(March 22, 2012) Last week, a guilty verdict was reached in the cyber-bullying trial of an ex-Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, who – in 2010 – used a webcam to secretly film his gay college roommate, Tyler Clementi, during an intimate encounter with a date. Clementi committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge shortly after he learned about the webcam and that Ravi had shown portions of the video to other students.

  When the clock struck midnight, signaling a New Year, did you adopt any resolutions? Annually, people across the world vow to change their lives (usually for the better), by adopting resolutions, or changes to their lives. But by the January 10, experts say 75% of people have already broken their resolutions.  

A common scenario for the month of December is turning on the TV to reveal a holiday special highlighting one happy family celebrating Christmas. 

  A few months ago “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster the People launched the band to instant success, and the song has recently generated an even wider circulation. The melody is catchy, upbeat and fun. But inevitably laying beneath a catchy tune are the lyrics to a song, and the lyrics to “Pumped up Kicks” are not as upbeat as the melody.