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5 Things To Look Forward To This Year In NOLA

Get pumped for 2017.

Emily Thorpe

Jan 03, 2017

Food, Music and Culture in New Orleans

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NOLA is one of the most exciting cities on earth, and 2017 has the potential to be an exciting year. 2016 may have been super rough at times, but these few things New Orleans will offer throughout the upcoming months will definitely cheer us up. Happy 2017!

1. Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras may occur every year but definitely doesn’t get any less fun. With the horrid 2016 behind us, we can celebrate this Mardi-party in perfect New Orleans fashion. Cheers!

2. Wednesdays at the Square Concert Series

Every Wednesday from March to May, there are concerts in Lafayette Square. This is the perfect event for the music-lovers out there and is a great way to find out about local bands in all different genres of music.

3. New Restaurants

And we thought New Orleans food selection couldn’t get any better. Even more restaurants will be gracing us with their presence this year, making it easier than ever to break our health-related New Year’s resolutions.

4. NBA All Star Weekend

This year New Orleans was chosen to hold the NBA All Star Game, which includes multiple exciting events like the Dunk Contest, 3-point contest, the All Star Game, and - most importantly—a half-time show by John Legend. While it may not be super easy or cheap to get tickets to these events, the parties and liveliness that come along with having these events in NOLA are enough to look forward to on their own.

5. Crawfest and Jazz and Heritage Festival

While New Orleans has festivals basically every weekend, these two will inevitably make the top of the list as you end the school year. Fun festivals revolving entirely around music and food are exactly what we will need for the end-of-the-semester blues or mid-2017 pick-me-up.

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5 Things To Look Forward To This Year In NOLA

Get pumped for 2017.

1. Mardi Gras

2. Wednesdays at the Square Concert Series

3. New Restaurants

4. NBA All Star Weekend

5. Crawfest and Jazz and Heritage Festival

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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