Bright FuturaSmart British Guy Thinks Schools Kill Creativity
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 [...]
Top 100 Songs To Listen To While Studying
Unlike my roommates in college, I never had the ability to study while listening to my favorite popular music. Maybe I’m incompetent but my brain just can’t handle the competition between written text and sung vocals. I did however discover that instrumental playlists plus the sound of rain is amazingly helpful when it comes time [...]
What Did The Last 10 Presidents Look Like In College?
Even the commander and chief was a freshman at one point. The leader and former leaders of our country did big things as presidents but there was a time when they were scrambling to make deadlines just like you. It is hard to get a sense of their youth when you look at pictures of [...]
Student Life Size Working Mario Kart: How’d He Do It? [Vid]
A self-described electromechanical hobbyist and MIT student named Charles Guan is the mastermind behind the Chibikart, a motorized Mario Kart-like vehicle built from scratch. On his blog, Charles states that Chibikart took him a total of three weeks to build, “from [announcement] to first ride test,” which seems like just absolutely no time at all. [...]
Don’t Be Stewpid: Professional Proofreading By Kibin
Your terms paper is due on Thursday and guess what it’s worth 50% of your grade. My guess is that you probably want to get that baby proofread. You can ask Larry, your roommate who has been going on a 2 week Minecraft binge OR you can get it proofread by some pros! Ultimately, [...]
Bill Maher Surprises UCLA Class
Stand In, mtvU brought a little surprise to a political science class at UCLA, hard-nosed progressive political commentator and HBO Real Time with Bill Maher host Bill Maher. The full episode premieres Monday, May 7th at noon but you can watch this witty preview with Bill Maher spitting in the face of right-wing critics by [...]
Obama Calls on Students to Tell Congress: #DontDoubleMyRate
President Barack Obama, told a rowdy college-age crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday that he knows first-hand about the burden of student loans because he only managed to pay his back a scant eight years ago. “Michelle and I, we’ve been in your shoes,” Obama, who turns 51 in [...]
Univ Study Shows: Why Women Make Men Stupid
If you’ve ever felt tongue-tied (or mildly brain-dead) in the presence of a woman, you’re not alone. It turns out that interacting with women—or even thinking about interacting with women—makes a man dumber, say researchers from the Netherlands. The Dutch team recruited 71 university students and asked each to complete a series of simple tasks [...]
8 Must Know Tips For Multiple Choice Tests
Multiple choice exams scary some people however given the right approach they can be your best friend. Below I have outlined 8 Must Know Tips For Multiple Choice Tests. If followed crushing your exam should be a piece of cake. 1. Reading the answers first See if there are any answers hat just stand out. [...]
Why SoFi Might Change College Debt Forever
Can former students help solve the student loan crisis? That’s the reasoning behind a new loan initiative launched last year at Stanford University, one of the nation’s most elite and expensive colleges, where undergraduate tuition is now $40,050. A handful of Stanford alumni created SoFi, a company that funds student loans with investments from alumni. [...]