The college-admissions process used to be relatively private, but that’s all changing thanks to Facebook. After all, it’s not hard to figure out who got in where when your classmate joins a group called “New York University Class of 2013” — and Facebook’s news feed rubs it in your face.
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Nation: At War with War
WITH an almost manic abruptness, the nation seemed, as Yeats once wrote, “all changed, changed utterly.” With the killing of four Kent State University students by Ohio National Guardsmen last week, dissent against the U.S.
Work Like It’s 1999: High-Tech Incubators
On the top floor of an ugly office building in Mountain View, Calif., a dozen entrepreneurial dreams are taking flight. Raissa Nebie, a 31-year-old former investment banker from Ivory Coast, is putting the finishing touches on Spoondate, her top-secret dating site for food lovers
Campus Smoking Bans? Some Saying ‘Lighten Up’
At many colleges, smokers are being run not just out of school buildings but off the premises. On Nov
Modern-Marriage Report: Not as Necessary Yet Still Desired
The wedding of the 20th century, in 1981, celebrated a marriage that turned out to be a huge bust. It ended as badly as a relationship can: scandal, divorce and, ultimately, death and worldwide weeping
Circles and Swooshes
When Starbucks coffee rolls out its new logo in stores in early March, you might notice something missing from your coffee cup: the words Starbucks Coffee.
As Goes Wisconsin… So Goes the Nation
Randall Wentz works for the University of Wisconsin, vetting scholarship applications.
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men.
What’s Wrong with Notre Dame Football?
College football may seem like a religion to Americans, but to many American Catholics the University of Notre Dame football team is the incarnation of their faith in sport. Yet, apart from the battle for the college football national championship, the biggest biggest news in college football this season has been the continued decline of Notre Dame.
Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling?
Five years ago, on the night of June 1, 2003, a Phoenix housewife named Stephenie Meyer had a dream: a young woman was talking to a beautiful, sparkling man in a sunlit meadow. The man was a vampire.