If you need an audio editor, this should be your first choice. It’s fairly simple to use, but offers professional editing features and compatibility with many file types.

iTunes

If you don’t know about iTunes already, you’ve probably been living under a tree for the last four years.

WordPress

This software allows you to create a blog easily and professionally. In fact, it powers our very own Underground website.

Firefox

For those still stuck in an Internet Explorer world, please do yourself a favor and download the Firefox browser. It’s faster, more secure and customizable with a plethora of free add-ons.

Gmail

Not only does this email service Google offer gobs of storage, it also acts as a bridge to many other of the company’s unique services.

Thunderbird

This is a great replacement for Microsoft Outlook from the makers of Firefox.

Skype

Are you an international student and tired of paying big fees for cross-continental phone calls? With Skype, you can make calls for free over the internet (even video phone calls), so long as the other person has Skype on their computer as well.

Open Office

Basically, this free software can completely replace Microsoft Office for most people. It runs fast, easy to use, and fully compatible with the Microsoft file formats it seeks to replace.

Google Earth

Using satellite images and aerial photography, this program will literally allow you to travel the globe from your computer. Type in any location and see it from above instantly. It is really quite amazing to see.

GIMP

Want the features of Photoshop but don’t have hundreds of dollars to buy it? GIMP is a free alternative that offers plenty of professional photo editing features.

1. Stab yourself in the eye.

Exams, generally speaking, suck. There have been very few times in my life where I can remember getting all “super-pumped” to take a test. Mostly, when it comes to exam time, I wait until 3 hours before I’m going to bed before I read through my notes and at that usually only once or twice.

Oh, wouldn’t it be nice if we could just get out of it and not go through the rigors of studying? The following is a list of “ways” to avoid the ever-so-delightful exam.

2. Get pregnant.

1) Stab yourself in the eye. An obvious course, honestly. If you take out either eye, right or left is irrelevant, the time spent in recovery will surely, if properly timed, coincide

with examination day and be a generally accepted excuse.

2) Get pregnant. Though, still a problem for male students, it is a perfectly acceptable reason not to take an exam. However, I must warn that the long-term effects of pregnancy can be quite detrimental to other areas of life.

3. Kill off your roommate.

3) Kill off your roommate. Jail, grief, or time spent at the funeral should keep you sufficiently occupied during test time. However, along with number 2 the long-term effects can be disastrous.

4) Feign a seizure in class. Seconds before the exam is administered fall out of your seat and begin wriggling about and knocking things, like desks, over. If played right, with frothing mouth and such, you should find yourself en route to Taylor Health and not test-land.

4. Feign a seizure.

5) Dress like the opposite sex and sing “Its Raining Men” by Geri Halliwell. You should be hauled off to a local mental institution and expertly avoid the big “T,” but this has not been proven and may ruin any chances of a future relationship/marriage with anyone.

6) Volunteer for scientific research. This one not only takes time, but in certain psych classes can be counted for extra credit. However, avoid anything involving chemicals or small woodland creatures.

5. Peform a cross-dressing rendition of It's Raining Men.

7) Travel back in time and take out the catalyst to whatever subject the exam covers. Ex: Poison P

ythagoras, who created that confounded triangle theorem, and say goodbye to Geometry.

Create your own Monastic order that prohibits taking examinations. Though start-up

is costly, having to purchase robes and publish “holy” books, its incentive is multiplicative as you

gain new members and convert the masses.

6. Volunteer for scientific research.

7. Travel back in time.

9) Bring your professors pastries laced with laxatives. It is always good to take out the source of your frustrations and in this case that is Professor So-and-so. Remember that for a Dr. the wait is 15 minutes before leaving class, so use extra laxatives.

8. Create your own monastic order.

9. Bring your professor pastries laced with laxatives.

10. Get caught cheating.

10) Get caught cheating on purpose. This will get you expelled from school so that you never have to take another examination ever again, but I should warn that the effects of this include spending the next 50+ years as a gas station janitor. Have fun.

Stallone had to go back 15 years later to do another finale for this film series just to help erase the memory of this one just like Tommy Gunn removed the memory of Rocky’s childhood with a blow to the head in a back alley.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003)

The first movie was a quirky, fun, and clever movie about a ditz in law school. The sequel, which focused on saving a dog from makeup testing, was … well … just plain stupid.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Trying to follow up on the winning comedic formula of Star Trek IV, Director William Shatner pulled out all the punches with humor like Scotty bumping his head on bulkheads and fifty-seven-year-old Nichelle Nichols doing an erotic dance… ewwww!!!

Batman and Robin (1997)

George Clooney probably needed to go to the real ER after witnessing his disasterously short run as Batman.

Robocop 3 (1993)

The original excelled with extreme violence, crude language, and some great social commentary. The third flick did a 180 and went for the kiddie audience, garnering a PG-13 rating. The results blew worse than Robocop’s new jet pack.

Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Cashing in on the success of the first movie, this carbon copy had John McClane battling terrorists in an airport. Unfortunately, it lacked a solid script and a respectable villain.

Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

This series would have been best left alone. The plot felt like a rehash of earlier entries, and Harrison Ford just came off looking older than dirt.

The Godfather: Part III (1990)

The first and second films were some of the best cinema ever. This series had no where to go but down. It did.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Digital effects couldn’t replace the lack of a good script. Who in the world thought Jar Jar was a good idea?

Alien 3 (1992)

A totally-unnecessary sequel to two great predecessors. It sucked. And then they made another sequel. It sucked, too.

Let off some steam, Bennett.

Commando (1985)

Consider that a divorce.

Total Recall (1990)

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

My name is Freeze; learn it well, for it’s the chilling sound of your doom.

Batman and Robin (1997)

Hasta la vista, baby.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

All I know is that there is somebody in my house, eating my birthday cake, with my family, and its not me!

The 6th Day (2000)

I’m not a pervert! I was just looking for a Turbo Man doll!

Jingle All the Way (1996)

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Predator (1987)

I live to see you eat that contract, but I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I’m going to ram it into your stomach and break your god-damn spine!

The Running Man (1987)

I’ll be back.

The Terminator (1984)