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It's time to stop short sighted policies
by: Ryan O'Connor - printed on 04-11-2001
The environment has no checkbook. Polar bears cannot vote. The ozone is unable to write an incensed letter to the editor.
Given this it is remarkable that two of the three major presidential canidates in last fall’s election were considered friends of the environment. A stark change from any previous election—last year’s campaign featured discussion of the Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming, tax credits for polluters, the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and the horrible symptoms of our nations addiction to fossil fuels.
September 11th in Austria
by: Jared Frye - printed on 09-11-2002
September 11th started out the same as any other Monday. I woke up and went to classes. I was still getting used to living in Salzburg, Austria - half a world away from where I was born. I was still adjusting to the language and culture.
Siesta Lessons
by: Brooke Anderson - printed on 02-28-2001
Siesta. A time to think, to reflect, to slow down, to relax . . . moreover, a time to simply breathe. When I first arrived in Spain, I wasn’t aware how deeply ingrained siestas were in the Spanish culture. I had heard the term before, but never considered it a practiced tradition in any country. I quickly learned that in the south of Spain, a siesta was not only a tradition, but a daily ritual. At exactly 2:00 every day, the stores pulled down their chain-link barriers, offering a sign that the siesta was approaching.
Third wave of executions in China
by: Mono Vergara - printed on 10-10-2001
After shooting the prisoners in the back of their heads, the executioners lay the corpses on ground, rapidly removing their organs so they can be used in transplants. Thousands of people witness these mass executions; among these crowds, the prisoners’ families watch the executions and search for answers. The family members have not seen the prisoners since the police took them to interrogate them.
Our business world
by: Meghan Molenda - printed on 10-24-2001
Many of us know no other way to exist other than by relying on millions of other people everyday. We may not personally have contact with them, but we encounter different objects into which they have put their labor. The great majority of us cannot make our own clothes; much less sew on a button. A box of macaroni-and-cheese is the extent of our cooking experience. These are just two of the simple everyday challenges that we do not have to worry about, because we do not have to know how to make clothes or cook a meal.
A quick fix denied
by: Meghan Molenda - printed on 04-24-2002
Last Thursday the U.S. Senate voted against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling for oil and gas. It was a victory for both Democratic Senators and Americans Environmentalists, but for President Bush and the Oil lobbyists the defeat was a blow to their hopes of including this proposal in future energy legislation.
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