Boston.com Just punishment for Penn State The substance and tenor of sports radio is sounding like crime and punishment once again. Just short of one year ago, the air waves that ordinarily provide a forum for discussing wins and losses featured instead speculation about whether the NCAA should invoke the “death penalty” against the University of Miami football program surrounding allegations […]
Port security: U.S. fails to meet deadline for scanning of cargo containers The Obama administration has failed to meet a legal deadline for scanning all shipping containers for radioactive material before they reach the United States, a requirement aimed at strengthening maritime security and preventing terrorists from smuggling a nuclear device into any of the nation’s 300 sea and river ports. Stephen Flynn, a terrorism expert at […]
Penn State Scandal Another Example Of Sports, Coaches Holding Sway At Colleges Freeh’s report said that Paterno and other officials hushed up allegations against Sandusky for fear of bad publicity and, by implication, all that bad publicity could bring – a loss of power, prestige, fame and money. “People have attached a $50-million price tag on Penn State football,” said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Sport In […]
Compassion Made Easy ALL the major religions place great importance on compassion. Whether it’s the parable of the good Samaritan in Christianity, Judaism’s “13 attributes of compassion” or the Buddha’s statement that “loving kindness and compassion is all of our practice,” empathy with the suffering of others is seen as a special virtue that has the power to […]
E-Textbook Platform Tuatara Partners with Major Book Publishers to Disrupt Higher Education Xavier Xicay experienced firsthand how fragmented the student workflow is while studying graphic design at Northeastern. Having to bounce around from his textbook to his notes and back to the professor’s powerpoint was frustrating. So frustrating, he decided to address the issue head on, drafting mockups and networking prototypes he could use to lure someone […]
Niagara This Week Jordan rower suits up for Canada at U23 Worlds Ryan Rosts decided not to rush his first international rowing experience. Invited to Canada’s Under-23 camp last summer, the Jordan rower decided to politely decline the offer to focus on training with the Ridley Graduate Boat Club under Jack Nicholson.
Young lawyer’s job advice: Swallow your ego Beth Myers, an employment lawyer with Boston-based Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, has accomplished what many young lawyers have found to be a nearly impossible accomplishment in this job market: she secured a full-time job in her chosen practice area. These days, so much is written about how dismal the legal job market is, but […]
Mass. job growth was 4 times greater than estimates Massachusetts added nearly 40,000 jobs in 2011, four times the revised employment estimates reported earlier this year by federal officials, according to an analysis of newly released data by the University of Massachusetts. The new data, a census of Massachusetts employers compiled by the US Labor Department, offers the most complete and reliable snapshot of […]
The Day Peru Project My name is Anastasia Taylor and I am a student at Northeastern University studying International Affairs and Human Services with a specialization in Social Entrepreneurship. On August 18th I will be traveling to Cuzco, Peru to teach English and work in an orphanage for 4 months. I will be placed at an impoverished school and […]
Academic stress: reaching the end of an unbalanced semester Academics face great expectations but nothing compares to the pressure we put on ourselves, says Denise Horn At University of Venus, we talk a great deal about work/life balance – how to maintain the balance between family, private life and the demands of academia, which are many. Looking back at some of my remarks on […]
The Dartmouth Kadish, Snyder to depart in fall Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steven Kadish will leave the College in September to become the senior vice president and chief operating officer at Northeastern University, according to an announcement by Interim President Carol Folt on Monday. Vice President for Campus Planning and Facilities Linda Snyder, Kadish’s wife, will depart at the same […]
New data center focuses on using less energy On a block-long industrial site, once home to an air bag maker and water filter manufacturer, an advanced computing center is taking shape. When the facility begins operating in November, thousands of networked computers will allow researchers to crunch vast amounts of data to sequence genes, model the ocean, or study the effects of new […]