Pressure cooker and other tips for US-bound students

NEW DELHI – American youths like space and so, keep a “talking distance” of at least 10 yards while speaking to a peer on campus. Keep a pressure cooker handy. Those are among the crucial lifestyle lessons being offered to US-bound students from India.

Lifestyle classes are becoming the key to overcoming culture shocks on American …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Boston University engineering professor found dead in photonics lab, foul play not suspected

Boston University professor is found dead in lab

BOSTON – A Boston University engineering professor has been found dead in a school lab.
A BU spokesman says the body of 62-year-old Franco Cerrina was found Monday morning in a fifth-floor lab at the Photonics Center, where the science and engineering of light are studied. The cause of …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Boston University engineering professor found dead in photonics lab, foul play not suspected.

NCAA adds ‘First 4??? to March Madness, 4 games will have lowest seeds, last 4 at-large choices

March Madness will include 4 first-round games

Anyone from Arkansas to Arkansas-Pine Bluff could kick off March Madness next year.
The NCAA’s expanded 68-team men’s basketball tournament will include a four-game first round involving eight teams from all across the Division I spectrum. Two of those initial games will include the four lowest seeds in the field …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : NCAA adds ‘First 4′ to March Madness, 4 games will have lowest seeds, last 4 at-large choices.

West Bengal to reserve college, varsity seats for OBCs

KOLKATA – The West Bengal government has decided to reserve seats for students from other backward classes (OBC) in colleges and universities from the next academic session, Higher Education Minister Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury told the state assembly Monday.

“The government has in principle agreed to introduce seat reservation for the students belonging to other backward classes … Read : West Bengal to reserve college, varsity seats for OBCs.

Maharashtra quizzed on Class 11 admissions

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Monday asked the Maharashtra government why it was differently treating two sets of students with varying performances in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) exams while admiting them to Class 11.

An apex court bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice Cyriac Joseph sought the clarification from senior counsel …. Read the original article  : Maharashtra quizzed on Class 11 admissions.

NCAA eyeing ban on scholarship offers to students until after their junior year in high school

NCAA may bar scholarship offers to young
If Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant needs any perspective while recruiting, he need only look to his own family.

“I’m a parent of a 14-year-old, and I know right now my son is in no position to make a decision mentally or physically in terms of what he wants to … Read more >>>.