Archive for April, 2010

The Man Behind the Curtain is Full of It

The best way to test a website that claims to be an excellent searching tool is to use it to locate something you already know exists. [ READ MORE ]

Guide to 286 Green Colleges

This guide may have some merit as it has, at the very least, aggregated planet-saving information and[italics] it’s free. Also: downloadable (saves the trees and whatnot)[ READ MORE ]

Why It Takes So Long To Earn a Bachelor’s Degree

I really don’t think it has only to do with a few more students per classroom and whether or not a student hits the higher education jackpot and manages to attend a top-tier school. [ READ MORE ]

Nature by Numbers

The mathematical perfection of biology[ READ MORE ]

New Tool for Scholarly Types: Oxford Bibliographies Online

I rarely cheer the idea of having to pay for information, especially research (scholarly or otherwise). However, I dislike the gallons of time I’ve spent with a numb ass and eyes glued open in a trancelike attitude, searching and searching for the articles I want and require until everything either looks perfect or utterly worthless. [ READ MORE ]

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

Even cynical, cranky me has had to admit to being moved by some of my fellow people. Martin Luther King, Jr. is near the top of my list of beings I’m proud to share the classification “human” with. [ READ MORE ]

Bots High: Smart Kids Building Combat Robots

Joey Daoud has spent the past year producing and directing the Bots High film so as to document high school robotics teams who are involved (obsessed) with building combat robots for the 2010 National BotsIQ Championship[ READ MORE ]

University of Minnesota Hosts Idealist.org Career Fair and WFC Conference

For those interested in pursuing or advancing a career in social justice, nonprofit or government work, the University of Minnesota is hosting the 2010 Idealist.org Nonprofit Career Fair and Working for Change Conference on Tuesday, April 13, at Coffman Union, Great Hall, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis. [ READ MORE ]

Resources for College Students and Their Parents: Filing 2009 Taxes

Below please find several resources for pertinent tax-time information for college students and their parental units[ READ MORE ]

Marshmallow Peeps + Sushi = Peepshi

Besides the obvious no-cooking advantage it shares with raw fish sushi, Peepshi has several advantages over its protein-packed cousin[ READ MORE ]