An Argument for Quitting Facebook
Study Hacks: "At the end of his first semester at Penn, a student whom I’ll call Daniel was disappointed to learn that his GPA was a lackluster 2.95. Following the Study Hacks orthodoxy that study habits should be based on evidence — not random decisions or peer pressure — Daniel asked himself a crucial question: What are the better students doing that I’m not?
When he surveyed his classmates, he noted something interesting: “the high-scoring kids weren’t on Facebook.”
Emboldened by this observation, Daniel decided to do the unthinkable: he deactivated his Facebook account.
His GPA jumped to an exceptional 3.95."On New, Spare Broadway, Less Scenery to Chew
NYTimes.com: "You don’t hear many audible gasps these days when the curtain rises, or when scenery transforms to reveal a theatrical vision."
CMU grad's dream comes true 'In the Heights'
Post Gazette: "A bottle of champagne welcomed Kyle Beltran to 'In the Heights' and the role originated by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Tony-winning musical.
It happened onstage, and it wasn't a gift during the encore.
Mr. Beltran, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon, plays Usnavi in the company that comes to Pittsburgh Tuesday. The tour started in October in Tampa, and it was on the second night,"
Type-A-Plus Students Chafe at Grade Deflation
Post Gazette: "When Princeton University set out six years ago to corral galloping grade inflation by putting a lid on A's, many in academia lauded it for taking a stand on a national problem and predicted that others would follow."
New theater work is inspired by Internet chat groups for the suicidal
washingtonpost.com: "If you Google the phrase 'suicide group,' naturally you'll come up with page after page of support groups and hotlines. But somewhere in those pages, deep in the recesses of the Internet, are the people whose version of help is a little bit different."
Monday, February 01, 2010
NFTRW Weekly Top Five
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