September 2006

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09.22.06

On Women’s Only Colleges…or the lack there of
Campus Chatter
Many of the major newspapers have been covering the recent decision of Randolph-Macon Woman's College to admit men. We are saddened by this news because women's colleges, while extremely worthwhile in mission are increasingly unpopular - at least when it comes to attracting money. Anyone who argues that women's colleges are not worthwhile endeavors is simply arguing from a point of ignorance. From a blog called Save Randolph-Macon Woman's College, we found this snippet alluding to a very telling piece of research: "A significant new study by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research demonstrates that the predominance of women in undergraduate ...
09.21.06

Women Entrepreneurs Are Gaining Steam…
Entrepreneurship
According to a recent report by the US Small Business Administration and a separate report from the Center for Women's Business Research, entrepreneurship among women is ’booming.’ The reports state that nationwide there are currently approximately 7.7 million majority women-owned businesses. Overall women-owned businesses have increased 42% over the past five years (compared to an overall growth rate of only 24%). One of IntelliGrad's favorite Blogs and favorite Websites is LadiesWhoLaunch.com. LadiesWhoLaunch was founded by Victoria Colligan and Beth Schoenfeldt with the intention of providing the two C's: content & community in order to help women start and expand their business ventures. LadiesWhoLaunch ...
09.21.06

Tell Me All Your Thoughts on God
Pop Culture
An interesting article in the Economist this week on how Americans perceive God: 31% view him as a crazy and violent freak who punishes sinners and rules with an iron fist. Here is the rest of the breakdown, as interpreted by HMG: God is a "nice guy" who forgives anything: 23-29% of the US population God watches everything, but does not always intervene: 16-21% of the population God exists, but he could care less about humans: 24% of the US population Finally, 90% of the population believes in some kind of God and 19% believe that God favors America.
09.21.06

Now We’re Rolling…
IntelliGrad
IntelliGrad's Reasearch Blog has a new look and feel as of today. From this point forward we are going to be much more conscientious about adding new entries, and featuring relevant articles and musings. We will cover evrything relevant to campus life and beyond, especially relating to technology and entrepreneurship. We encourage reader feedback, rather, we crave reader feedback! We look to our readers for feedback about how we are progressing and what topics you are all most interested in. Also, remember that HMG opinions are simply that -- opinions. If you disagree with us then please tell us that! ...
09.21.06

James Bond: When Spying Was Cool
Tech'nomics
Everyone has heard of the dangers of identity theft, but a closely related issue is an increasingly blurred distinction between knowing what friends are up to and SPYING. Four events this week drive home how pervasive unwanted monitoring of other persons is becoming: The allegations against the chairman of the Hewlett Packard Board The new Facebook.com tool called 'Feeds' The MySpace.com murder plot Lonelygirl15 Exposed We will not explore these news stories -- you can do that by following the links, but we will make a few points. First, while many people might be comfortable having their friends aware of their every movement and decision, they ...
09.21.06

Lessons from Lonelygirl15
Pop Culture, Tech'nomics, Uncategorized
Very late last night we learned that Lonelygirl15, the star of the YouTube mini series drama (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lonelygirl15)had been exposed as a fraud. Lonelygirl15 was not a home-schooled 16-year-old girl named Bree, but instead was an actress named Jessica Rose.What is most applicable for our readers is to reiterate how we need to be extremely careful about what information about us appears on the internet. Here is the strategy that was used to ’out’ Lonliegirl15 by Matt. Matt Foremski is the 18-year-old son of Tom Foremski: I was surfing the article on Lonelygirl15 on TMZ.com when I came across a comment that ...
09.21.06

The End of Early Decision; At least for Harvard
Campus Chatter
Today Harvard University announced it has ended early decision acceptance. For anyone not familiar with ’early decision,’ certain highly selective universities and colleges allow students to apply early (applications are due by November 1st), before the normal spring deadlines. If accepted, students find out in December [and stop doing current high school homework]. HMG applauds Harvard in its decision to end early acceptance practices and finally put an end to the prisoner’s dilemma that has resulted in most selective institutions coming out against the practice - but no one not doing anything about it. Way to go! The reason HMG is ...
09.21.06

9/11 Remembered
Uncategorized
HMG wants to take a moment to reflect on the 5th year anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. At HMG we know several friends directly affected by these tragic events and five years later it isn’t any easier. However, while violence and evil still reign in many parts of the world it will be our generation that has the opportunity to make the biggest difference. Technology and education are major uniters; when used properly they can greatly enhance opportunities for global understanding. For example, Google’s new technology allows use to type in a particular URL and instantaneously translates text into English. ...
09.21.06

iTunes Meets Facebook
Social Networking, Tech'nomics
The Wall Street Journal highlighted a new company that many of our student and young professional readers might enjoy. uPlayMe.com describes its service as follows: ’As you play music, uPlayMe finds people who are playing the same music and shows you what they're listening to. You can chat with them, visit their pages on other sites like MySpace, or just find new music to listen to.’ uPlayMe integrates into iTunes and takes only a few seconds to download“ it is also completely free of Spyware. As you listen to iTunes, uPlayMe scours other users to find overlaps in music tracks“ ...
09.21.06

Stop Being So Jealous & Just Learn Something Already
Campus Chatter
Recently we have noticed many disparaging articles and books condemning Brown and Duke Universities for accepting the sons and daughters of celebrities (ready the wealthiest of the wealthy) when sometimes their credentials may be lacking compared to more qualified institutions. One such book is Daniel Golden’s, The Price of Admissions: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way Into Elite Colleges” and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates and a subsequent New York Times article is titled, An Age of Tainted Admissions and Too Much Homework by Janet Maslin. First, while we agree that these practices are unfair to more highly qualified ...

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