Monthly Archives: November 2012

‘Student Fiscal Cliff’ means Increased Cost for Higher Education

On January 1, 2013 the Bush tax cuts are set to expire resulting in increased rates for higher education, tax-hikes, spending cuts and layoffs across many government programs.

For higher education this means less money for scientific research, laboratories, financial …

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Dog is Deemed a Hero After Saving a Baby from Kidnappers

We have all seen and heard amazing stories about dogs and how they save lives daily. They are trained to be many things to many people. For example, Labradors,  a well-known breed to be trained as service dogs for the …

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The Growing Problem of Social Narcissism

How many likes did your last Facebook status receive? How many re-tweets on your last tweet, or upvotes on your last post? If you’re like me and have been keeping track of all of those numbers, waiting and watching them …

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The Changing of Women’s Sexuality Role

I grew up with my grandmother always close by. She was my primary care-giver, a lot of the time. Grandma was a romance book, soap watching, bon-bon eating divorcee in a house dress.  She didn’t believe ladies should like sex.    …

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Human Interaction in the Virtual World

“Distinctions between real and virtual identity will become less sharply defined, particularly for people who spend substantial amounts of time in the virtual world.” This is the claim that Arnold Brown made in the conclusion of his article titled “Relationships, …

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Engaging in the Meaning of Thanksgiving: Cell Phones Down

When November hit, all that has been on my mind is food. Well that is pretty much all the time, but November provides one of America’s favorite holidays: Thanksgiving. We get to eat and relax. What can be better than …

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The Need to Share: Social Media Etiquette

As I started thinking about the upcoming holidays and how they would be presented on social media, I started thinking about our need to share. Thanksgiving is tomorrow and while families gather and spend time together, most social media applications …

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Why You Should be on Pinterest

So we have reached the week of Thanksgiving. I am constantly being bombarded by Facebook statuses of people telling me how they “just got home” like that is something that is really important for me to know this Thanksgiving. Is …

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Kickstarter is the Answer

Entertainment execs continue to pull their hair out over piracy. With new tools available to the common consumer, the same old business model just doesn’t work. It’s understandable why changing the old way they’ve done business for decades would not …

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Collegiate Athletics in Peril

Football at the collegiate level is growing faster than it has in its storied history, but unfortunately it is threatened by a fan base that is constantly crying foul against the governing body of college football. The NCAA has come …

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