The kids of the freshman class of 2008 were born in 1990. Each year, Beloit College in Wisconsin pulls together a “Mindset List”. This is a cultural reference of what the freshman of this year have experienced - or what they have not experienced. For example, this freshman class never watched ‘Seinfeld’, except in reruns. The list has become an annual tradition for Beloit College:
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Cultural Reference Points for the Class of 2012
September 8th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Personal Skills, Technology and Science No Comments »
FDA Begins Public Education of Drug Safety
September 5th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Health, Opinion, Personal Skills, Technology and Science No Comments »
One of the problems and threats to consumers is the speed at which improperly placed drugs are regulated. It may take almost a year to have a drug, in the marketplace, regulated. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken some initial steps to speed up action on safety issues:
Managing Time by Remembering the Milk
September 2nd, 2008 Justin Posted in Opinion, Personal Skills No Comments »
Time management is one of the things that college students either excel at, or they miserably fail at. My Google calendar has been a huge asset in helping me keep things organized. Recently, I found a website that integrates wonderfully with Gmail and Google Calendar to help people manage time even more.
Safety for the Off-Leash Dog
September 2nd, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Opinion, Personal Skills, Pets No Comments »
There are three basic commands that the dog should have before being off-leash, in a non-enclosed space. Those three commands are:
Roz Savage Arrives at Waikiki Harbor
September 2nd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Personal Skills, Travel No Comments »
Roz Savage has arrived in Hawaii. It took ninety nine day for Roz Savage to row solo, across the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco to Waikiki Harbor:
Jericho Scott and the Pitching Woes of a Nine Year Old
August 28th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Health, Opinion, Personal Skills, Sports, Technology and Science No Comments »
Jericho Scott is nine years old. He’s a pitcher and it seems like he has a good fastball. It is reputed to be about forty miles per hour (40 mph), which might be overpowering to other nine year olds. It has landed this nine year old pitcher in the middle of a legal controversy:
Students and Social Security Numbers
August 28th, 2008 Catherine Posted in How-To, Personal Skills, Technology and Science No Comments »
With the start of the academic year on university and college campuses, it is also the start of a fresh round of identity theft. The educational institutions are a source of data that identity thieves covet. There are several reasons for this. For example,