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...hearing Chomsky speak for the first time was a life-changing experience. His ability to take preconceptions and destroy them—to completely remodel one’s understanding of reality with cold, hard facts??blew me away. When I left what was then the ARCO Forum last fall, I felt as though I had been through the Matrix and back. Chomsky really has this effect because he bombards you with evidence and logic, not empty rhetoric. It is nearly impossible to hear him or read him—once you’ve actually checked...

Author: By Sam Graham-felsen, | Title: Chomsky's Choice | 11/4/2003 | See Source »

...nerdiest of the college nerds will be rewarded for his or her knack for facts??the winner of “Jeopardy! College Championship” will drive away in a brand-new Volvo with at least...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Jeopardy!' Buzzes in Loker | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

...addition to the pretest and the mock competition, the Jeopardy! Clue Crew—a band of crew members who travel around in a quest for obscure facts??created a circus-like atmosphere, handing out key chains, t-shirts, a special “Simpsons” edition of the Jeopardy! board game and tickets to the New Haven show...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Jeopardy!' Buzzes in Loker | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

Researchers have found that risks have characteristics that determine how we subconsciously “decide”—based on emotion and intuition as much as or more than on the facts??what to be afraid of and how afraid to be. Their work helps explain why our fears so often don’t match the facts...

Author: By David Ropeik, | Title: Risky Business | 5/23/2003 | See Source »

...concept of “universal women’s experience” is highly problematic, but incredibly marketable. If a set of monologues and “Vagina Facts?? can represent half the world’s population, then the Monologues has a huge audience of people who can relate to and enjoy the show...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Our Vaginas, Not Ourselves | 2/13/2003 | See Source »

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