School Survival

Dealing with Your Dorm's Resident Adviser (R.A.)

Whether R.A. stands for resident adviser or resident assistant on your campus, the R.A.'s role is pretty much the same for college dorms across the country: to help new students adjust to life on campus . . . Read More

Self and Health

Cramming Caffeine into the Stuff You Drink

Unless you've been asleep for most of your life, you've already figured out that coffee contains caffeine. Read More

Digital Life

Is the iPhone Worth Its Price?

It's probably true that Apple's iPhone is the most revolutionary telephone since cordless phones were invented in the 1980s. But $399 is still a lot of money . . . Read More

Odds and Ends

How Social Security Numbers Are Assigned

It probably comes as no surprise that Social Security numbers aren't randomly assigned. Some people wonder just how non-random the number assignments are . . . Read More