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Parents who promote pageants to make stars It is natural for parents to want the best for their children. As a result, supportive parents are expected to allow their children’s talents to develop and blossom. However, when do children go from being kids to clients? Stage parents have been a prevalent part of performing for [...]

Tracing the origins of your dinner plate with the Slow Food movement What did you eat for lunch today? Could you pinpoint on a map where the turkey in your sandwich was raised or where the chickpeas in your hummus were grown? Did you devour your meal on the go, or did you sit with [...]

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 government policy. However, recent protests in America haven’t carried the same momentum as they have since the 1960s, while protests around the world—Libya and Egypt, for example—have inspired citizens to [...]

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 in an effort to ensure “acceptable, accessible and affordable water and sanitation” for every human being on the planet. While many applauded the decision, others questioned why water needed to [...]

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 hardware are strewn about, and monitors display layers of coding. The hacker’s fingers glide expertly across the keyboard as he snickers at others’ misfortune. But that’s not quite the full [...]

How our daily consumer choices are linked to the military By John Vogan As the military-industrial complex continues to grow, even a bowl of cereal is militarized. General Mills, the maker of cereals like Cinnamon Toast Crunch, profited $930 million from 2005 to 2009 through the Department of Defense. If you use Land O’Lakes milk [...]

The lack of anti-war coverage in the mainstream media By Alyssa Figueroa In February 2003, while more than 10 million people worldwide participated in United for Peace & Justice’s coordination of “The World Says No to War” demonstrations, the “Save Martha” campaign to save Martha Stewart from going to jail received more coverage on CNN, Fox News [...]

Examining the U.S. military’s extensive network of bases By Jacquie Simone Every day, children pass the bases on their way to school. The native language is often heard alongside English as U.S. military personnel walk through the streets. The noises of the local area are interrupted by the thunder of jets taking off and landing. [...]

Examining the crucial turning point in the Former Yugoslavia By Merdina Ljekperic For people in the United States, the term “Red Scare” denotes an era of paranoia and fear of communism, specifically from the Soviet Union. Moving much closer west, however, it was the very fall of communism that brought about a different type of [...]

How a local corporation uses foreign students as a workforce By Pete Blanchard American college students typically associate a semester abroad with traveling to exotic locales, eating different foods and meeting new people.  For some foreign students coming to the United States, the situation is quite different. Every year, foreign exchange programs bring more than [...]