A few weeks back, we (Kaitlyn and Gracie) had a rousing discussion about our mutual favorite (and “un-favorite”) trends of the 1990s:

Furbies

KB: I had three Furbies as a kid and I loved them. Unlike everyone else, I wasn’t afraid of them. I treated them as they were my babies.

The College Board’s recent SAT question about reality television has had many people in a tizzy, but with media use on the rise and many college admissions now considering SAT scores optional, is all this fuss really worthwhile? Change does not have to be a bad thing.

A four-year-old boy is assisting hismother at their local church nursery in Atlanta, Georgia.

Suddenly, he screams from the top of his little lungs, as a two-year-old baby sinks a mouthful of teeth onto the boy’s finger. His mother, watching the rescue of her son, recalls his tear-filled eyes from memory unto this very day.

Last month, Japan was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami that left the country devastated. Many Japanese students at Salve Regina University have been directly affected by this disaster. These students and other Salve classmates have teamed up to organize a series of fundraising events during the week of April 11.

TAGAJO, Japan – Tsutomu Suzuki’s world is 6 feet long by 12 feet wide, a crude refuge he and his family of five have staked out in an upstairs lobby of the Tagajo cultural center.

They sleep side by side on the tile floor, with only blankets to cushion them.