Bringing the angels home, kind words for the print magazine’s new look, and remembering “When Billy the Kid Came to Town.” Continue Reading
Category Archives: Winter 2015
What was your favorite campus concert?
From Bob Dylan in ’64 to The Front Bottoms in ’14, TCNJ has brought in some sweet acts through the years. We asked readers to tell us what shows rocked the most. Continue Reading
How to fuel your workout
Are you hitting the gym hard but getting hardly any results? Your gym-day diet might need a makeover. Professor of Health and Exercise Science Jie Kang, author of Nutrition and Metabolism in Sports, Exercise, and Health, has these suggestions for you. Continue Reading
The Future Is Now
A look back at what personal computing’s earliest adopters thought lay ahead for the PC. Continue Reading
How to catch a “shooting star”
Meteor showers occur when space rocks zip through the earth’s atmosphere, leaving bright streaks in their wakes. Opportunities abound in 2015 to catch one of these shows, but TCNJ observatory technician and junior physics major Joe Avenoso says the Perseids (active July 17 to August 24) and Geminids (active December 7 to 17) promise the most spectacular viewing. Continue Reading
Big-Box Breakdown
For better or worse, Walmart and Target have peppered just about every county in the U.S. These stores have become an American staple for one-stop shopping, selling everything from canned soup and computers to Ziploc bags and Zyrtec. Continue Reading
How to handle an office bully
Got a coworker who repeatedly and intentionally intimidates, offends, or humiliates you? Pam Kravitz, associate professor of marketing, management, and interdisciplinary business, can help. Her research on workplace bullying was recently published in the International Journal of Business, Humanities, and Technology. Here are her tips for dealing with the problem. Continue Reading
Thar She Flows
A physics professor probes the magma beneath one of the nation’s most dangerous volcanoes. Continue Reading
Six ways to boost your kid’s language skills
Use a variety of words when you talk to your child. You’ll increase their vocabulary by employing a diverse vocabulary yourself. Engage your child in play activities that teach new words: songs, made-up stories, or even a simple game of “Where’s your nose?” can all help introduce new vocabulary. Ask your child questions throughout the… Continue Reading
In Language Development, Do Dads Matter More?
Researchers have spent decades puzzling out how children acquire language—how thoughts become words, what biology determines, how much environment matters. But until TCNJ professor Nadya Pancsofar teamed up with Lynne Vernon-Feagans of the University of North Carolina, few studies had examined fathers’ roles in the process. Continue Reading