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A journey through Paris

by: Jefferson Azevedo - printed on 09-12-2001

Paris is romantic by definition, gallant by tradition, sophisticated by choice. I spent last year living, studying, and working in Paris; each day, upon exiting a metro station or turning a street corner, I came across a glamorous café or a staggering monument erected to celebrate French power. It sometimes felt like time had stopped in the bohemian life of the 20’s, as if I had been caught in a live oil canvas by Picasso or Van Gogh.

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Be conscience of your future, the environment

by: Meghan Molenda - printed on 09-26-2001

Have you ever written a paper about a penny? Back in the days of Junior High school, my teacher gave us that assignment. One day in eighth grade Mr. Hoepner handed out old pennies to each person in the class and asked us to write about where that penny had been in its little penny life. All of this was to be done in three pages written in cursive and due in a week (how quickly those days go by!).

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Importance of Gender

by: Kevin Damore - printed on 09-25-2002

When I was first asked to write a piece about gender issues for this fine publication I figured that it was about as good an idea as giving a four-year-old pyromaniac his first Bic lighter.

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What Role does the U.S. play in the world?

by: Hank Smith - printed on 09-11-2002

I remember a conversation I once had with a fellow American and a Swede. We were discussing movies, and the Swede mentioned that his favorite film was from the United States - American Beauty. Another American I was with could not believe it.

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VITW Stands Against Iraqi Sanctions

by: Tom Frieberg - printed on 11-03-2000

On Monday, November 11 the University of Portland Offices of Volunteer Services and Campus Ministry will host peace activists from the group Voices in the Wilderness. The group’s mission is to end United Nations economic sanctions currently imposed on Iraq (which have been in place for a decade, since the Gulf War). This is a valuable opportunity for the campus community to study and reflect on a critical issue involving ethics, US foreign policy, nonviolence, military dictatorhips and human rights, the merits of various ways to influence public policy, and more.

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Jose Bove fights the Mc-Domination of the world

by: Michael Driessen - printed on 02-28-2001

This past summer in France, a mustachioed, pipe-smoking sheep farmer held the French’s regard in the headlines of Le Monde, with the attention usually reserved for soccer heroes: his name was Jose Bove. In August of 1999, Jose led a group attack on the McDonald’s near his farm in the south of France. His trial, held this summer, drew a crowd of over 15,000 people, and Bove commanded a following of thousands more.

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