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Green, black or herbal? Cream or sugar? Perhaps some honey? From fine china to travel mugs, tea can be found across the globe and each society has a special approach to tea drinking. There is a culture behind tea, from the United Kingdom to the countries of Asia. But in the U.S. tea is a commodity, not a cultural tradition. -
A poem by Adeline Nieto
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Buzz BlogSeptember 11What's Happening
The Treachery of Memory
by Zachary Anderson September 28, 2011I am a part of a generation of young adults who are thought to have vivid, hyper-specific memories of September 11, 2001, the event that ultimately shaped our collective lives and psyche.
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The history of a struggle for national identity
By Gena Mangiaratti
Kurdistan is a country. Kurdistan is a virtual state. Kurdistan is a bad country. Kurdistan is an illegal country.It all depends on whom you ask.
What is Kurdistan?
When Sirwan Dabagh, a Kurd born in southern Kurdistan, tells people where he is from, he does not always mention the word “Kurdistan.”
“I usually say I’m from southern Kurdistan, which of course, politically correct, would be northern Iraq,” Dabagh said. “However, if the person asking doesn’t seem open-minded and generally educated, I prefer not to get in a conflict and, therefore, tell them that I’m a Kurd from Iraq.”
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Legitimizing critical theory within the genre By Julissa Trevino From UC Berkeley’s Tupac course to Syracuse University’s course on Lil’ Kim, hip-hop is becoming ever-infused…