As seen in the Washington Square News. In the 1940s, Harlem was a state of mind. Every weekend, neighborhood residents put on their best shirts and ties, made sure their pants were creased, shined their shoes and walked down the street in the blazing summer … Read More →
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Long Live Socialites!
Kurt Andersen says celebrities are dead and we’re slowly beginning to shun their dying personas. I think he’s wrong – and Paris Hilton is probably banking on it, Sidekick and all.
3-peat: No.1 dream school
As seen in the Washington Square News. NYU was named the No. 1 “dream” school among college applicants for the third year in a row, according to a survey released yesterday by the Princeton Review. The annual survey, titled the “College Hopes & Worries Survey,” … Read More →
Fighting cancer, one slice at a time
As seen in the Washington Square News. Relay for Life at NYU is holding a fund-raiser in conjunction with Pizzeria Uno this Thursday in preparation for this year’s 24-hour benefit at Coles Sports Center on April 8. For one night only, Pizzeria Uno locations at … Read More →
The Pleasure Pathway
As seen in Popular Mechanics. Drugs for Parkinson’s disease causing an addiction to gambling and sex? It may be because the medicine is affecting the brain’s pleasure center, according to a recent study by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh. Published in the current issue … Read More →
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Huffington
Arianna Huffington screwed up. She knows it, George Clooney knows it, the blogosphere knows it, and now, the nation. On March 13, Huffington strung together a bunch of comments George Clooney made to other media outlets regarding the war in Iraq.
March Madness ’06? Streaming Satisfaction
With March Madness in full swing, CBS’s streamed telecasts are to a college basketball fan what a Ferrari is to a 16-year-old kid with a new driver’s license: high-octane freedom. Not only can I argue with friends over which player made a better basket, I can watch the game on my laptop while I’m stuck in an office meeting about teamwork.
A Sixth Ocean?
As seen in Popular Mechanics. A lifetime is normally too short to see mountains rise, rivers change course, or valleys sink—but after geologists from Addis Ababa University watched crevices part the ground in Central Ethiopia like a zipper, they realized that Mother Nature is quickly … Read More →
Mom takes on autism
As seen in the Washington Square News. Author and Gallatin alumna Karen Siff Exkorn spoke about her book “The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping and Healing — From a Mother Whose Child Recovered” at Kimball Hall Lounge last night. … Read More →
Rising sophs get top choices
As seen in the Washington Square News. Though more than 80 percent of rising NYU sophomores received one of their first three choices in housing for next semester, the same could be said for only 16 and 47 percent of rising juniors and seniors, respectively. … Read More →