Life News (Popular Culture)

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1. Shoppers browse at malls but may buy online, 2. TV news station coverage with less sensationalism, crime, and violence is doing better in the ratings.

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A University at Buffalo energy officer and environmental activist says the holidays just are not happy anymore because they have become a time "scarred by hypocrisy and commercialism" and bring the year's most earth-destructive practices.

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Tidbits of Christmas trivia and lots of entertaining and useful information can be found at a special holiday Web site operated by University of Illinois Extension.

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The minutes just before midnight at Times Square's New Year's Eve 1999 celebration will feature the world premiere of an anthem for the millennium by a Peabody Conservatory composer, performed by Peabody students and faculty and by a computer-generated "virtual" orchestra developed at the conservatory.

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For the nation's grocers, gasoline retailers and banks, business could be heavy for the next few weeks as a growing number of Americans begin taking precautions against possible Y2K problems

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A former dance critic now teaching English at Hamilton College, says that The Nutcracker emerged as a national holiday "tradition" only in the 1950s, largely thanks to the efforts of George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein of the New York City Ballet.

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1- "The Insider" and First Amendment, 2- Bradley vs. Gore, 3- teaching fifth-graders physics.

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Unlikely Couple's, Movie Romance as Social Criticism, a new book by Tom Wartenberg, explores cross-class, cross-race, and homosexual couples in 10 popular films and looks at how these films -- wittingly or not -- undermine or question prevailing social mores.

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As the millennium nears, the hype surrounding Y2K seems to have died down. But Lewis Mandell, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management, says it may be that we're already in the eye of the Y2K storm, and the damage won't be apparent until the arrival of the new millennium has blown over.

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1) Resisting the Urge to Spice Up Thanksgiving - psychology of food expert says to stick with the traditional. 2) Eagles' Nest Not so Thorny - sports psychologist says relationship between coach and team should be fine despite losing record.

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1- Quantrill's Raid artifacts, 2- first-person accounts of raid, 3- quilter who helped make movie authentic, 4- research by author, 5- pix.

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Anyone who has ever thought about the impact of Y2K on the world can offer an opinion on the topic and read what others from many different walks of life think as part of a University of Maryland Internet-based study.

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This summer, a North Carolina State University guitar instructor produced the CD Hatteras: If a Lighthouse Could Speak... to celebrate the successful relocation of North Carolina's famous Outer Banks sentinel.

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George Kelley's life-long pursuit of cheap -- sometimes even cheesy -- paperbacks has the librarians at the University at Buffalo doing handsprings. Kelley has made a gift to the UB Libraries of 25,000 pulp-fiction titles.

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In an old warehouse in West Raleigh, hundreds of dogs and cats and a lone pig wait patiently for a dish of food or a brisk walk from the army of volunteers.The pets are victims of post-hurricane flooding in Eastern North Carolina.

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This year's July tied for the seventh warmest July in state history, with an average temperature of 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit , according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. Could this be an omen of another subway series?

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From civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to Rosalyn Carter, Barbara Jordan and Janis Joplin, these women exemplify why G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South) are so gritty. A Rhodes College history professor profiles outstanding Southern women of the last 100 years.

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The fourth annual American Music Masters Conference will focus on the life of legendary saxophonist Louis Jordan. "At the Swing Cat's Ball: Louis Jordan's Rhythm & Blues" will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 9 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

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India's "National Living Treasure," Ali Akbar Khan, will perform a special concert at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Friday, October 15, 1999. The concert celebrates Khan's new appointment to UCSC as Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music.

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Alan Atkinson, Ph.D., of UAB Department of Art and Art History is nationally know for his pumpkin carving ability and has suggestions on how to make the most of your pumpkin this season.

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For nearly a decade Iowa State University English Professor Loring Silet has interviewed today's most popular mystery writers, including Elmore Leonard and James Ellroy, and has collected them in a new book, "Talking Murder."

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Brutus.1, a computer that can write short stories of up to 500 words, has been invited to participate in the world's first computer vs. human writing contest on America Online's popular site, the Amazing Instant Novelist. The contest begins Sept. 23.

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Students at Marlboro College (VT) voted overwhelmingly against TV at their Town Meeting, where each have the same vote as the college president, who had offered to foot the bill to install TV in the dorms.

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A valuable record of human behavior, hundreds of episodes from the 1960s television show Candid Camera,were donated to Cornell University by the late Allen Funt, and are still used in psychology classes.

