Each generation has its particular set of cultural icons and touchstones critical to its identity. Beloit College has again assembled a list of ways in which entering first-year students differ in their frame of reference, from their teachers and advisors.
"The monopoly power of leagues is at the root of essentially every problem that plagues pro team sports, from competitive balance to out-of-sight player salaries to the blackmailing of cities," says Washington State University Professor Rodney Fort in his book Hard Ball, The Abuse of Power in Team Sports.
With references to Nike marketing techniques, "Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism," by Cornell historian Walter LaFeber, describes "how the devices of triumphant capitalism, coupled with high-tech telecommunications, are conquering the world, one mind -- one pair of feet -- at a time."
Michigan State University veterinarians and students will participate in the Michigan State Fair's "Miracle of Life," an exhibit that gives fair goers the chance to see the births of farm animals, including calves, lambs and piglets.
Americans are becoming an increasingly moralistic people who react to a strong fantasy culture of sex and violence as if it were a reality, according to a Carnegie Mellon University social historian whose new book "Battleground of Desire: The Struggle for Self-Control in Modern America" details trends in the emotional life of Americans.
1) Reducing Conflict Between College Roommates; 2) Was JFK Jr. Acting Hemingway-Ish?; 3) On Vacation? Who's Watching Your House?
"Do the best you can with the job you have at any given time. This philosophy has gotten me a long way from barefoot in Swaziland," said Azurix CEO Amanda Martin.
Will Hillary Clinton or Rudolph Giuliani be the next senator from New York? You can buy shares of either candidate in the Iowa Electronic Markets to back up your choice. Professors at the University of Iowa College of Business have opened a web-based electronic stock market where traders can speculate about the outcome of the 2000 New York Senate race.
The University at Buffalo parent-program coordinator has one major piece of advice for parents of this fall's crop of new college students: "Always keep the lines of communication open."
Each summer, armies of mowers move across the land to manicure large expanses of turfgrass. What a waste of time, money and opportunity, says a Purdue University professor of horticulture. Grow native wildflowers.
As communities across the country come together to celebrate our nation's birthday, we may do well to ask ourselves what exactly fosters a sense of belonging in communities throughout America.
Ice cream that won't melt when you put it inside a microwave oven: Apple treats called "Sweet Spots" are Cornell's entry as national finalists in the annual Institute of Food Technologists' Product Development Student Competition.
If you're wondering about the nutritional value of the hotdogs at your Fourth of July cookout, here's some advice from researchers from the Department of Nutrition in the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State.
Many urban Kansans arrange their vacations around the wheat harvest so that they can help on a family's or friend's farm. A handful of University of Kansas faculty and staff members with roots entrenched in farming return to homesteads each summer to help in the fields.
Three students at Williams College co-authored a new cookbook designed for college students--The Healthy College Cookbook.
Boston University's Summer Living tip sheet includes how to have a clambake and the perfect wines to serve with it; summer food handling safety tips, and hot-weather exercise tips.
Parents who rely on TV show ratings are out of luck half the time, according to a study released by Michigan State University. Fifty percent of the age and content ratings that appear on air are different than what is published in TV Guide.
A new group of international scholars is taking to the Internet to start a think tank on Internet issues. The group, association(of).internet.researchers, will be a resource for policymakers, media and academics shaping the future of the Internet.
Several magician-scholars will gather at Muhlenberg College to perform, lecture and discuss the art of magic in a program, titled "The Theory and Art of Magic," taking place September 8 through October 14, 1999.
A new book, "E-vangelism: Sharing the Gospel in Cyberspace," by Andrew Careaga of the University of Missouri-Rolla was published recently by Vital Issues Press.
A statistical anomaly shows that U.S. presidents are twice as likely to die within a year of living a multiple of 7.5 years than they should be.
You may have more to fear from home canning by novices than from Y2K computer crashes, says a Purdue University specialist.
With Saturday's National Basketball Association draft lottery looming, two Baylor University economists have released their findings on tournament incentives in pro basketball, specifically the time-honored notion that teams "lose to win."
Allen H. Neuharth, founder of USA Today and the Freedom Forum, will present an address at an Edward R. Murrow Convocation at Washington State University Friday, May 28.
A St. Lawrence University professor gives some recent novels high marks for accurately portraying Native Americans' experiences in college. Unfortunately, the realism of the books makes it clear that college is a negative experience for most Native Americans.
It is the day after the Preakness Stakes. Another crowd of 90,000 has left behind mounds of beer cans, chicken legs and tip sheets. It's time for the PhD trash pickers from Johns Hopkins to go to work to save the rainforests.
A new book co-authored by a St. Lawrence University professor takes a look at the cultural contradictions found between advertising done by Nike and the company's actual practices.
