York doesn't claim to be the king of all media, but we do know our stuff. Reporters know it too. Every day they call us for experts on world affairs, or for answers to some tough questions. Here are a few recent requests:

• the Spice Girls
• job performance reviews
• love
• why round shoelaces won't stay tied
• history of the insanity plea
• headhunters (the business kind)
• cults
• food banks on campus
• the origins of Kwanza
• the marketing of Barbie to young girls
• gossip
• the correct spelling of Patrick Monahan's name
• interracial marriage
• water on the moon
• gas prices
• procrastination
• domestic violence
• teen suicide
• urban policy on prostitution
• China/Canada human rights
• silver commodities
• Natives and workfare
• bank mergers