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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Political awareness at Whitman

Ami Tian April 8, 2010

It's hard not to know about the passage of the health care bill when everywhere you go you see a picture of Nancy Pelosi triumphantly descending the steps of the capitol. Such is the case when you go to...

War has become business

Heather Nichols-Haining April 8, 2010

The U.S. military is privatizing at an alarming rate. Thousands of troops are now employed by companies such as Blackwater and while many hoped that Obama would decrease this corporate-socialism at least...

Credit: Song

China vs. America’s idea of higher education

Gary Wang April 8, 2010

Chinese culture is lauded for its emphasis on education. There's a persistent stereotype that being "Asian" or "Chinese" means you're smart. In some sense, that stereotype is grounded in the fact that...

Credit: E. Johnson

Why tabletop gaming is still relevant

Blair Hanley Frank April 8, 2010

In my column last week, I talked about video games and their potential as a storytelling medium. This week, I'd like to tackle something decidedly more old school: tabletop role-playing games. These...

Undergraduate Conference: Community realized in academics

Undergraduate Conference: Community realized in academics

joeykern April 8, 2010
This article addresses the recent undergraduate conference and how it is an example of the sense of community, of collaboration, that is the ultimate goal of the "holistic" education that we so often hear discussed.

If you can’t say it in three sentences, don’t put it on Facebook

Gillian Frew April 5, 2010

We've all seen it. The endless comments cycle, the points, counterpoints, petty personal attacks and passive aggressive emoticons that hail the out-of-control Facebook thread. There's even a fan page...

Credit: Song

Video games: It’s about the story

Blair Hanley Frank April 1, 2010
Storytelling in video games has come a long way from the halcyon days of the arcade. Take for example the discernible plot of "Space Invaders": Aliens are invading from space in various monochromatic warships, because they can. You alone are left to defend the planet in a specialized hovering tank, because you were stuck there. There is no character motivation, no reason for you to defend the world the way you are. You're just stuck there.

Free Tibet?

Gary Wang April 1, 2010

Tibet has often occupied a special place within the Western imagination. It's a symbol of communist colonialism and an idealized image of a people removed from the barbarous forces of consumerism and modernization....

GOP fear mongering an immoral distortion

William Witwer April 1, 2010

Unfortunately, fear mongering has long been a staple of politics. Where Democrats tend to criticize intelligence, Republicans criticize patriotism; both sides tend to stretch the facts and exaggerate the...

Obama the failure?

Russ Caditz-Peck March 11, 2010
Is Obama a failure? Looking a the last year of Obama's administration.

Big oil is making America fall behind

Lisa Curtis March 11, 2010
The inability of politicians to take action on climate change doesn't only have dire implications for the planet. It is also affecting our ability to get ourselves out of the current recession and compete in the global market.
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