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By Sarah Fawcett – Powes Self-suffiency comes in many forms, the most important of which is emotional. But when you’re a serial monogamist, like I used to be, it can…

BY BEATRICE TRAFFORTE It all happened because my roommate was drinking. She gets bold when she’s been drinking, and on Wednesday night, she’d been drinking a lot.  So when the…

By Professor J Halberstam Recently in the New York Times, an op. ed. piece by Ashley Merriman explained why losing is good for children. He explains that mounting pressure to…

By David Waltner-Toews Eating is the most intimate experience we have with other living beings on the planet, more intimate even than sex. When we eat, we are taking parts…

BY Chip Walter It’s sweaty and dusty business extracting clues from the past. Ask any paleoanthropologist. Which may explain why it’s taken scientists the better part of 180 years to…

By Paul Polak and Mal Warwick About 60 years ago, the rich nations of the world resolved to end poverty. Together, they’ve spent two-and-a-half trillion dollars so far—yet there are…

By Art Markman PhD Awards issues like this one can be daunting to read.  As nice as it is to acknowledge the contributions of great people, the honorees seem to…

In 1963, Betty Friedan wrote a book. It’s a fairly well known title, and a staple textbook in many a college women’s study class. It’s a great look into the…