Volunteering in Athens allows students to take a break from campus life while serving the community.

Athens-Clarke County Department of Leisure Services helps students get involved in the arts, athletics, natural resources and recreation.

Some students can receive community service hours for course credit.

1. Get rid of the junk. Small spaces are not made with the kind of storage space or floor area that can house a lot of knick-knacks and things that are not necessary for everyday life. Good rule of thumb for cleaning everything out: If it hasn’t been worn, watched, played with or used in a year, throw it out, sell it or donate it to a charity.

College students are known for being two things: busy and broke. Eating healthy, or even regularly, gets pretty difficult sometimes. Here are a few quick, easy, inexpensive recipes recommended by University students and staff to satiate your appetite before that big exam.

University students turn to subleasing when college life requires flexibility that many annual apartment leases do not offer.

Subleasing, or subletting, is when a tenant transfers part of a remaining lease term to a new renter. Subleasing is popular among students graduating in the fall or spring, studying abroad or those living in places that do not offer short-term leases.

For many college students, living outside of the dorms for the first time provides freedom and allows more privacy and downtime.

However, with the newfound freedom and privacy comes a drawback: The Ramsey Center is no longer just a bus ride away.

This means the dreaded “freshman 15″ may catch up with those who are no longer as active.

What to do with a blank house? It can be more challenging than a canvas. However, a look into some local student endeavors couldn’t offer better insight on creative living.

Create an illusion of space with mirrors. Jessica Lee, a sophomore from Atlanta, and Emily Randall, a sophomore from Lindale, both art majors, have mastered this craft- They recommend many mirrors.