Free Food, Shuttle Services & On-Campus Parties: Boston’s Colleges Encourage Students To Vote Greater Boston’s college students have made it clear they’re ready to vote in the 2012 presidential election and, lucky for them, their schools have jumped to supporting them. From shuttle services and speaker series to election viewing parties promising free food and heated debate, there’s plenty of presidential fun happening today at campuses across the […]
Was Obama too relentless with Romney? The third and final Obama-Romney debate may not change many minds, but as a study in competing strategies, it is certain to ignite strong opinions all around. Although the two candidates sat side by side, like guests at a dinner party, each man was playing an entirely different game. Mitt Romney came ready to float […]
Aggressive Or Annoying? Some Find Debate Too Rude This is presidential? They bicker, interrupt, talk over the moderator. To some, the Obama-Romney rematch was squirm-inducing. But shedding some dignity probably won’t cost the candidates much. Since both President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney came out swinging, neither was likely to claim a decisive advantage among viewers who thought the debate smacked of […]
Fox 11 Local athletes compete in London Paralympics RIPON – The Summer Olympic Games may be fading into history, but another group of athletes is getting ready to take the international stage. Wednesday, the 2012 Summer Paralympics will start in London. Two athletes from Northeast Wisconsin will be there to compete. One in swimming, and the other in wheelchair basketball.
CBS News Colorado theater shooting was “a well-planned execution,” criminal justice expert James Alan Fox says So far, we know very little about James Holmes, the 24-year old former PhD student who is suspected of opening fire in a Colorado movie theater early Friday morning. But according to current criminal justice expert James Alan Fox, much of what has already come out about his alleged attack coincides with details about previous […]
The Christian Science Monitor Amid unusually widespread drought, warnings on food prices Americans are probably already seeing the drought’s impact, and it will get worse before it gets better, says Jeff Born, a finance professor and director of the executive MBA program at Northeastern University in Boston. He visited parts of the afflicted area a couple of weeks ago and says there has been no significant relief with rain. He points out […]
13 Student Entrepreneurs To Keep Your Eye On Over the course of the year, Greater Boston’s students have stepped up their startup game. Between Summer@HIGHLAND, Startup Summer and the Boston Startup School, students have been itching to get involved, interning from coast to coast to make a name for themselves in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Although we’ve already given you a list of nine […]
CNN Money 6 things you’ll pay more for in 2012 Not only does it already cost more to fly than it did a year ago, but airfares are only going to continue to climb in 2012.