In the wake of last week's tragedy at Northern Illinois University and last April's massacre at Virginia Tech, the seemingly endless series of school shootings has incited debate over the safety of college communities across the country.

Although prevalent on the Arts Quad during the morning hours, the removal of many of the signs by the afternoon conveyed a sense of disapproval from some members of the Cornell community who support the University's “gun-free zone" policy.

Mean girls: Girls are fighting more – in school, in the mall parking ...

She sees parents who are not signing report cards or showing up for parent-teacher conferences. She sees parents who are being aggressive at home.

"Parents are teaching by default," she said. "Girls are watching how they handle conflict. They are watching how Mom is dealing with a friend or significant other. Is it normal to become angry? Yes. What is not appropriate is physical aggression."

But what if that's how you were raised?

"I hear all the time from girls 'That's how we do things; it's our family rule,'" she said. "I hear that it is the reputation of the family to fight. We've got to break that cycle."

So Jackson often counsels the entire family. "The entire family has to buy into it," she said. "They all have to find an alternative way to deal with anger."

But that doesn't mean you can't be strong, she tells the girls.

Pledge to reclaim Scottish history for our children

I'm not sure that even promoting Scottish history will make scholars of those who aren't interested in the first place. However, I fully encourage the attempt.Mind you, I avoided Canadian history like the plague in high school and opted for the far more interesting courses in American history (mea culpa). .

Cornerstone OnDemand Introduces a New Paradigm in Learning and Talent ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., the only proven provider of on-demand, integrated talent management software and services, today announced the availability of its Winter 2008 release. Currently available to all new and existing clients, Cornerstone's Winter 2008 release is designed to help organizations of all sizes engage their workforce with Cornerstone's new highly graphical interface, evolve their talent strategy with new flexibility and expanded extended enterprise functionality, and empower their people with MyTeam, a revolutionary approach to managing teams on a daily basis.

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IAF finally gets Hawks to train pilots

After an agonising wait of 27 years during which over 200 air crashes blotched its flight safety record, the IAF finally inducted the British Hawk-132 advanced jet trainer (AJT) at the Bidar airbase on Saturday. Hawks will simplify the conversion of fledgling fighter pilots from subsonic Kiran trainers to supersonic fighters such as Su-30 MKI, Mirage 2000 and different MiG variants.

Group Captain Michael Fernandez, the chief instructor at Bidar, the cradle of fighter pilots in India, remains loyal towards the primitive Iskra trainer he flew in the early 1980s as a rookie.

Ramos English League Cup triumph underlines overseas dominance of ...

Another foreign coach wins an English title, while homegrown managers continue to flounder in their own country.