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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.
Can Religion justify Terrorism?
by: Asima Ahmad - printed on 10-10-2001
Was the atrocity of September 11th following the repetitive theme that plays throughout history in different parts of the world? Based on the presumptions of the media, this act was committed by the Islamic world of terrorists. However, the networks are trying to make it clear that the war is against terrorism, not followers of Islam. United States citizens of all ages are becoming aware of the Arab world in a way that was never seen before in the history of U.
Nurturing our Bodies/Nurturing Mother Earth
by: Tim Crump - printed on 03-28-2001
My morning bicycle ride to the University of Portland is one of the few times in the day that I feel good, truly and deeply good, about what I am doing. In our lives, so many of our decisions and actions involve trade-offs. To keep the apartment warm we have to turn up the heat and burn more energy. To learn more about an important subject, we print out an article, using a few more sheets of paper.
What Will You Do When You Graduate?
by: Ryan Bemis - printed on 11-15-2000
Right now, down in sunny Florida, two retired men are probably kickin it back and lovin the sun. They have more to celebrate than just the warm weather, however. Retired El Salvadoran generals Jose Guillermo Garcia and Carlos Eugenio Vedes Cassanova both were acquitted by a US federal jury on November 3 for being responsible for the brutal rapes and murders of four US Churchwomen in El Salvador in 1980.
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.
Reflections of Women and Terror
by: Jeff Gauthier - printed on 09-25-2002
The function of terrorism is to place its survivors in a state of continuing fear and self-monitoring. To bring about this state of affairs, the terrorist act must be both specifically targeted and randomly executed.