Week of October 6th-10th

Every other weekend, MDO staff picks articles of interest to share with our readership. These articles range from serious political issues to updates on celebrity life and everything in between. We hope you enjoy these further readings!

Education/Science

• A system called an Assessment Center gauges a person’s strengths by asking them moral and personal questions. This would better assess students rather than have essays and recommendations letters; Students who do no excel in standardized testing would be able to better showcase their talents.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/opinion/sunday/throw-out-the-college-application-system.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region

• Not too great at rolling out of bed? This article will provide some tips to get you moving in the morning.

19 ways to trick yourself into becoming a morning person

• Scientists have created what may be the start of technology that could make telepathic communication a reality.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-prove-that-telepathic-communication-is-within-reach-180952868/?no-ist

• The Arctic ice had receded drastically this year.  Approximately 35,000 walruses have been pushed to the beaches near the village of Point Lay on the Chukchi Sea in northwest Alaska because their usual homes on the ice have disappeared.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/01/us/alaska-massive-walrus-gathering/index.html?hpt=us_t5

Medicine:

• All of our Ebola-in-the-US questions answered:

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/can-u-s-hit-zero-risk-ebola-not-africa-outbreak-n217116

• In the face of slow, debilitating illnesses, people have few options. The power to persevere is rare but inspirational: check out the NY Times feature on one woman who strived to continue living out her days as best she could in the face of death.

The Best Possible Day

Sports:

• The 27 year old winger of the Ottowa Senators signs a seven year contract extension. Ryan will be making an average of 7.25 million a season with his extension through the 2021-2022 season. To read more about Ryan who has the potential to be a key part in his second year with the Senators, go to the link below.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/senators/2014/10/02/bobby-ryan-contract-extension-ottawa-senators/16577887/

Politics:

• Shocking new developments reveal that people actually enjoy doing drugs. Who knew?

Failure of the War on Drugs

Arts and Developments

• Nichols Nixon, photographer, took 40 photos over 40 years of his wife and her sisters. These photos are shown around the world and are going to be displayed in the Museum of Modern Art.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html

• Chevrolet announces the 2015 lineup of new vehicles will include 4G LITE wireless connectivity services.

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/01/gm-announces-onstar-4g-lte-rollout-plans-for-2015-certain-chevrolets/

• Found, a new musical based on stories gleaned from notes and letters “found” in the trash or on the street, opens this week at Atlantic Theater Company on September 18th. The musical stars Wilbert Barrett Weed, fresh off a starring role as Veronica in the off-Broadway musical Heathers.

http://atlantictheater.org/playevents/found/

Weekly Heart-Warm

• This touching video will inspire awe: a woman paralyzed from a car accident manages to walk down the aisle on her wedding day.

Paralyzed Bride Surprises Wedding Guests by Walking Down the Aisle

• Need a ride? Happen to be a Drag Queen in San Francisco? HoMobiles has got your back.

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/05/353849536/homobiles-transportation-with-a-social-mission?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

• The famous “gossip girl” star Blake Lively announced over the weekend that she is expecting her first child with husband, Ryan Reynolds.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5938220