Mirror shows root of problems in college athletics How did we allow these games being played at institutions of higher learning, where the primary goal is supposed to be educating young people, to become such a damning, out-of-control influence on our lives? To completely skew what we should easily recognize as the difference between right and wrong?
Voice of San Diego Will Call: Seeing Art, Not Breaking the Bank New York’s TKTS booth, a discount theater ticket kiosk in Times Square, opened in 1973 with a revolutionary four-part formula: Take one cultural hub, add one funky booth, cut ticket prices in half and limit sales to day-of shows.
Penn State scandal prompts anger, reflection The sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, perhaps the most shameful in the history of college sports, has brought a national outcry, led to the firing of the universityâs president and legendary head coach Joe Paterno, and plunged a football-crazed campus into turmoil.
My Fox Boston Family Violence: What is the Cause? The headlines of the past two days have been dominated by news of family violence. Three cases have been reported involving sons lashing out at family members. Two of those cases had horrific outcomes.
U.S. News & World Report 5 Tips for College Students Using Facebook for the Job Search Facebook takes many forms: it’s a social network, a photo album, and a game platform, among other things. But with the recent announcement of a partnership with agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, Facebook may soon become another entity to its users: a job search site.
Rick Perry: Is he the worst presidential debater ever? Of course, such things are difficult to characterize and are a matter of opinion. With so many candidates having run in their partiesâ primaries, lots of politicians have turned in some underwhelming and gaffe-prone debate performances that we may not remember
UPDATE 1-Penn State fundraising may feel sting of scandal It may be years before a sense of normalcy returns to Penn State after the child sex abuse scandal that rocked the campus this week, with fund-raising, sports recruiting and the university’s credit rating likely to feel the sting.
Teach-in focuses on inequalities in US economy Political, academic, labor, and activist leaders in Boston yesterday called for nationwide campus teach-ins to inform the public about economic inequalities they say are harming the countryâs social fabric.
The Christian Science Monitor How rage over Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal engulfed Joe Paterno The future of a legendary coach, a storied football program, and the course of a university appear to be at stake as the fallout from the sexual-abuse allegations leveled at a former Penn State football coach grows.
Net Atlantic expands Salem office space Email service provider Net Atlantic, Inc. has completed phase two of a planned office expansion. The company has added numerous staff workstations, additional conference room meeting space, and expanded its employee lounge. Andrew Lutts, the founder and CEO, says that this expansion reflects the companyâs continued growth strategy. Since 2009, the company has expanded its […]
Laying down the law For years now, men and women have entered law firms in the US in almost equal numbers. And yet, the number of women in leadership positions at these firms remains remarkably low.
Forbes Researchers Find Amazon Cloud Servers Teeming With Backdoors And Other People’s Data Renting a server from Amazon Web Services promises all the advantages of the Cloud: ephemeral, convenient computing without the nuisance of owning hardware. In fact, it may be more like renting a house where the last tenant left his junk in the closets and hasnât changed the locks.