You are more empowered than ever before to take control of your professional life and succeed. You are also more empowered to screw it up. I see a lot of tenured writers publishing articles about “personal brand.” They write about how it is important to be proper on social media sites. They write about the [...]
Imagine a slim Caucasian woman with long hair. She has a certain brightness and a sense of physical cleanliness. Her skin is pure, without inked on tattoos or multiple piercings. Her long eyelashes bat at you, hovering above her sweet smile, and a warm attitude is presented with her well-manicured hands and syrupy, southern drawl. [...]
Kids these days … are smarter than ever before.
Masculinity has long been associated with a vast array of paradigms and images. To some, a true man is the breadwinner, the head of the household, the hunter. To others, manhood revolves around business and vitality.
America is known as much for its lifestyle as its food: Mom’s apple pie, French fries and of course, the hamburger. Anytime we turn on the TV, visions of succulent steaks and savory chicken nuggets and cheeseburgers float across the screen like a Candyland utopia of American staples. The human body is omnivorous by design, [...]
Success is measured by effort. Or so they say. These days, the average American life seems to follow this path: childhood, college, 50 years in a cubicle, retirement home in Florida. The end. And for what? That career spent in the cubicle is not so easily won, as most people work unbelievably hard to achieve [...]
What does love have to do with us today – aspiring college students – whose canvases may have no plans for another’s paint? To what extent are our amorous pursuits a necessary distraction from the ordinary? And further, what then of our individual dreams and ambitions? Do they wither away in the face of love? [...]
All my life I’ve had a strange fascination with unidentified flying objects and the possibility of aliens. I guess any interest in them could be considered strange. Steven Hawking, world-renowned physicist, discounts reports of UFOs saying, “We don’t appear to have been visited by aliens. Why would they only appear to cranks and weirdos?” My [...]
It’s a nightmare to the studious and a procrastinator’s dream. It’s a creeper’s invitation and a stalker’s symphony. It’s a best friend for the attention deficit, lonely and obnoxious. It’s the megaphone of celebrities and athletes, vegan activists and victims of midlife crises. It’s even a favorite of Mike the Tiger. It’s Twitter: cyberspace’s social-networking [...]
The University is cashing in on your dining experience — and you can’t do anything to stop them. LSU Dining, the service that administers on-campus dining, provides all students who request one — and many who don’t — with a meal plan each semester. These plans range in price from $1,377 to $1,564 and are [...]
