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Have a Self-Centered Christmas!
by: Bill Dailey, C.S.C. - printed on 11-28-2001
From time to time, crotchety cultural cranks (such as the author of this piece) lament our culture’s self-centered values, our unwillingness, in politics or personal aspirations, to consider the common good. Indeed, recent articles in the pages of this venerable publication have lamented our collective apathy and self-absorption here at UP. Where are the leaders who will challenge us to ask not what can be done for us, but what we can do for others? Not me.
Disney Perpetuates Gender Stereotypes
by: Marcilla Lucero-Miner - printed on 09-25-2002
What is worrisome is the values those heroes, princesses and villains represent. Using DisneyÂ’s most famous animated motion picture, Cinderella (1950), as an example, the way in which Disney characters are continually cast in traditional gender roles becomes clear.
Chimpanzees and compassion
by: Christy Scheuer - printed on 09-26-2001
Jane Goodall, the famous Chimpanzee reseacher and founder of the “Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation,” was in New York when two planes flew into the World Trade Center.
So when Goodall stood up to lecture at the University of Portland on Saturday, September 22, she spoke not only of love and concern for her chimpanzees, but of her compassion for the human species as well.
No time like the present
by: Ryan O'Connor - printed on 04-10-2002
"Former Senator George Mitchell said in a speech today at the University of Michigan that the only way to halt suicide bombings in Israel was to offer Palestinians improved economic opportunity."
Aisai bento
by: Yuri Nakamoto - printed on 04-11-2001
I’ve noticed that Americans misuse the Japanese word “bento”. My roommate thought bento was something over rice. You thought so, too? The Commons once served something called “bento chicken”! It actually looked like teriyaki chicken though. Bento is a boxed meal that some times it even includes dessert. Just like your lunch sack. But bento is not just leftovers. Maybe some of the items in your bento are leftovers, but bento is made for the purpose of taking your meal with you.
Who’s afraid of feminism?
by: Matt McAuliffe - printed on 09-25-2002
Feminism causes great fear. Just the mention of the word can send many people ducking for cover. Even more fear is caused when this word is spoken to males. We often respond in a variety of ways: laughter, disgust, and anger. Besides being fundamentally annoying to those who believe and profess feminism, I think this common response hurts men as well.