by Chris | Sep 20, 2011 | Science
NPR posted a story not too long ago about the “myths” behind drinking water. Much of us have been told since a young age about the benefits of drinking at least eight glasses per day, or the benefits of water for our kidneys, and so on. Well, unfortunately...
by Chris | Aug 3, 2011 | Geospatial
When teaching history, one quickly discovers that good maps are hard to find that illustrate many of the aspects you are trying to teach. A new website, Conflict History, takes all known battles, small and large, and places them in a user-friendly timeline linked to...
by Chris | Feb 27, 2011 | Academics
The list below is meant to avoid becoming the “bitterest person” noted by Matt Groening above. 🙂 So… I was stumbling around the internet and came across a professor’s list of don’ts for graduate students. The list was apparently compiled...
by Chris | Feb 26, 2011 | Middle East Studies, Science
This is more or less my addendum to this graphic I discovered… If you are looking to make a graduate student angry in some way, try making one of these statements or asking one of these questions below. These are not meant as an encouragement of tormenting...
by Chris | Feb 26, 2011 | Academics, Featured, Other, Science
Assuming that you don’t have money, you will have to 1) take out a massive loan, 2) find a fellowship and/or assistantship (Grad Ass), 3) work a minimum of 15-25 hours a week on that assistantship (usually teaching or researching something not your own), or 4)...
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