Author Archives: Sarah Martin

Working in a tradition of trailblazers, it is not hard to see why environmentally conscious students on campus can turn Earth Day into Earth Week. Contributing to a grassroots movement over 35 years old, students are taking advantage of the whole week to share facts about current policy issues and educate others about water conservation […]

A recent outbreak of mumps concentrated among college-age students in Iowa has many young adults, doctors and administrators across the country concerned. As of Monday, there were 245 confirmed cases of mumps in Iowa, 21 percent of which were infections among college students, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. The virus is also […]

Demetrius Greene said he learned even cancer can be the catalyst to make you stronger. Greene had only completed his first year in college before a rare form of Hodgkin’s disease, a type of cancer, caused him to temporarily lose the use of his legs and left arm. Now after one year of treatment, Greene […]

As the nanotechnology industry develops and expands, a UCLA research group is urging caution and calling for increased research into the potential dangers of nanoparticles. Nanotechnology involves using atoms to produce tiny molecules, smaller than one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. The term “nano” refers to a nanometer, which is one-billionth of a meter. […]

As an actor in Los Angeles and New York, working on improving his body image and making it more marketable takes up a lot of Jonathan Grady’s time and effort. “There is this typical standard that society places on people that this is the image that you should have or you are not really in. […]

A popular New Year’s resolution is to get fit and lose weight. With so many people resolving to get fit and lose weight with the start of each new year, there is the common danger that college students will resort to unhealthy means to attain their goals. This pattern has spurred a whole market of […]

In March 2005, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided in Harvey v. Veneman that if a product is marketed as organic, all ingredients and processing materials must be 100 percent organic. This month, however, Congress is considering an amendment to an agriculture funding bill that has the power to revert organic marketing rules […]