When it comes to the big issues facing our society, approaches to resolving them merit examination and dialogue. At the Center for the Humanities on October 20th, a discussion took […]
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President Obama Announces New Student Loan Consolidation Plan
As the election cycle moves on, President Obama grapples with many issues that present a challenge to his re-election. After the defeat of the president’s jobs bill, the move to […]
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Gaddafi Killed Six months after the intervention in Libya, Colonel Gaddafi has been killed. The Libyan head of state was reportedly captured alive, and then allegedly died in a firefight […]
Read moreOccupy Wall Street: A Professor’s Perspective
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have been going on for over a month now. They have been smeared as Un-American by some politicians on the far right, and received some […]
Read moreOccupy Wall Street One Month Strong and Spreading; Yet Questions Linger
It was exactly a month ago the current Occupy Wall Street protests began. The social explosion that first made itself heard in the financial sector of New York City has […]
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