451 Brief: America’s Coffee Party
Posted on 17. Apr, 2010 by Luke Niforatos in Featured, [Inter]national
Amid the cries of the masses, the rampant bipartisan anger, and the more hard-line approach of the Tea Party there rings a single, clear, peaceful call for sanity. This call can be heard from the ranks of the newly established Coffee Party.
After reading the first sentence of this rising, increasingly bipartisan group, one can truly [...]
Google China Update
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by Robin in [Inter]national
It has been nearly three months since web kingpin Google announced that it would stop censoring its website’s search results in China. The move came after the Gmail accounts of several Chinese human-rights activists were hacked, supposedly the work of the Chinese government. Google had thrown down the gauntlet, and the world waited with baited [...]
Fashion Industry Rallies for Haiti Relief
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Erin Bleakley in Arts and Such, [Inter]national
Almost two months have passed since Haiti’s earthquake, yet it’s devastation is still on the very forefront of all of our minds. The Red Cross estimated about 45,000 to 50,000 kids and adults, people just like you and I, with dreams and hope, have died – and deaths are continuously increasing.
Many people have stepped up [...]
Trial Questions: Is Proposition 8 Constitutional?
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Kayla in Featured, [Inter]national
There are a handful of historic court cases with which all American students become familiar – Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Nixon v. The United States. In 2010, another case is about to join these iconic cases in the history books: Perry v. Schwarzenegger, better known as the Proposition 8 case in the US District [...]
Missives from Abroad
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Nate Knife in Around Campus, [Inter]national
Things we can learn from the British and things we should keep doing the same because America is awesome.
It’s been more than a month since I arrived in London for my study abroad experience at the University of Westminster. So far, things haven’t quite been like the kind folks at the Study Abroad office would [...]
