Fri 24 Oct 2008
Imagine if you will a relatively small journalism class. The students are friendly, but really don’t go out of their way to make conversation. Well, this is pretty much the type of class we had before we left for our trip to California. After the meet-and-greet dinner for the conference, a number of us went [...]Sat 25 Oct 2008
Well, I found my seat in the Cyprus room, which wasn’t too hard since the room was only a quarter of the way full. I found that interesting, since I thought that this would be an extremely beneficial session, especially for those who are still timid about the technological advances in journalism. As a self-proclaimed [...]Sat 25 Oct 2008
As I was walking back to my hotel room late Saturday, I ran into a science writer I had met the previous day at the conference. His name was Brandon. He asked me where he could get a drink this late at night. I actually had little idea of where to do this, since all [...]Wed 12 Nov 2008
While attending the National Association of Science Writers conference, I had the privilege of meeting an emerging science writer, Laura Petersen. Laura graduated from the University of California San Diego with her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications. As a student at UCSD she received a great deal of experience from internships and editing the student newspaper, [...]Fri 28 Nov 2008
The Characters: Dr. Cary Lai: Dr. Lai—oh right, Cary, sorry I keep forgetting—Cary is the newest addition to the Indiana University Psychological and Brain Sciences Department . He was previously employed at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. He arrived here early this summer and is excited about working at Indiana University. Cary [...]Fri 12 Dec 2008
Binge drinking. Drunkenness. Benders. These are terms we have all heard around Indiana University, but researchers from the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) want to add another word to our vocabulary for drinking in excess, “extreme drinking.” Adding extreme drinking to research studies will broaden the scope of research on alcohol consumption to include [...]Tue 16 Dec 2008
Jeff Maitland is a senior at Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation majoring in Photo taken at NASW meeting Pubic Health and minoring in Human Sexuality. He has lived in Bloomington since he was 13 and looks forward to spending more time there. Jeff has grown up all around the country but [...]Thu 18 Dec 2008
“The great [people] of science are supreme artists.” – Martin H. Fischer Natalie Angier attempts to bring the art of writing and science together in her book The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science. She’s written the book to get the general public up to speed on the fundamentals of science, [...]