Archive for ‘February, 2010’

Jailed activist shares her experiences in Myanmar

For five years and six months, Ma Thida sat in a jail cell in what was then called Burma. Though close to death and in poor health, what got the writer, doctor and activist through was meditation, she said.

Online college offers specialized courses at lower cost, but without degree

For people looking to further their educations at a lower cost than that of accredited universities, University of the People thinks it has the answer.

Melinda Matyas takes fifth-place in 3M springboard

Going on a trip down to Florida for the weekend sounds great to any Boston University student in the midst of a long winter cooped up in New England.

STAFF EDIT: Everything in moderation

It’s no secret that society has obsession with being thin. But as the dieting fad proves to be more of an obsession than a trend, people use choice words such as “healthy” to describe their generally unhealthy obsessions, nutrition-related or otherwise. And as the media and celebrity fascination continues to creep into our everyday lives &-&- lining the aisles of the grocery store, appearing on the evening news &-&- we’re constantly bombarded with wrong information, or too much information that we mix and match or don’t know what to do with it. Sometimes ending up doing things we think are healthy for us, when in reality they are not.

Brown votes with Democratic majority on jobs bill

Newly minted Republican Sen. Scott Brown and four other Republican senators voted with the Democratic majority on Monday to block a Republican filibuster of a bill pushing job creation, showcasing the kind bipartisanship that has not been seen yet in Congress.