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(01/15/12 11:37pm)
Martin Luther King Jr. is among the most favorably remembered figures in American history. At times he reaches an almost mythic status, a heavenly figure sent to trumpet the melodies of equality and freedom.
(01/09/12 1:27am)
While relaxing and being somewhat bored over break, I turned to Netflix – as so many do – to occupy my time. I stumbled across the 2010 Sundance Audience Award winner for best documentary film, “Waiting for ‘Superman.’”
(12/12/11 2:18am)
Biology 105 here at EMU has two obvious effects: wrecking your GPA and, less bitterly, the reification of concerns about our world with regard to climate change.
(12/05/11 1:59am)
This week, the Center for the Study of Equality and Human Rights ended its “Let’s Make It Better Now” video contest, aimed at reducing bullying for LGBT youth. I highly encourage you to check out the entries into the contest on Youtube. Many of them are heartfelt and inspiring; certainly, they are the best representations of EMU’s accepting spirit.
(11/28/11 2:13am)
“Cause now I’m in the Ashton/ I went from havin’ my city locked up to gettin’ treated like Kwame Kilpatrick.”
(11/21/11 4:45am)
ESPN has been a bit boring of late, as it has continued to broadcast heavily on the Penn State Scandal. NPR of November 17, 2011 reported Jerry Sandusky, former defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions and head of The Second Mile – a children’s charity foundation for foster children – is accused of multiple accounts of sex crimes against young boys.
(11/14/11 2:13am)
The Duggar Family is renown for one conspicuous feature: being the stars of the popular TV show “19 and Counting.” The show stars a mother, father and 19 children. This week, the Duggars announced we will have to count one more as the already mega-sized family is ready to another to its ranks.
(11/07/11 1:59am)
The Students for a Democratic Society was a group of mostly college and graduate students who caught national attention for seeking idealistic changes in the United States in early 1960s. The group was concerned with combating entrenched racism, the nuclear arms race and economic inequality. Though overtly idealistic, the SDS has been credited with providing a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and anti-war movement that has now become inextricably linked to the 1960s.
(10/31/11 1:40am)
Juan Mann is not a familiar name. However, he is the genius – perhaps I use that word loosely — behind the adorable, “Free Hugs Campaign.”
(10/27/11 1:38am)
Steve Jobs recently passed away; his death garnering him favorable comparisons to the likes of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. I was struck by the rather numbing uniformity of praise for the mind behind Apple: brilliant, confident and, perhaps above all, an innovator. Looking past the seeming robotic feel to it all, the importance of innovation was help as a self-evident, sacrosanct value.
(10/16/11 11:37pm)
When George W. Bush first ran for president back in 2000, he used the phrase “compassionate conservatism” as a label for his ideas. I daresay if he were to run in 2012, his fellow Republicans would snuff out his campaign for using the word “compassionate.” Put simply, compassion is out of style with Republicans.
(10/10/11 12:01am)
From 1920-1933, the United States instituted a prohibition on the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol. The measure failed in large part because it was perceived as arbitrary and unnecessary by the public. History certainly has a way of repeating itself.
(10/02/11 11:22pm)
On Aug. 14, 2011, billionaire Warren Buffett published a controversial opinions editorial in a New York Times articulating why he believes Congress is “billionaire friendly” and hypocritical when it calls for “shared sacrifice.” A firestorm of arguments ensued after the logical article, but now Buffett finds himself back in the news for being an instigator in the class war.
(09/25/11 11:12pm)
In 2008, Barack Hussein Obama, a black man – half-black for those who wish to make the distinction – was voted president of the United States. The narrative of Obama thus offered tangible proof America had lived past its racism-scarred past and has transcended the notion of race division entirely.
(09/19/11 2:32am)
In the early 20th century, a dangerous movement postulated that certain groups of people are superior to others swept across the United States. This very idea inspired former president Calvin Coolidge to declare, “America must be kept American. Biological laws show… that Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.” Though framed in less bigoted terms, the underlying belief that some are superior to other remains pervasive through the use of tracking.
(09/12/11 3:42am)
Listen to any political speech and the token “God Bless America” will invariably be tacked on to the end. In a country so overwhelmingly religious, politicians’ spiritual beliefs are called into question, yet, at the same moment, labeled a “private” affair.
(09/06/11 8:11pm)
In 2001, Reese Witherspoon charmed and smiled her way into our hearts by playing Elle Woods in the comedy film “Legally Blonde.”
(08/31/11 12:37am)
“Should public schools teach evolution?”