Niedbala: Finding Common Ground

Serrin Foster, president of the pro-life organization Feminists for Life, declares in her landmark speech "The Feminist Case Against Abortion" that "abortion is a reflection that our society has failed to meet the needs of women." Let me set something straight.

Satterlund picked to lead OPAL

Courtesy of The State Hornet Alysson Satterlund, the current director for student organizations and interim director of the Women's Resource Center and PRIDE Center at California State University, Sacramento, will assume the position of director of the College's Office of Pluralism and Leadership on Feb.

Check, Please? 2012-02-01

Daily Debriefing

Returns on college and university endowments averaged 19.2 percent in 2011, a rate closer to pre-recession levels than the past few years, Inside Higher Ed reported.

Alysson Satterlund appointed new director of OPAL

Alysson Satterlund, the current director for student organizations and interim director of the Women's Resource Center and PRIDE Center at California State University, Sacramento, will assume the position of director of the College's Office of Pluralism and Leadership on Feb.

Crepes a la Carte 2012-01-31

Daily Debriefing

College officials and financial aid experts are raising questions about U.S. President Barack Obama's proposals regarding the affordability of college education, first outlined in last Tuesday's State of the Union address, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Lack of proof hinders hazing investigations

Hazing allegations are rarely brought against Dartmouth Greek organizations, sports teams and other student groups due to the difficulty of finding witnesses to corroborate such accusations, according to Hanover Chief of Police Nicholas Giaccone.

Common's new hip-hop album offers an uplifting message

The ninth album from artist and songwriter Common, "The Dreamer/The Believer," released on Dec. 20 through Warner Bros.

DosiRock: Sounds of the City 2012-01-31

Peter Brooks analyzes artists in their old age

Students and faculty crowded into Haldeman 41 Monday afternoon to discuss the works of William Butler Yeats, Paul Cezanne and Sigmund Freud with Yale University comparative literature professor Peter Brooks.

Francfort: Looking for a Leader

Over the last few years, our society has been hard-pressed to find leaders that do not disappoint us in some way.

Prof. studies rare ‘face blindness'

Experts in psychology have long known that prosopagnosia a condition also known as face blindness is caused by brain damage, but it was unknown until recently that roughly 2 percent of the population is born with the facial recognition disorder, according to psychological and brain sciences professor Brad Duchaine, who devotes his time to studying the condition. People with prosopagnosia often cannot recognize the faces of close friends or even family members and have to rely on other clues, such as voice or gait.

Schwartz: Social Relations and Technology

I remember first hearing about Facebook at dinner with a family friend who was then a professor at Vanderbilt University.