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Michelle Obama's Popularity: From First Lady to Role Model Friday, May 15, 2009 By Alice Choi 100 days into her husband’s presidency, first lady Michelle Obama is enjoying America’s ever-soaring respect. Her popularity even goes beyond that of her husband, Barack Obama, at this moment one of full story >
"Dumplings" Gives Adopted Children a Taste of Chinese Culture Friday, May 08, 2009 By Michelle Whang Dumplings are the widely known traditional food of Chinese culture. They come in different varieties and assortments to satisfy everybody’s tastes. However, the dumplings that these children taste ar full story >
Review on Windows 7: the New Microsoft OS Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Jason Choi Review: The Next Generation of Windows? Are you sick of Windows Vista? Bored with Windows XP? Want something faster than XP with the looks of Vista? March 18 th marked the 2 mon full story >
On the Path to Peace: President Obama Signs Orders to Close Guantánamo and Stop Torture Tuesday, March 17, 2009 By Leah Staffin Thursday, January 22, 2009, President Obama signed four executive orders regarding the closing of Guantánamo Bay. The first order signed stated that the detention camp be closed within a year, and the full story >
EA Announces New Release Date for The Sims 3 Sunday, March 15, 2009 By Michelle Okereke Devoted fans of the best-selling Sims franchise likely gasped in horroron February 3, after reading EA’s press release, “EA Announces New Ship Datefor The Sims 3 .” The game is now set to hit she full story >
Texting Lingo: Unique Language for Teens - Nuisance to Adults Thursday, March 05, 2009 By Andrew Shapiro Lol. Ttyl. Brb. I know you’ve all heard these quick and easy abbreviations for things like “laugh out loud”, “talk to you later”, and “be right back.” In fact, most of you probably use these abbreviat full story >
Prom '09 - Dresses by Style Thursday, March 05, 2009 By Megan Matte You can tell it's spring, not just because the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing, but by the sound of flouncing tulle pulled off the hanger, by the scent of perfume spritzed in every dir full story >
Sports World -What to Watch for in 2009 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By John Culligan In 2008, sports served as a great distraction. With America’s economy in the biggest turmoil since the early twentieth century, a hotly contested and ground breaking presidential election, and full story >
NBA Teams to Watch in Second Half Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By John Culligan As the NBA resumes play post All-Star break, a few teams have distanced themselves from the pack. Each of the elite teams possesses the key cogs that make them poised to make a run to the Finals full story >
Yet Another USB Device - This One Lights Up Your World ;) Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani Product: USB Light Buy it?: $9.99 each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com Best Uses: working in the dark, taking notes from a video, DJ’ing xD Overall Rating: 4/5 stars Easily the smallest, most li full story >
An iPod Case That Also Protects Your Peace of Mind Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani Product: Polycarbonate MP3 Player Case Buy it?: $30 each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com Best Uses: iPod case, video viewing stand Overall Rating: 4/5 stars For as long as I have owned mp3 playe full story >
Speakers That Won't Blow Your Eardrums, But Might Blow Your Mind Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani Product: Brookstone USB Speakers Buy it?: $30 each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com Best Uses: On the road, portable entertainment center, speakers in general Overall Rating: 3.5/5 stars For the full story >
An iPod Dock to Dock Yourself On Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani Product: iHome iH41 Swivel Alarm Clock Buy it?: $79.95 each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com Best Uses: iPod Loudspeaker, alarm clock, iPod charger, movie “theater” Overall Rating: 4/5 stars From full story >
Just When a Mosquito Bite Seemed Bad Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani A new, groundbreaking product has just been introduced to the American public, and trust me, you do not want any part of it. It is a 5 pound, $1400 metal box that is being installed in venues all over full story >
USB Illuminates Your Computer Experience Friday, January 09, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani Product: USB Light Buy it?: $9.99 each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com Best Uses: working in thedark, taking notes from a video, DJ’ing xD$0 Overall Rating full story >
Speakers That Just Might Blow Your Mind (but not your eardrums) Friday, January 09, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani $0 Product: USBSpeakers $0 Buy it?: $30 each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com $0 Best Uses: On the road, portable entertainment center, speakers in general $0 Overall full story >
An iPod Dock Worth Docking Yourself On Friday, January 09, 2009 By Pratik Mahbubani $0 $0$0 Product: iHomeiH41 Swivel Alarm Clock$0 Buy it?: $79.95each at Brookstone or www.brookstone.com$0 Best Uses: iPodLoudspeaker, alarm clock, iPod charger, movie “theater”$0 Overall Rat full story >
Rwanda’s Past Comes to Haunt the Congo Tuesday, December 16, 2008 By Michelle Whang For the past few months, Americans everywhere have become absorbed in this little bubble full of domestic politics. From the antics of Governor Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” to Joe the Plum full story >
Phoenix Mars Mission Concludes Successfully Wednesday, November 26, 2008 By Robert Lin Monday, Nov. 10,2008, the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander mission officially ended. Its conclusion marked the accomplishment of man sending a spacecraft to the north pole of Mars. The Phoenix became the full story >
BCA Math Competition Unites Mathletes from Fourth through Twelfth Grades Wednesday, November 26, 2008 By Alice Choi On a Sunday morning of October 19, Bergen Academy’s front lobby was unusually crowded. Some 600 students, along with their parents, had traveled from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut to compete i full story >