Only in Scandinavia…
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 29th, 2009 at 2:53 pmIceland is set to have the world’s first openly gay head of government. MP Johanna Sigurdardottir will step forward to fill the void of power…
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Today’s Teenagers Are Not That Promiscuous, Really
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 28th, 2009 at 3:02 pmAccording to The New York Times, reports of my generation’s sex-having have been greatly exaggerated:
Today, fewer than half of all high school students have…
University Budget Hardships Continue
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pmThe New York Times reported yesterday that during the period covering last summer and fall university endowments took their largest loss in value since the…
What’s Wrong With a Little Pre-recording?
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pmThere’s been a minor kerfuffle over a little “cheating” at the inauguration:
The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama’s oath of office at the inauguration…
2008 Installment of Freshman Thoughts and Values
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 amI only wish I could have taken part in this survey: the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has published the latest installment in its…
The High Points of the Pre-Inaugural Concert
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 19th, 2009 at 2:15 pmSunday afternoon, the inauguration celebration began with a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, will.i.am, loads of other famous musicians…
Obsessed: Music, Food, TV, and the Inauguration
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pmSeason premiere of Battlestar Galactica. Enough said. (Yeah, I’m a nerd).
- Daniel Strauss
Battlestar? Pish posh. Lost season 5 premieres in one week!
-…
Real-World Curiosity
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 15th, 2009 at 2:32 pmFeministing has a post up about the weighty social issues the MTV show The Real World is tackling this season. The current season of the…
Most Diverse White House Staff Ever
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pmThe Washington Post notes that Obama’s staff–excluding Cabinet secretaries, but including czars and other such mysterious officials–is the most diverse (and possibly the best-educated) in…
Obama’s Other Pastor Choices Don’t Outweigh Rick Warren
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pmRuss just wrote about the good news that Bishop Gene Robinson, an openly gay Episcopalian, will be delivering the invocation at an inauguration-related event at…
On the Ground With Joe the Plumber
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:57 amBecause if Joe the Plumber says it, it must be true:
I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war.…
Sexually Repressed Societies Are Unsustainable
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 9th, 2009 at 2:44 pmVia Telmah Parsa at The Daily Beast, the latest out of Iran is evidence of the impossibility of sustaining a culture in which sexual relations…
The Prop 8 Saga Continues
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 6th, 2009 at 2:33 pmThe Los Angeles Times says that California Attorney General Jerry Brown is getting flak for his new theory in favor of the invalidation of Proposition…
War Is Not a Game
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 5th, 2009 at 3:11 pmThe New York Times has a story about the Army’s latest effort to recruit young people: namely, the “Army Experience Center,” a video game arcade/recruiting…
Sex At the MLA
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 5th, 2009 at 9:35 amDespite growing up in an academic family, I’m still learning about the finer points of academia. For example, did you know that sex at academic…
