Help! World of Warcraft is ruining my relationship

Nov 3, 2008

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Halloween: A marketing dream

Oct 31, 2008

“Halloween is a celebration that fills the gap between the end of summer and winter holidays,” said Debra Laverie, a Texas Tech University marketing professor. “Many consumers will see this Halloween as a way to lighten the mood and have some fun so they can forget about the economy and their investments.”

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Girl Scouts surprise first Halloween baby to counter superstition

Oct 31, 2008

The superstition about Halloween births, said Texas Tech Psychology Department’s chair David Rudd, is like any other superstition in that it’s learned from the environment one is raised in rather than being based on any substantiated evidence.

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The new bad guy in town

Oct 30, 2008

According to Rob Weiner, associate humanities librarian and pop-culture guru at Texas Tech University, moviegoers and video game aficionados are craving darker themes and, well, frankly, eating brains is darker than sucking blood - however uncomfortable both processes may be for the victims.

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