Archive for ‘April, 2011’

Johnny Cupcakes encourages young entrepreneurs

“Does anyone here think I really sell cupcakes?” asked 28-year-old Johnny Earle, a multi-million dollar business owner, at a lecture to about 150 students in the College of General Studies on Monday night. Earle, known also by his brand name Johnny Cupcakes, talked about how his decision to drop out of college and do what [...]

Too much on the mind? You might have a cluttered brain.

Students are masters of multitasking: responding to texts lighting up their cell phones with the TV on, listening to music playing in the background, surfing Facebook pulled up on the computer all while writing a paper. It’s is the way the millennial generation operates. Sure, assignments become increasingly difficult when each sentence is rewarded with a glance at Facebook, but most students can find a way to get these assignments done.

Yet for some, these distractions can be debilitating. This specific inability to focus, according to McGill University neuroscience and physiology professor Julio Martinez-Trujillo, is known as “brain clutter.”

GUEST PERSPECTIVE

Beginning 96 years ago, 1.5 million Armenians were killed at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of the modern Republic of Turkey. In the first genocide of the 20th century, unarmed Armenian men, women and children were massacred and forced on death marches. On Sunday, Barack Obama issued his annual statement in commemoration [...]

FONTANA: Have want, will travel

Some people are mesmerized by the twinkling of stars up in the sky, some people choose to submerge themselves into the aqueous depths of the oceans and others still can’t wait to reveal the secrets of the molten core of our ancient planet. Personally, I’ve always taken a much shallower approach and looked at the [...]

STAFF EDIT: The tool of non-profit schools

For-profit colleges, though they purport to provide valuable services to students looking to enter the workforce, are showing their true colors as they continue to lobby for decreased government oversight. Now that the federal government is attempting to hold for-profit schools liable for their tendency to leave students in massive debt and use funding in [...]