Note-taking tips from Barbara Risser for better study
Barbara Risser of Onondaga Community College shares practical note-taking guidance. Focus on listening, sorting, and writing explanations rather than transcribing every word. Use Cornell style with 8 by 11 inch pages, organize with headings, boxes, and left margins for questions, then review weekly to reinforce understanding.
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Barbara Risser
Onondaga Community College
Risser
S. Ays
Cornell
U.S
Springsteen and Joel confront today’s America in albums
George Kanzler notes Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska and Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain address alienation, pessimism, and despair in 1980s rock. Springsteen eschews band support for stark, self played folk blues, while Joel channels a Beatlesesque pastiche with themes of marital strife, job loss, and lingering ennui.
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George Kanzler
Newhouse
New York
Pink Floyd
The
Cars
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
America
Joel
Nebraska
Columbia
Hitech
E Street
Bob Dylan
Dylan
Columbia Records
Vietnam
Marketable majors shift as students chase future jobs
A Department of Education report shows a decade of changing college enrollments from 1969-70 to 1979-80. English and history declined while engineering and business rose, with business and computer fields expanding sharply and education and language programs shrinking amid an overall move toward harder, job marketable disciplines.
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New York
United States
Department of Education
Smith College
Smith
Personality change may be neurological
Dear Ann Landers this 40 plus parent describes a daughter whose behavior shifted from social and studious to erratic and impulsive over a year. The mother suspects no drugs and seeks guidance as the daughter, age 22, refuses professional help. Neurologist suggested brain tumor ruled out. psychiatrist or counselor near her age may help. please advise on next steps.
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Ann Landers
Charlottesville
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