By Johnny Alvarez on April 17, 2008
It’s a Friday evening and I’m in my room partaking in one of my favorite pastimes – reading my textbook for class next Tuesday. Class discussions are wonderful, but I have other ambitions on my mind. I glance at the clock and the display shows 9:30, just enough time to shower, grab a bite [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
By Christina Cozzetto on April 17, 2008
Recently, the Reverend John Shelby Spong, a retired Episcopal bishop, spoke at Brown on a variety of subjects, including Christianity, the current election, and many social issues, such as abortion, gay marriage, and the “-isms,” particularly racism and sexism. While Spong brought a new and interesting set of ideas to campus with his lecture, [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
By Phileda Tennant on April 17, 2008
On January 11, 2007, China, after a few misses, succeeded in blowing up one of their own low flying weather satellites, proving an intent toward scientific development that could one day challenge that of the United States. From March 2007 to 2008, there have been 12 arrests charging Chinese and Chinese-Americans with espionage against the [...]
Posted in International | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
By Drew Edwards on April 17, 2008
For the past year, Brown University has been hard at work on a number of well-intentioned but misguided efforts to improve the safety of its students. I will discuss three of these efforts in this article: first, a siren, and second, a text-messaging system, both intended to counter school shootings; and, third, a campaign [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
By Kristina Kelleher on April 17, 2008
Since America’s “unilateral” invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, it has been fashionable among the liberal and novice foreign policy critics alike to castigate the Bush foreign policy as “Cowboy Diplomacy.” This view of Bush as the Lone Ranger on a quixotic quest, tilting at the windmills of democracy in the Middle East, has [...]
Posted in International, Lead | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
