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...only hear 175 words a minute), with patience and practice, we can make more of our thoughts be about the words we hear. Not only will our understanding of the other person improve, but that understanding will lead to better responses on our part. Researchers have devised a slew of strategies for better listening, but the solution doesn’t really come down to asking more follow-up questions or “predicting outcomes.” What better listening does depend on is effort, in slowing down one’s thought process, and allowing others...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Lend Your Ears | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

...absence from the faculty of the Law School and resign the deanship, which she has held since 2003. During her tenure as dean, she has drawn acclaim from some circles for bridging ideological divides among the faculty, poaching several renowned professors from rival law schools, and ushering in a slew of student-oriented reforms...

Author: By Elias J. Groll and Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Obama Names Law School Dean Solicitor General | 1/5/2009 | See Source »

...blog-filled news site The Huffington Post, has done as much to popularize these web diaries as anyone around. She and her editors are betting that some of those millions of enthusiasts would like what is best described as a Blogopedia. In it, the HuffPost's editors and a slew of public figures who post on the site (from Nora Ephron to Harry Shearer to Gary Hart) answer every possible question about setting up a blog, finding a readership, and getting buzz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blogging for Dummies | 12/14/2008 | See Source »

...dictator Robert Mugabe from power: Elections had just taken place, and there was evidence that Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the country’s largest opposition power, had been victorious. But Mugabe’s network of corruption was too strong to let that happen. After a slew of election recounts, much posturing, and, no doubt, vast amounts of behind-the-scenes violence and threats, Tsvangirai was essentially forced to withdraw from the election. This month, the tyrannical Mugabe is still ruling Zimbabwe, and unsurprisingly, the country is on the verge of collapse. A cholera epidemic has swept through...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Diseased Regime | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...more exciting than this? Rose wails a response on “Catcher in the Rye:” “If I thought that I was crazy / Well I guess I’d have more fun.” Ditto, Axl. 2008 has seen a slew of new releases from seemingly defunct bands, the best of which is Metallica’s “Death Magnetic,” released this past September. “Chinese Democracy” is the bastard brother of Portishead’s “Third...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guns N' Roses | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

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