Articles of Interest - May 2
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Hillary Clinton just invented the Snapchat attack ad Business Insider
The reverse-chronological social media feed is dying New York Magazine
4 social media rules for handling celebrity passings PR Daily
UCLA Student Media director resigns to support continuation of publications Daily Bruin
Stanford Daily enjoys record traffic from John Boehner 'Lucifer' scoop CNN
Wesley College newspaper editor speaks out over controversial cartoons WMDT
***PRODUCTIVITY
Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy The Atlantic
Many Grouchy, Error-Prone Workers Just Need More Sleep NPR
***BIG DATA
10 Questions for the Nation’s First Chief Data Scientist from Science Friday Science Friday
You no longer fit a model. Instead, you train the task. Deep Learning: What it is and why it matters SAS
Data science and machine learning cheat sheets for--Python R Spark Hadoop Hive Django--dozens more KD Nuggets
Python, Machine Learning, + Dueling Languages--what's best for serious productivity? Open Data Science
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Transition and Change (Transition is the process of letting go of the way things used to be and then taking hold of the way they subsequently become) Becoming (my blog)
10 Things You Need To Remember If Your Life Isn’t Turning Out The Way You Thought It Would Thought Catalogue***RESEARCH
5 Tips to Avoid P-Value Potholes: #5- Some potholes are deliberately hidden (shining light only on p’s less than .05) PLOS
***RACIAL ISSUES
Do the Words "Race Riot" Belong on an Historical Marker in Memphis? NPR
***GENDER ISSUES
University of Washington removes cheerleader tryout tips after social media backlash New York Daily News
Two national college applications will move beyond traditional gender binary Inside Higher Ed
Job Prospects For The Class Of 2016 Are Pretty Good, Especially For Men Huffington Post
Sexual harassment training may have reverse effect, research suggests The Guardian
Women Write War Fiction, Too Jstor
***SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
Brigham Young Students Claim University Punished Rape Victims For Reporting NPR
College plans policy review after sex-assault case criticism (Open letter on FB says Georgia school bungled its investigation of his sister’s rape in a dorm room) Dispatch
***LEGAL ISSUES
It May Soon Be a Lot Harder for the Law to Get Into Your Email Wired
Google wants to change copyright laws—and that’s a good thing (opinion) Daily Dot
***RELIGION
A closer look at Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the U.S. Pew Research Center
Satanists balk at Cruz comparison The Hill
Congress Likely To Get Its Only Openly Atheist Member In NovemberHuffington Post
Evangelical woman vows to bring pistol into queer-friendly Target bathrooms Huffington Post
Religious Freedom Face Serious Threats Worldwide NPR
***MUSIC
How Steely Dan Wrote “Deacon Blues,” the Song Audiophiles Use to Test High-End Stereos Open Culture
Why Freddie Mercury's Voice Was So Great, As Explained By Science NPR
Peter Frampton Plays a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, Featuring Acoustic Versions of His Classic Songs Open Culture
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
TV networks battle new media threat as Facebook looms over ad war The Guardian
***JOURNALISM
These Men Finally Understand How Bad Women Have It In Sports Media Huffington Post
Las Vegas Columnist Quits After Ban On Writing About New Owner NPR
Facebook and Twitter are buttering up news publishers — here's why Business Insider
Esquire removes satirical article after criticism Politico
Google’s test to let media publish directly in search can’t be great news for Twitterrecode
New York Times boss sued over alleged ageist, racist and sexist hiring practices The Guardian
Journalism Professor Will Go to War for Free Speech, as Long as It Doesn’t Mock Him Gawker
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Managing the Decline of Print: The New York Times Looks to Cut Costs Fortune
The news industry can’t cut its way to quality (opinion) Poynter
Digital publishing news jobs now outnumber those in the newspaper business, BLS reports Talking New Media
***STUDENT LIFE
A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows Washington Post
***SCIENCE
False images top form of scientific misconduct Canadian Medical Association Journal
Theoretical physicists have a "license to be excited" and "run amok." Here's why Science News
***PSYCHOLOGY
LGBT Activists Criticize Tennessee Law Allowing Therapists To Refuse Patients NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
Talking to ourselves: the science of the little voice in your head The Guardian
The “Brain Dictionary”: Beautiful 3D Map Shows How Different Brain Areas Respond to Hearing Different Words Open Culture
***ETHICS
How Ethical is Geoscience? The Grumpy Geophysicist
***PHILOSOPHY
Animated Introduction to 25 Philosophers Open Culture
***LANGUAGE / GRAMMAR
Lawsuit Will Decide Who Owns 'Star Trek' Language Klingon NPR
A conversation with the world's leading authority on the English language about big data, Google ngrams, and language change Business Insider
***LITERATURE
The Ultimate Literary Cage Match: Hemingway vs. Faulkner vs. Trump The Millions
Ian McKellen launches app to make Shakespeare easier to understand AV Club
The Cover of George Orwell’s 1984 Becomes Less Censored with Wear and Tear Open Culture
***HIGHER ED
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi on investigatory leave due to ‘serious questions’ Sacrameto Bee
Why Colleges’ Brands look so similar (To sell themselves, colleges try to stand out. But often, their marketing efforts look practically identical) Inside Higher Ed
Law student says he was almost expelled for writing in favor of gay marriage Fusion
Former ORU student says school is blocking her re-admission over her marriage to a woman Tulsa World
***TITLE IX
U.S. Publishes Details on Religious Colleges Seeking Title IX Waivers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Updated List of Institutions that have requested Religious exemptions to Title IX (As of April 1, 2016, 232 colleges had obtained a religious exemption from Title IX and 31 requests are pending) Dept. of Ed.
NCAA Hesitant to Condemn Religious Institutions that have Requested Title IX Waivers Inside Higher Ed
Feds Publish Records On Schools Allowed To Discriminate Against LGBT Students BuzzFeed
Lawsuit: Prof Punished for Opposing Gordon's Title IX exemption request Inside Higher Ed
Education Dept. Releases Title IX Exemptions, Requests Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Learning From My Teaching Mistakes Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Moment of Clarity on the Role of Technology in Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professor puts CV of his failures online to give perspective Associated Press