My Crisis
"What information consumes is rather obvious: It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently am...
Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Policy
After a wave of protests from its users, the Facebook social networking site said on Wednesday that it would withdraw changes to its so-called terms of service concerning the data supplied by the tens of millio...
Who Owns Facebook Users’ Info?
Reacting to an online swell of suspicion about changes to Facebook’s terms of service, the company’s chief executive moved to reassure users on Monday that the users, not the Web site, “own an...
Go Play! Fighting Childhood Obesity
Hey, parents, if you're worried that your kids have gotten too sedentary this winter, here's a word of advice from the pros: Play with them. Shoot hoops, dance around the living room, toss a ball, build a snowm...
Colleges Try to Aid Students in Current Job Market
As graduating college seniors brace themselves to enter one of the worst job markets in recent memory, campus career centers are rallying to lend students a hand through workshops, one-on-one assistance, concre...
Drama Over High-School Drama
Drama students at Corona del Mar High School were excited to push the envelope with a spring production of the Bohemian love story "Rent."But the drama teacher at the Newport Beach school says the principal t...
Student’s Traditional Views Silenced
A classroom dispute at Los Angeles City College in the emotional aftermath of Proposition 8 has given rise to a lawsuit testing the balance between 1st Amendment rights and school codes on offensive speech.St...
Do Religious Schools Make Students More Religious?
Parents deciding between religious and public schooling face many unknowns. One of the most important factors is how the schools might affect the faith of their children. Yet for all the debates over education,...
Computer Games Good for Kids
Children who spend hours every day on their Playstation or Xbox video consoles may not be rotting their brains, as many parents fear. A report from the European parliament concluded yesterday that computer game...
Emerging Trends
Hey! Children Really Are Our Future!Polling wizard John Zogby believes today’s youth will be more practical and global, less materialistic and have a formidable BS detector when they grow up; and that, he...