Today, someone tried to threaten me by threatening to tell people (I'm not sure who; I generally am not friends with people who are friends with this person) all about - gasp - the THINGS I DID IN COLLEGE.

Kids, have fun in school. Enjoy it to the utmost. After five years, you'll find that either: a) nothing was really that embarrassing or b) anything 'bad' that happened, you'll have taken, overcome, and fully own at this point in your life.

It helps a lot if you embrace honesty and are very open about past mistakes. That way it's hard for anyone to even disclose something SHOCKING! to anyone you care about - because you're already told them (assuming it either came up or you felt it was important). But to be honest, while I encourage you to do those things, it probably won't even be necessary.

Everyone has been in college or similar environments before and made varying-sized mistakes. People should be more likely to understand that, than judge you for yours.

Never let someone crooked try to scare you into knuckling under.

Don't be afraid to say what you think should be said, and is important. (However, any serious allegations should be backed up.) Stand up. Don't allow yourself to be antagonized, get in front of any potential shit-talking, let the haters hate hate hate hate (because damn, you ARE fabulous) and shake it off with fabulous people who love you.