Beanpot was perfect showcase for NU’s Kevin Roy It’s not as though there hadn’t been hat tricks in a Beanpot before, but few if any were like this one. Freshman Kevin Roy scored three goals against Boston University in last week’s opener from a total distance of maybe 20 feet, batting in the second and third periods as if waving a wand. “He’s […]
Climate Change Series: About With increasing reports of extreme weather and headlines about 2012 being the warmest year on record, climate change can no longer be ignored. This spring Cognoscenti teams up with the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs at Northeastern University to bring you a series we’re calling Climate Change. Challenges. Solutions. Each week we will […]
Green Universities: 25 Of The World’s Greenest Campuses When it comes to going green, some universities are taking on the world. In its annual report, UI GreenMetric, a worldwide university ranking system, listed 215 of the world’s most sustainable and eco-friendly campuses of 2012. Schools were ranked on areas of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education. #4: […]
Diversity champions When we asked Globe readers and staffers to tell us about people who deserve recognition for promoting diversity in Massachusetts, the nominations came flooding in for passionate, dedicated folks in almost every field. From the scores of worthy candidates, we singled out 12 who in very different ways — from encouraging women and people of […]
The Boston Herald Expect ‘sharper knives’ in Monday’s Senate debate The excitement is building for next week’s U.S. Senate debate as incumbent Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren intensify their battle before the high-stakes clash. After making little news in their first debate, the two candidates will be looking to score when they step up to the Tsongas Center stage for the televised event sponsored […]
Newsday Unless TV calls, refs lockout will continue Bumped up against the week’s widespread outrage over football’s replacement referees, warm remembrances of the great NFL myth-maker Steve Sabol, who died Tuesday, didn’t stand a chance. Temporarily, at least, reaction to the zebra lockout has thoroughly overwhelmed the league’s preferred image of itself, so beautifully crafted in Sabol’s lyrical, heroic NFL Films depictions. Try […]
Condo prices in Boston hit a high Condominium values in Boston’s core reached a record high during the second quarter of this year as eager buyers drove up sales, according to data scheduled to be released Tuesday. The increase adds to mounting evidence that the state’s housing market is on the mend, housing specialists said. “The feeling out there is prices are […]
Violins (not violence) in schools The positive impact of the “Play Ball” initiative on the scholastic performance of youngsters in Boston’s middle schools (see Globe story) is stunning, but hardly surprising. For too many years, we have over-emphasized standardized test scores — treating them as the gold standard, if not the only standard, for assessing quality in education — at […]
Delegate System Gives Small States Outsize Clout at Convention One person, one vote is not a concept that either party pays much heed to when it comes to nominating candidates for president – as was vividly underscored Tuesday by the seemingly outsize number of delegates that were at stake in the Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries.
ESPN Next level If you’re an athlete, your skills, ambition and work ethic are supposed to determine your career path, rather than nepotism or insider connections. Which means you can come from anywhere and succeed. Clint Dempsey grew up in a trailer park in South Texas, playing soccer with migrant kids from across the Mexican border. LeBron James […]
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 […]
Character study In a constantly changing world, it sometimes seems that our only anchor is personal character. Strip away fashion, politics, and pretense, and whatâs left is the true grit at the core of every person, forged early in life, that gives us the gumption to win elections or the weakness to succumb to temptation. But put […]