Archive for January, 2007

Educational Road Trip

  • January 29th, 2007
  • Posted in College

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: learning outside of the lecture hall box is good for you. It opens you up and forces you to adjust your thinking about the world: it’s not all black and white, good and evil, right and wrong, fair. And it’s always eye-opening for a college-age whipper-snapper [ READ MORE ]

Top 10 Overrated Careers

U.S. News and World Report released their list of the top 10 overrated careers for 2007. The list was drawn from more than 2,500 confidential counseling sessions with real-world professionals over 20 years. Often the work is more tedious than others would guess. Or people enter a career to make a difference only to encounter [ READ MORE ]

Ways to Increase Your Memory + Brain Power

Brain Food Eat breakfast – extra points for protein and fiber Eggs Increase intake of Omega-3 fatty acids Eliminate processed and packaged foods — sugar, fats and chemicals Sleep 8 to 9 Hours According to researchers, sleep is necessary for the brain to process and consolidate knowledge and for memories to form. During sleep, researchers [ READ MORE ]

Best College Textbook Sites

Alternatives to Your College Bookstore A recent BusinessWeek.com article about Chegg.com, a site that allows students to buy and sell used textbooks and other school-related goods and services, spurred discussion on Digg.com. End result, you can find vastly different prices on multiple textbook sites, it depends on what you’re looking for. Send us your tips, [ READ MORE ]

Stress Management + Cold Prevention

I’ve had a lot of projects due at the same time recently and not coincidentally, I came down with a cold – sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, stuffy head. I took several doses of Airborne a day (the best tasting immune boosting product in my opinion – it’s not too strong), went to bed early [ READ MORE ]

The University of Michigan Drops Affirmative Action

The University of Michigan, who went to the Supreme Court to defend the use of race and gender in admissions in 2003, just announced they have changed their admissions rules to be in compliance with a new state law banning affirmative action. The University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, says she remains committed to [ READ MORE ]

Sustainability Degree Offered at Arizona State University

Do you remember, back in the day, when it was crazy talk that the world might be round? And how cranky the Catholic Church became when Galileo started spouting off about the freakishly scientific Copernican theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the other way around (as God intended because Man is [ READ MORE ]