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...series of similar phenomena Christakis and Fowler have studied. In 2007 they published a paper showing that obesity travels across webs in a similar way, with individuals having a 57% greater risk of being overweight if they have an obese friend. The same holds true for quitting smoking, with success 30% more common among friends of quitters than among friends of smokers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Happiness Effect | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...wish to be successful, student leaders must step up as well. The Presidents’ Forum was founded a few years ago to promote collaboration amongst organizations. Never has that been more crucial to the success of groups on campus than in the upcoming year. It is vital that student groups share the best practices—what works and what does not–in order to avoid duplicate efforts and ultimately save groups money. As a member of FiCom for five semesters, I’ve reviewed roughly 2,500 grants. The best events (in terms of impact...

Author: By Anthony R. Britt | Title: Change U Can C | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...think this dinner is a huge success,” said Zolisa A. Shokane, a lecturer in the African and African-American Studies department...

Author: By Youho T. Myong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Charity Event Promotes Clean Water | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...Senate appointee, he will have to fight hard, and fast, to establish himself as an effective legislator. After 13 years in Congress, Jackson has had only one real signature issue: building a new airport on the far edges of Chicago's southern suburbs. It has hardly been a success. While the proposal appeases many of his constituents in suburban Cook County, who view a new airport as a potential economic catalyst for the city, residents of the largely agricultural communities that lie outside his district, where the airport would be built, oppose the idea. "It's like a tornado coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesse Jackson Jr.: The Trouble with Being Candidate 5 | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...expected to be deployed to Helmand and Kandahar provinces next spring. They will be fighting under the same limitations as the British, Canadian, Danish and Dutch forces currently holding the fort, which means they will be spinning their wheels. And that raises a long-term question crucial to the success of the Obama Administration: What are we doing in Afghanistan? What is the mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Aimless War: Why Are We in Afghanistan? | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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