It’s odd for me to write about the benefits of social media when I openly hate Facebook and have never tweeted—not even a single character.…
Issues
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It is estimated that approximately 0.265 percent of people become famous. Because fame is such a rarity, it is inferred that those who are bestowed…
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Reflections on protests in the U.S. and elsewhere By Jessica Santos Through raised signs and impassioned cries, protesters hope that their actions will positively influence…
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How our access to water comes at a price By Chris Zivalich In July 2010, the United Nations formally declared water a fundamental human right…
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The motivations and minds behind hacking By Carly Smith Movies tell us that hackers sit in their parents’ basements alone among several computers. Pieces of…
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War games start early in children’s TV War is portrayed to children everywhere today; whether it is Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, video…
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Journalist Mark Boal worked with bomb squads in Iraq in 2004. He later published a piece in Playboy about Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver, a bomb disposal…
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The Role of Social Media in the Egyptian Protests By Mimi Niggel For the people of Tunisia, it started with word spreading online and in…
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The world braces itself for new technological weapons By Shaza Elsheshtawy In July 2010 news broke out of a vicious, complex computer worm –Stuxnet—infecting staff…
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MilitarizationUpfront
The American Population Is Disconnected from War (Part 1)
by Kyle Allen March 2, 2011How we choose apathy over awareness about international conflict By Kyle Allen When the average American young adult walks down the street, they have a…