At the end of any given semester, students frantically prepare for finals and scramble to secure their final grades. Many are in jeopardy of being little less than half a percent away from their goal grade.

Romantic music, sweaty palms, and nervous glances: all signal the dreaded slow dance. While some couples look forward to this part of the night, those without dates may be left awkwardly on the sidelines.

Bloody bodies, cracked skulls, and gruesome stabbing. Violence is seen every day—but mostly in movies, TV shows, and music videos. Popular video games like Call of Duty are increasingly gory, songs on the radio have violent lyrics, and many movies include fountains of blood. Yet violence has become so prevalent in the media that few [...]

Those that did not receive an owl-delivered message on their 11th birthday confirming enrollment at Hogwarts now get another chance to be a wizard. J.K. Rowling, author of the acclaimed Harry Potter series, is launching an interactive website called Pottermore.