekly relationship column for a fairly popular website whose target audience is college-aged females. Now, spoiler alert, I am not a female. When I first started writing for this site, I was kind of embarrassed about it. After all, I’m a college male writing relationship advice for college women.
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Real Live College Guy Dale: I Don’t Love Your Eating Disorder
So says a recent article published on Thought Catalog titled “I Love My Eating Disorder”, written by an anonymous female author.
Her Campus
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Fatherhood Is NOT For Everyone
The appeal of fatherhood is not that it binds you to another person. For many people, most people even, the idea of being bound to another human being for life is frightening. Men are often portrayed as solitary beings, and in many ways we are. Very few of us can say that we will marry and die with our high school sweethearts, you know?
Fearless Men
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Opinion: Cartoons serve up stress relief, nostalgia for students
Walk into any college student’s dorm or apartment, and you’re guaranteed to see a few things: Ramen everywhere, unwashed dishes, and if anyone is home, cartoons on the television, PC or tablet. There seems to be a growing number of adults watching shows aimed at a younger demographic. They aren’t watching because they have kids, they’re watching for, well … why the hell are they watching them?
USA Today College
Newspaper
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Viewpoint: College pet owners may be happier, healthier
Pet owners, particularly dog owners, are happier and healthier than those living without companions, according to findings recently published in the medical journal Circulation. Pair that with the fact that the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has used animal therapy programs in hospitals and nursing homes for over a decade, one could see why owning a pet could be beneficial college students.
USA Today College
Newspaper
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For Better or Worse, College Confession Pages Attempt to Bring Students Together
It seems as though every month the nation is overwhelmed by a new set of internet crazes. This month has been no different, and already we’ve seen these crazes spread like wildfire across our fifty states. To name a few? Gallon smashing, which involves pretending to slip in a grocery store and throwing gallon-sized jugs of (insert preferred liquid here) on the floor; the Harlem Shake, a fun new dance that has stormed the grounds of colleges around the country; and now college confession pages.
Her Campus
HerCampus
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Bang With Friends: Super Helpful or Super Suspicious?
Sex, naturally, is an issue as old as mankind itself. Whether you follow the good word of the Lord or the more logical thoughts of Darwin, you must admit that somewhere along the way someone somewhere had to do the dirty in order for humanity to continue to grow. The process itself is relatively easy (we’ve all heard some version of “the birds and the bees” [at least I hope you have, eesh]): Two people meet, they laugh, they love, and thus the circle of life is continued.
Her Campus
HerCampus
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Music Isn’t Getting Shittier – You’re Just Listening to Shitty Music
As of late, I’ve heard a lot of people say that good music is dead. It’s gone, folks, wrap it up and head on home – nothing more to see...
Hooting & Howling Magazine
Music
Real Live College Guy Dale: My BF’s Grieving a Friend’s Death – Should I Stay or Leave?
Tired of having to sort out the “nice guys” from the “bad boys”? Want to move up from one-night stand to full-time girlfriend, but unsure of how to do so? Stop worrying, because Real Live College Guy Dale is finally here to help with all of your collegiette love kerfuffles and help steer you clear of any unnecessary drama during your brief but ever-important time in college.
Her Campus
Getting Married Young or Not at All
Doomed to fail. Set for heartbreak. Lives ready to ruin. These are some of the things you might hear about marrying young, a trend that – like the tide – comes and goes. In recent years, some studies have found that women are doing two things: Marrying sooner rather than later, or simply not marrying at all.
Her Campus
HerCampus
Paramore // Paramore
After the release of ‘Brand New Eyes’ almost four years ago, Paramore has trekked through Hell and high water to stay on scene. When two of the band’s original members...
Hooting & Howling Magazine
Music
The Significance of VAWA, and How It Relates to College Women
Almost two decades ago, now Vice President Joe Biden sponsored an act that would expand on the already in place Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. This act, the Violence Against Women Act – now frequently referred to as “VAWA” – would enable law enforcement and the overarching criminal justice system to take better action when responding to acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Her Campus
HerCampus
Matchbox Twenty // Landmark Theater, Richmond, VA
Sunday, March 11th, Matchbox Twenty graced Richmond, Virginia with their presence and performance at the local Landmark Theater. By 2pm, an attendee explained to me that she had purchased one...
Hooting & Howling Magazine
Music
Visual Arts Center to offer free classes
The Visual Arts Center has acted as a staple in the Richmond art scene, but now Short Courses, introduction and beginner art classes, are being offered for free to VCU students through the center. The Visual Arts Center was founded by Elisabeth Scott Bocock in 1963 as a place for artists to teach local children how to create.
Commonwealth Times
Newspaper

About

Dale Lavine

I'm currently between schools - after completing a year and a half of coursework at Thomas Nelson Community College, I transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University. Unfortunately VCU was not to my liking, so I decided to transfer to Christopher Newport University. With any luck, I'll be working towards a degree in Communication Studies with minors in Writing and Political Science there this coming fall semester.

I enjoy writing, obviously. I want to go into long-form journalism, so I can write non-fiction narratives that actually tell stories. I enjoy the little details in articles that get my mental gears spinning to create an environment - I enjoy being placed in the story itself.

Other than writing, however, I also enjoy rock climbing, eating, and singing in the shower. I don't watch a lot of actual TV, instead resorting to entire series' of shows on Netflix. Archer, Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Doctor Who, and Hannibal are a handful of my current favorite shows (past and present).

Hopefully you like what you see here, but I'm not promising anything.