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Thursday July 03, 2008
From Christopher Minster, Your Guide to Latin American History
15 Colombian and foreign hostages were freed yesterday by a clever rescue staged by the Colombian military. The hostages had been held by the FARC, a Marxist revolutionary group dedicated to toppling the Colombian government. Some of the hostages had been held for years, including three American contractors captures in...
Thursday July 03, 2008
From Karen Schweitzer, Your Guide to Business Majors
You've probably made a nice long list of things that you want to do this summer before going off (or going back) to school. If you haven't added it already, you're going to want to write "GET AN INTERNSHIP" in big bold letters somewhere on your list.
According to recent surveys,...
Thursday July 03, 2008
From Andrew Alden, Your Guide to Geology
"Terminal Clovis Event" or TCE is a name I just coined for the provocative hypothesis, unveiled in 2007, that a cosmic impact approximately 13,000 years ago struck North America and caused at least three dramatic events: finished off the last big Ice Age mammals, ended the human "Clovis" culture, and...