Sara Barbour
Former Miller-McCune intern Sara Barbour is an undergraduate student at Columbia University, where she plans to major in comparative literature and political science. She is a copy staffer and writer for the Columbia Daily Spectator, and has also written for the Santa Barbara (California) Independent.
Researchers Examine Life Without Cellphones
With cellphones increasingly dominating every aspect of U.S. life, some researchers are wondering what happens when we go cold turkey.
Me Generation Actually the Us Generation
Although tough times certainly contribute, there are hints the younger generation’s commitment to public service is genuine.
A Different Meaning for Missing the Bus
Intercity bus service is on the rebound in the U.S. thanks to some spiffy new competitors, but only half the country has gotten on board so far.
How I Labored Over My Summer Vacation
Miller-McCune’s first-ever summer intern returns this summer to discuss the pressure many college students face to fill their off hours with something useful.
Takin’ It to the Web
The surveys make it official: Today’s collegians may not protest in the streets, but the networked generation is as anti-war and political as students in the ’60s.
Boom Without End
Hey, man, this baby boomer retirement thing ain’t that big a deal. OK?
What Appears on the White House China?
We know their treaties, their speeches, their wars and their legacies. So what about their favorite foods?
Convention Speeches: What to Expect
The National Conventions are fast approaching, and with them comes growing anticipation for their crowning moments — the presidential candidates nomination acceptance speeches.
A-Bomb Use Launched ‘New Era’
Rife with ‘fateful risks’ and swallowing over $2 billion, the fight was long and hard, but 63 years ago, the ‘battle of the laboratories’ finally drew to a close.
GIS: Cops Favor New Kind of Plotting
Spatial representation provides genuine clues to crime prevention for urban police forces.
Britain’s UFOs (Uncovered Factual Objects) Sighted
The U.K.’s Freedom of Information Act used to pry the lid off a festering document horde from Britain’s own version of Project Blue Book.
Brownfield Redemption, Green Accommodation
A proposed green hotel in Toronto is meant to show that environmentalism needn’t be a money loser.
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The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
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House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
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