19-year-old Rishi Khan was cruising the Internet from his University of Delaware room when he spotted a message from a fellow coder, who wanted to unlock the twisted programming secrets of the "Melissa" computer virus. Soon, the unassuming cybersleuth was receiving attention from national publications such as the April 12 Newsweek, which describes his role in exposing the most contagious computer virus ever concocted.
The familiar Hollywood theme of psychiatrists and psychiatric treatment takes a turn ìon the couchî in a new book by Glen Gabbard, M.D. and Krin Gabbard, Ph.D. Psychiatry and the Cinema, by published by the American Psychiatric Publishing Group, is a careful scrutiny of cinematic psychiatrist past and present.
As Passover and Easter turn our attention toward religious faith, many people feel more strongly the conflict between science and religion. But a University of Arkansas chemist claims such a conflict need no longer exist. His evidence -- science, itself.
Shaped like baby chicks in shades of yellow, pink, purple, white and even blue, Marshmallow Peeps are getting a bad rap, says registered dietitian Marianne Carter, assistant director of the University of Delaware Wellness Center.
If you want to enjoy fresh vegetables from your own garden this year, now is the time to begin. A professor of botany at DePauw University and a vegetable grower for more than 30 years, offers an easy-to-follow guide to gardening that will get you through from start to harvest.
A group of national and international experts in disability studies and in film studies will gather at The University of Iowa March 26-28 for the first-ever conference examining the representation of disabilities in movies.
Many people simply need something to worry about, and the synergy between the millenium and the Y2K bug gives them a convenient excuse to panic, according to an expert on religion, culture, and apocalyptic literature at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta.
A University of Delaware English professor's 1983 book on the career of director Elia Kazan remains the first and only comprehensive look at the enormously successful professional life of this alienated film-maker who will be honored March 21 with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A professor of psychology at Cornell University and author of "Power Sleep: The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance" (Villard, 1998), will answer questions about sleep problems when he participates in a toll-free "Sleep Hotline" on March 24, 1999.
Seven Muhlenberg College students with completely different backgrounds and virtually nothing in common have formed a tight-knit improvisational comedy troupe and taken the College and several other campuses by storm.
Armchair adventurers and divers alike can now easily explore seven of Lake Superior wrecks thanks to a Web site and a set of dive guides produced by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Cultural observers sometimes contend that today's twenty- and thirty-somethings lack the common experience that binds previous generations. But a Swarthmore College professor and his co-author brother take exception in a new book. The members of Generation X do have something in common, Timothy and Kevin Burke claim --the Saturday morning cartoons they devoured with their Cap'n Crunch back in their childhood.
Dr. Judy Kuriansky, psychologist and host of the popular nationally-syndicated radio show "LovePhones," has unveiled the BLUES IN THE BEDROOM campaign, a program to prompt frank discussion among patients and doctors about sexual problems and antidepressant therapies.
The new chair of Temple University's philosophy department, is trying to shed philosophy's crusty old image of elitism.
A Johns Hopkins University anthropologist is studying the nature of romantic love in various cultures and is teaching a course called "The Anthropology of Love." She is available as a source for Valentine's Day stories.
Mosquitoes will be the guests of honor Feb. 20 at the University of Illinois, and those who come to see them are invited to get pumped for blood. It's the 16th annual Insect Fear Film Festival, which this year will feature a blood drive.
When Diamond Dallas Paige and Sting apply a scorpion death lock to their opponents, thousands of fans cheer them on. Mississippi State research seeks to understand what attracts the fans to a sport skyrocketing in popularity.
The Marketing Club, a student group at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, and an associate professor of marketing at the school will meet the week after the SuperBowl to analyze the ads that aired the previous Sunday and try to decide if advertisers got their money's worth and made good marketing decisions.
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes by Cornell University psychologist Thomas Gilovich and financial journalist Gary Belsky is about "behavioral economics," including the cognitive and motivational shortcomings that make even smart people act unwisely with their money.
What do Elvis Presley and Pablo Picasso have in common? Both made the cut in The Centre 100, an end-of-the-century arts listing compiled by students and faculty at Centre College. The college is celebrating the list with an exhibit and a website (www.centre.edu).
Research by a social scientist at Rensselaer confirms that online relationships can lead to face-to-face romance as in the scenario in You've Got Mail, the hit movie starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Faculty sports pundits from the University of Minnesota (located a stone's throw from Viking land) sound off on Super Sunday.
While it's rare to include "legal issues" in the same sentence with Gilligan's Island, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University documents the extent to which the show dealt with legal issues in recent law review article, "Legal Tales From Gilligan's Island."
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