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Harmony of Spheres

"Space, the final frontier" We all know what this popular phrase comes from. Star Trek, a TV show produced in the 1960s about a team of explorers in ... read more

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Glocalization?

"It just makes me pissed off!" - random classmate Thursday's class was certainly a heated one. I believe that if our professor, Rob Burton, was to al... read more

Posted 3 days ago - 3 comments

Sikh misconceptions

"Just because a Sikh wears a turban does not mean he is associated with the Taliban". These were the words of one of the individuals who shared with t... read more

Posted 6 days ago - 3 comments

Floating in Space

"When I first saw the Wizard of Oz, it made a writer of me."  -Salman Rushdie During his exile into the darkest remotes of God only knows where,... read more

Posted 1 week ago - 1 comment

Human Trafficking in Thailand

“All is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”, - Edmund Burke. Last Thursday, Michelle Williams, a student and huma... read more

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The Prophet's Hair

The skwered, melting face of the Nazi officer haunted me in my childhood. For anyone who's seen Raiders of the Lost Ark, they can certainly remember t... read more

Posted 2 weeks ago - 2 comments

Tobin Roye, Brazillian Guitarist

The soft "clomps" of footsteps could be heard in the darkness. Behind the curtain and into the light appeared a man with a guitar in hand, and confide... read more

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Invisible Road Signs

"Hey Puffy Ball!" Yes, this was one of my many nicknames that I recieved as a child. Mainly, my older brother was the only person who called me this, ... read more

Posted 3 weeks ago - 2 comments

..happy enough

"...happy enough." (Mukherjee, 21) This thought, this one moment in the book Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee reveals the character's true feelings about ... read more

Posted 4 weeks ago - 2 comments

Born into Misery

How do these kids live day to day? Everytime I see and hear about the lives of the children living in brothels, my hear breaks. Born into Brothels, is... read more

Posted 4 weeks ago - 1 comment

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