Archive for August, 2008

Problematical Punctuation Marks

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Do you ever feel like going out on a limb and using brackets instead of parentheses? Would you know when it is appropriate? What about using a dash instead of…

U.S. News and World Report Rankings for 2009

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

U.S News and World Report has released their most recent rankings of colleges and universities in the United States. The rankings offer few surprises other than a little jockeying for…

Star Student Suspended for Pink Hair

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

What do you think?
This week, a 12 year-old student was suspended from her Missouri school for dyeing her hair pink. School officials say that Amanda Robbins, a 7th-grader, had been…

Spotlight on Hendrix College

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

This week’s spotlight takes us to the town of Conway, Arkansas, where we find the 160-acre, flower-filled campus of Hendrix College. If you have negative stereotypes of the Bible Belt,…

Full Text Databases

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Writing papers is a never-ending task in graduate school. Just as you finish one, another assignment (or two or three) pop up. Save yourself a trip to the library, or…

Cash for Good AP Exam Scores?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The New York Times reported this week that students at 31 New York City high schools were offered $1,000 dollars if they could get high scores on Advanced Placement exams….

Is Academia the Only Choice?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The culture of graduate school leads many PhDs to believe that a career in academia is the best choice and the only choice. Not so. Many PhDs leave academia and…