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- February 5, 2010 | Tarsi DunlopChild Survival Journal Submissions The Journal: The Child Survival Journal is a new and innovative student-based national journal under the direction of the Roosevelt Institute. The purpose of this journal is to foster awareness as well as a new academic perspective on child survival and rights issues among college students (...
- February 4, 2010 | Deeneaus PolkTestifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen sent out the clarion call heard ‘round the world: end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Hooray, it’s over! There’s no more reason to be upset over policy that has an ugly, divisive history! Not by a long shot. Indeed, the...
- January 28, 2010Op-Ed by Kelly Steffen & Joshua Croff (Michigan State University) Originally Published by Capital Gains Media Michigan State University (MSU) is negotiating with several companies to bring car sharing to the Capital region. Generally, car sharing vehicles are available to students and other members of the community to share at...
- January 27, 2010 | Reese NeaderAt the beginning of the year, Haiti was viewed as entering a new period of relative calm and stability. The country suffered from environmental degradation, pandemics, and economic dislocation. These problems, often incorrectly identified as endemic characteristics of the country, have been mutually reinforcing and fostered a climate...
- January 25, 2010 | Nate LoewentheilThe shimmer-red helicopter bearing Evo Morales towards the Temple of Kalasasaya last Thursday was a strangely modern twist to the morning’s ritualistic proceedings, but the theatrical entrance still earned great applause from the thousands of supporters who had gathered in the altiplano town of Tiwanaku, 70 kilometers outside of La Paz. The crowd...
- January 18, 2010 | Reese NeaderWith a failed terrorist attack against the United States during the holiday season of 2009, a man who tried to blow up his underpants succeeded at making Yemen the “breaking story” of every major U.S. media outlet and fattening the wallets of pundits everywhere. The country has been portrayed as a failed state, a terrorist haven...
- January 18, 2010 | Lucas PuenteThis post, written by Hilary Doe and Lucas Puente, originally appeared on the Huffington Post. If you believe the stereotype that Millennials, members of the generation born between 1978 and 2000, are indifferent to issues of social insurance -- Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. -- Congress's recent conversations should change your...
- January 18, 2010 | Joelle Gamble“ Africa has become a dumping ground for the world's unwanted goods.” -Darren Olivier Director of Bowman-Gilfillan Attorneys in Johannesburg When it comes to Colgate toothpaste in Nairobi, a wholesaler can make a 50 percent mark-up on a foreign-made counterfeit toothpaste while only 13 percent on the real...
- January 14, 2010 | Maddy JosephWhen American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten outlined her “Comprehensive Education Reform Plan” two days ago, she didn’t really have anything too new to say – in absolute terms. However, her speech was important. The significance of Weingarten’s speech was that it came from the president of a union. She made the biggest splash...
- January 13, 2010 | Kirsten HillThe other day after my education class let out, one of the students hung around to ask about local book drives. He was concerned because some of the public school students he knew didn’t own any books. My immediate response was, “yeah, well they have video games, right?” Yep. Of course they did. This brief encounter really got me...
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