Saturday, January 30th, 2010

If the School Fits…

The Los Ange­les Times ran an arti­cle, where fash­ion colum­nist Adam Tschorn inter­viewed Neil Patrick Har­ris from “How I Met your Mother” who dis­cussed how much he loves his Paul Smith and Dolce & Gab­bana suits, because they fit and flat­ter his tall and nar­row frame like no other. The arti­cle reminded me of the […]

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

A decision you can sleep on

On Thurs­day, the New York Times ran an arti­cle describ­ing a grow­ing trend among senior cit­i­zens: sleep overs! After spend­ing the day­time acquaint­ing them­selves with the facil­i­ties, retire­ment com­mu­ni­ties are offer­ing prospec­tive senior res­i­dents the oppor­tu­nity to take in evening social events and the oppor­tu­nity to spend the night. For senior cit­i­zens, this is a […]

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Are Three-Year Undergraduate Degrees the Solution?

Should under­grad­u­ate pro­grams in the United Stated be reduced from four years to three? Sen­a­tor Lamar Alexan­der makes the case for "yes"; Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Kevin F. Adler offers rea­sons to be skeptical.

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Stepping into Diversity

Plac­ing your­self in a whole new envi­ron­ment and break­ing the ice with many new peo­ple and expe­ri­ences can be excit­ing yet a lit­tle nerve-wrecking at the same time. Openly and pos­i­tively inter­act­ing with oth­ers that don't quite share the same per­son­al­ity or don't have the same char­ac­ter as you do is a break­through with reaching […]

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

What prevents a school's culture from being "college going"?

Is it even pos­si­ble to cre­ate a col­lege going cul­ture at a high school if one does not exist already? This arti­cle high­lights three of the bar­ri­ers that inhibit a school's abil­ity to pro­mote a col­lege going culture.