Word: topicalism
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That’s not to say that you should pick a topic that you definitely loathe just because you hear the preceptor brings Dunkin’ Donuts to every session. But don’t shy away from topics you haven’t written about extensively in high school...
...took the Freshmen Seminar “You Are What You Eat” my freshman fall. During the semester, I had to do weekly readings on health and nutrition, give a 30-minute power-point presentation, and write a 10-12 page term paper on a topic of my choice. But even though I had a fair share of work to do, my weekly seminar gatherings somehow never seemed to feel much like class...
...studies add some real science to the topic. Unfortunately, they contradict each other. One, appearing in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, compared a Gatorade-like drink with one similar to Accelerade, as well as with an artificially sweetened placebo. The conclusion: added protein might indeed help muscle recovery, but it does nothing to aid athletic performance. The other, appearing in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, looked not at performance but at hydration--how much of what you drink stays in your body. And in that study Accelerade came...
...There's no telling whether his tour of duty in Iraq will help or hurt his chances back home in District 30. He says he doesn't know if his opponents in the primary will take his absence as an opportunity to attack him without consequence, or avoid the topic of him in Iraq entirely knowing it could boost his popularity in a district where 50% of the voters are Republican. Rep. Marian McClure, who occupies the other seat in District 30 and is one of four Republicans vying for the two seats, says that there's no chance this...
...thing in theoretical physics. Any university that doesn't have at least one string theorist on the payroll is considered a scientific backwater. The public, meanwhile, has been regaled for years with magazine articles breathlessly touting it as "the theory of everything." Brian Greene's 1999 book on the topic, The Elegant Universe, has sold more than a million copies, and his Nova series of the same name has captivated millions of TV viewers...