Sudden end to Web bets angers online poker players For Northeastern University student Brendan O’Dowd, online poker was more than a game. He played almost every day, often for hours at a time. He says he turned consistent profits that he relied on to buy books, food, and walking-around money.
2011 College Grads Moving Home In Record Numbers, Saddled With Historic Levels Of Student Loan Debt While one’s college graduation is normally a time of jubilation, Megan Muller can more than relate to the sense of defeat that now hangs over the class of 2011.
U.S. News & World Report Networks Dominated By Rule of the Few It’s like a Hollywood political thriller come true: a handful of people lurking in the shadows, controlling the minds of millions. New research reveals that it’s possible for a few individuals to enslave an entire network, even if they arenât highly connected themselves.
Why Odalis Polanco’s SAT Score Didn’t Matter If not for the Torch program, Odalis Polanco says, he wouldn’t have graduated from Northeastern University. Not this spring. Not ever. “It gave me the support I neeeded,” he says of the five-year-old program, which provides students with tutoring, leadership training, and one-on-one mentoring.
San Diego Reader The Case for Internship The experience of finding that first job - even if it’s a short-term, part-time summer job – can be daunting. Teenagers often find themselves in a strange world. They are expected to figure out what they have to offer, fill out a job application, and then wait for someone to say the magic phrase, “You’re […]
More local schools adding professional science degree A growing number of science and math students who are pursuing master’s degrees but are not interested in going on for doctorates are choosing instead professional master’s degrees that require them to work in the industry in order to graduate.
Science News Networks dominated by rule of the few It’s like a Hollywood political thriller come true: a handful of people lurking in the shadows, controlling the minds of millions. New research reveals that it’s possible for a few individuals to enslave an entire network, even if they arenât highly connected themselves.
New Republic: Labor Intensive Move Against Boeing? On April 20, Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a complaint against Boeing. Two years ago, the company had announced it was transferring the production of 2,000 airplanes from a unionized plant in Puget Sound, Washington, to a non-union plant outside Charleston, South Carolina. According to Solomon’s […]
Boston.com Landmarks Commission declines to raise status of Huntington YMCA The Boston Landmarks Commission voted Tuesday against upgrading the historical significance of the Huntington Avenue YMCA, paving the way for the construction of a dormitory where the buildingâs gym now stands.
Scientific American Psychologists Put “Character” Under the Microscope–and it Vanishes What can science reveal about our “character” - that core of good, or evil, that shapes our moral behavior? The answer, according to a new book, is that there may not be much of a core, after all. In “Out of Character,” scientists David DeSteno and Piercarlo Valdelsolo argue that how we think about character […]
The NBA’s Regular-Guy Coach During games, he barks instructions from the bench with the delicacy of an 18-wheeler grinding its way uphill. With reporters, he’s unfailingly polite but seldom makes eye contact. He comes across as shy and earnest, preferring to cede the stage to his players. His boss, Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman, says he likes to […]
Boston.com CPR-trained Northeastern students save school employee’s life Two CPR-trained Northeastern University undergraduates recently saved the life of a school employee who collapsed at a field in Brookline.