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Ball State University experts are available to provide a frightening amount of background on a variety of haunting issues.

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President Bill Clinton, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea toured the New York State Fair and visited the Bakers' Chicken Coop eatery, specifically to savor a taste of the famous Cornell barbecued chicken.

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Alfred University issued a report on the results of its National Initiation Rites and Athletics Survey, the first-ever attempt to determine the prevalence of hazing among members of collegiate athletic teams.

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In his latest book, "Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports," economist Andrew Zimbalist advocates a 10-point reform program that would dismantle the incentive system for wining schools and coaches.

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Each generation has its particular set of cultural icons and touchstones critical to its identity. Beloit College has again assembled a list of ways in which entering first-year students differ in their frame of reference, from their teachers and advisors.

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"The monopoly power of leagues is at the root of essentially every problem that plagues pro team sports, from competitive balance to out-of-sight player salaries to the blackmailing of cities," says Washington State University Professor Rodney Fort in his book Hard Ball, The Abuse of Power in Team Sports.

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With references to Nike marketing techniques, "Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism," by Cornell historian Walter LaFeber, describes "how the devices of triumphant capitalism, coupled with high-tech telecommunications, are conquering the world, one mind -- one pair of feet -- at a time."

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Michigan State University veterinarians and students will participate in the Michigan State Fair's "Miracle of Life," an exhibit that gives fair goers the chance to see the births of farm animals, including calves, lambs and piglets.

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Americans are becoming an increasingly moralistic people who react to a strong fantasy culture of sex and violence as if it were a reality, according to a Carnegie Mellon University social historian whose new book "Battleground of Desire: The Struggle for Self-Control in Modern America" details trends in the emotional life of Americans.

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1) Reducing Conflict Between College Roommates; 2) Was JFK Jr. Acting Hemingway-Ish?; 3) On Vacation? Who's Watching Your House?

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"Do the best you can with the job you have at any given time. This philosophy has gotten me a long way from barefoot in Swaziland," said Azurix CEO Amanda Martin.

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Will Hillary Clinton or Rudolph Giuliani be the next senator from New York? You can buy shares of either candidate in the Iowa Electronic Markets to back up your choice. Professors at the University of Iowa College of Business have opened a web-based electronic stock market where traders can speculate about the outcome of the 2000 New York Senate race.

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The University at Buffalo parent-program coordinator has one major piece of advice for parents of this fall's crop of new college students: "Always keep the lines of communication open."

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Each summer, armies of mowers move across the land to manicure large expanses of turfgrass. What a waste of time, money and opportunity, says a Purdue University professor of horticulture. Grow native wildflowers.

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As communities across the country come together to celebrate our nation's birthday, we may do well to ask ourselves what exactly fosters a sense of belonging in communities throughout America.

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Ice cream that won't melt when you put it inside a microwave oven: Apple treats called "Sweet Spots" are Cornell's entry as national finalists in the annual Institute of Food Technologists' Product Development Student Competition.

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If you're wondering about the nutritional value of the hotdogs at your Fourth of July cookout, here's some advice from researchers from the Department of Nutrition in the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State.

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Many urban Kansans arrange their vacations around the wheat harvest so that they can help on a family's or friend's farm. A handful of University of Kansas faculty and staff members with roots entrenched in farming return to homesteads each summer to help in the fields.

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Three students at Williams College co-authored a new cookbook designed for college students--The Healthy College Cookbook.

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Boston University's Summer Living tip sheet includes how to have a clambake and the perfect wines to serve with it; summer food handling safety tips, and hot-weather exercise tips.

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Parents who rely on TV show ratings are out of luck half the time, according to a study released by Michigan State University. Fifty percent of the age and content ratings that appear on air are different than what is published in TV Guide.

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A new group of international scholars is taking to the Internet to start a think tank on Internet issues. The group, association(of).internet.researchers, will be a resource for policymakers, media and academics shaping the future of the Internet.

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Several magician-scholars will gather at Muhlenberg College to perform, lecture and discuss the art of magic in a program, titled "The Theory and Art of Magic," taking place September 8 through October 14, 1999.

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A new book, "E-vangelism: Sharing the Gospel in Cyberspace," by Andrew Careaga of the University of Missouri-Rolla was published recently by Vital Issues Press.

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A statistical anomaly shows that U.S. presidents are twice as likely to die within a year of living a multiple of 7.5 years than they should be.

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You may have more to fear from home canning by novices than from Y2K computer crashes, says a Purdue University specialist.