Special Publications

SHANNON KELLYNews Editor Generation Y’s 18-25 year olds’ are leaning left  with 39 percent calling themselves Democrats over the 28 percent that support the Republican party. Generation Y is more liberal on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage and more likely than previous generations to identify with third parties. Now that the entire Generation Y group has reached … [Read more...] about Left-leaning voters can shift to third party solutions

CARISSA MARSHA&E Editor When Elizabeth Price visited Nairobi, Kenya she met a family in which four out of the five family members were infected with HIV. The youngest, a 3-year-old girl, had not contracted it during birth and was spared her mother’s disease. While the parents of the little girl were glad at least one of their children had escaped the disease, it was a … [Read more...] about Fight to prevent aids morphs into global activism

LISA YAMADAStaff Writer Architecture is moving away from the rational to the fantastic and free. Contemporary architecture is becoming controlled chaos, where angles can jut awkwardly left or pointedly right, masses of concrete and glass can form bulbous, flowing structures. More than the aesthetics are changing, these experimental designs are also becoming increasingly … [Read more...] about Design stars concern

AIRAN SCRUBYEditor in Chief Every generation seeks to define itself, to set itself apart from those that came before. Particularly since the Baby Boomers, sociologists and historians have sought to classify each generation as well.  Generation X, so long a topic of fascination for the academic and media worlds, has grown up, now in their late 20s and early 30s. And the … [Read more...] about Access to technology defines Generation Y; molds outlook

MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor What music means to a generation is a question becoming more loaded as each day passes. Each Tuesday, mounds of new releases arrive for our listening pleasure, adding to what our parents’ generation enjoyed. Further complicating matters, the concept of a music collection is a fairly new facet of culture to comprehend. Only at the turn of the … [Read more...] about College based radio format and iPods control the dial