They say print is dead. They say we are a generation of illiterates by choice who cannot find it in ourselves to pick up a book - well unless it's "Twilight" - or read something more than the news ticker on CNN. In a world with the Internet words on a peice of paper are useless.Tell that to Carla Kostoff a Washington D.C. newsstand owner who sold thousands of copies of the … [Read more...] about Resurrecting the ailing print media
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Closing Guantnamo bridges gap
On his second day as President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay within one year. The detention facility was established after 9/11 by the Bush administration to imprison individuals defined as "enemy combatants"- those who the administration felt posed a potential threat to national security. Located on the … [Read more...] about Closing Guantnamo bridges gap
Poetry Corner
The eye of Orion watches from western skiesas he slides along his radio beaminto the waiting arms of oblivion.And I'm keeping my ear to the groundlistening for his siren callto wake me from this jealous swellof my internal symphony.Orion's feet are drippingblues and greys into the mesosphereof my understandingthreatening to recreate the personI thought it was.I told him "I … [Read more...] about Poetry Corner
Warming up to nuclear solutions
This country is in a quandary. On an almost daily basis Americans are chided for their dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil and yet the solutions offered are hardly assets for anything other than some politician's pocketbook. One of the most pressing problems in America in its effort to be green is finding an alternative source of energy that is renewable reliable … [Read more...] about Warming up to nuclear solutions
Staff Editorial: Pep makes light of Black History Month
Few would have noticed the error had the cleanup efforts not been such a shoddy job. Pepperdine's efforts to commemorate Black History Month seem forced as if the institution was scrambling to clean up its act.It began with the school-wide e-mail stating there was a new student life February calendar from Student Affairs at the end of January. Apparently the pink calendar … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Pep makes light of Black History Month