I looked into the mirror a few weeks ago. To my horror, I found unusual hair growth on my cheeks and below my jawline. This was a consequence of PCOS or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. PCOS is a fairly common health problem that affects 1 in 10 women. It is caused by a hormonal in reproductive … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Michael Hiltzik, “What’s Happened to America’s Middle Class?”
This week, I had the pleasure of attending Michael Hiltzik’s talk at the Athenaeum. As a Pulitzer Prize-winner journalist and author, Hiltzik enriched students and faculty on his findings and views on how the middle class gets squeezed by income inequality and unfair government tax benefits. Recently, education and housing prices have increased while remuneration … Continue reading
Berger Board Members Reflect on the Election
The current election results are providing everyone with a chance to introspect and reflect. Here, Mari Adam ’80 of Adam Financial Associates and Chair of the Berger Institute Board wrote a brief blog post on how the results are affecting the markets and what investors can do to stay the course. And San San Lee ’85 … Continue reading
Click Bait
Google defines click bait as “(on the Internet) content, especially that of a sensational or provocative nature, whose main purpose is to attract attention and draw visitors to a particular web page.” To me, click bait is largely “97-Year Old Michigan Woman Finally Gets Her High School Diploma,” “Why I Took My 7 Year Old … Continue reading
Life Timeline
Something I’ve touched on tangentially in previous posts is the idea of the “life timeline.” That is, the idea that there are certain steps to be taken in sequential order towards some societally defined understanding of success. Since I’ve taken many of these “steps,” I’ve started to get the question every newlywed or aging woman … Continue reading
