Harvard economist Edward Gleaser believes Facebook and e-mail improve our relationships.
Harvard professor and author Edward L. Gleaser believes that e-mail and Facebook can actually improve our relationships and connecting via cyberspace actually increases the value of face-to-face interactions.
By Vicky Sullivan of aspiring-socialite.com
In the opening scene of the recent box office hit, The Social Network, the fictional Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) insults girlfriend, Erica Albright (Rooney Mara,) by debasing her background and education. She then says, “Dating you is like dating a stair master.” And quickly dumps him.
A woman I know, who we’ll call Emily, wants to marry a doctor. Actually, she wants to marry a doctor, lawyer or anyone who makes tons of cash. Whenever I run into her, Emily shares stories about dating medical residents and rejecting normal guys because she’s “waiting for her doctor.” She’s very Shirley Feeney that way.
Lena Chan sounds in on her past, present and future as a racy sex blogger.
College Candy's interview with Harvard's sex blogger. Lena Chen is the author of SexandtheIvy.com, a blog about sex and dating at Harvard University. She started blogging back in 2006, sparking immediate controversy on campus and off. Lena received lots of attention for her saucy ways and has since been featured as a commentator on college sexuality in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Salon, and Playboy Radio. She currently blogs at TheChicktionary.com.
Chester French's Maxwell Drummey may be second guessing marriage about now.
Rock band Chester French is fixin' to tear it up. But founder Maxwell Drummey is struggling with his new marriage. It turns out that wife Peaches Geldof is a bit eccentric. The daughter of Bob Geldof may even border on out-of-control. If you ask us, that's what rock 'n roll is all about. Try not writing classic songs with a crazy girlfriend running around (probably naked).
Bob Geldof's daughter in a Vegas wedding to Matt Drummey.
One of 2 members of up-and-coming band Chester French married Peaches Geldof. Geldof is the wild-child daughter of UK musician (not magician) Bob Geldof. The wedding was pretty nice, in Las Vegas, and in no way a publicity stunt.
A Harvard professor uses numbers to show that kids are a pain.
A professor from Harvard says that kids don't make couples happy. He backs up his assertion with some statistics and metaphors. The good news is that marriage does make people. All good to know.
From The Harvard Crimson
By BERYL C.D. LIPTON
Harvard students looking to score a few pointers from a local sex expert were left in a state of anticipation last night, receiving more level-headed advice than titillating tips.
In an event headlined as a “scintillating and sexy talk,” Amber A. Madison—the author of “Hooking Up: A Girl’s All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality”—spent an hour discussing college students’ most intimate sexual concerns.
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