The James Logan Courier

By Mark K. Matthews
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

WASHINGTON — One of the biggest lunar discoveries of the decade — proof that the moon may have had water since its formation — was announced Wednesday by a team of researchers whose background is more in Earth science than moon rocks.

In an article published in the journal Nature, the six-scientist team of geologists and geochemists showed that water from the moon's interior gushed to the surface more than 3 billion years ago in geyserlike jets of molten magma, disproving a long-standing belief that Earth's nearest neighbor is almost bone-dry.

Hundreds of Heads (MCT)

Need help getting into college? Here's some advice about what to leave out of your admissions essays, from the book "How to Survive Getting into College" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $13.95), straight from people who've done it. Here are some things you shouldn't include:

"Anything about boyfriends or music camp."
—Christiana, New York, N.Y., Columbia University

By Richard Pachter
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Economics may be the dismal science, but the extent of its politicization makes it even more dismal. Business is what moves the world, and the vitality of commercial enterprise ensures our well-being, but Americans like to think that we're different. We value the individual, extol hard work and believe that the middle class runs the show. But tax cuts are given to offset minimum-wage increases, and arms manufacturing programs are maintained for economic and political reasons contrary to actual defense exigencies or strategic requirements. And health care? Why is it the fastest growing portion of personal — and the federal government's — budgets?

From wikipedia:
Eunice Roberta Hunton Carter (1899-1970) was one of the first female African American lawyers in the United States, and broke down racial and gender barriers.

She established a lengthy career in both law and international politics. She was the first black woman to receive a law degree from Fordham University in New York City, and in 1935 she became the first black woman Assistant District Attorney in the state of New York.

Learn more about Eunice Carter, free from Stanford University.