Erica Cheung
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Sex Ed 101: What You Didn’t Learn
December 13, 2011 - 8:11 pm
Tags: Bedsider, big kids, college, College Candy, common sex misconceptions, comprehensive sex education, Go Ask Alice!, high schoolers, love & sex, middle school, Paul Joannides, relationships, teen sexuality, The Guide to Getting It On
Posted in School, Students | 1 Comment
College sex educators have found that many students have basic questions about sexuality that should have been answered in sex ed courses in middle school or high school. Here are the most common misconceptions that college students have about sex, and the ways that educators attempt to remedy them. Dr. Paul Joannides is a walking-talking [...]
From Job To Job: Dreams of Teaching in A World of Fashion
November 22, 2011 - 7:55 pm
Tags: Conde Nast, GenY, New York City, Pace University
Posted in Gen Y Profiles | No Comments
Gwendolyn Limbach, 26, braves the stuffy Condé Nast elevators everyday in order to afford to live in New York City. After work, she goes home to her West Village apartment to grade papers, as she is also an Adjunct professor at her Alma matter, Pace University. Similar to many of her Gen-Y contemporaries, Limbach has [...]
The Choice to Slack or Act: Do Online Petitions Count As ‘Real’ Activism?
November 22, 2011 - 7:37 pm
Tags: activism, Change.org, facebook, new media, New York University, Occupy Wall Street, online petitions, social media
Posted in New Media, News | No Comments
Type ‘petition’ into Facebook’s search bar and what comes up is a slew of results: pages, groups, apps, all having to do with social activism. There are Facebook petitions to raise awareness of animal cruelty and petitions for women’s rights—petitions that fight to keep ABC soap operas on the air and petitions against Facebook petitions. [...]
9/11 Floating Lanterns To Heal The Heart
November 8, 2011 - 7:01 pm
Tags: 9/11, Japan Society, Lantern Ceremony, multiculturalism, NYC events, religion, September 11
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A group of Buddhist monks, Sikhs, reverends and Imams congregated on the lawn next to the West Side High Way on September 11, 2011 for the World Trade Center Memorial of the Floating Lanterns. The event commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001 and the 6-month anniversary of 3/11/11, the date [...]
Blendr’s Fatal Flaw
November 8, 2011 - 5:57 pm
Tags: Blendr, Grindr, Joel Simkhai, Online Dating, Project Amicus, Smart Phones
Posted in New Media | No Comments
Signing up for Blendr is like signing up to enter shark-infested waters. Fill in your name, age, sex, sexual orientation and then click the ‘next’ button. Now wait for the swarm. Blendr is a social networking tool that uses Global Positioning Software (GPS) to connect users to each other in real-time. “Current social networks only [...]