Archive for the ‘World View’ Section
Uprising in Uganda: The Fight for Gay Rights
by Neha Sundaram | January 2010
For the past decade, millions of Americans have fought to legalize gay marriage and spread awareness about homosexuality in order to provide equal opportunities to all U.S. citizens. While America inches closer toward nationally tolerating same-sex marriages, Uganda has moved in the opposite direction. In December 2009, the Ugandan Parliament began debating whether to pass [...]
Ahlam: A Snapshot of Iraq
by Skylar Harvey | January 2010
Amid the continuous warfare and destruction in the Middle East, creativity lives on. During the week of November 29, 2009, film producers gave public showings of Iraqi-made movies at four recently bombed sites. Projector screens were roped up to the crumbling walls of the bombed-out buildings while plastic chairs were set out for people to [...]
America vs. Italy: The Case of Amanda Knox
by Kelly Donovan | January 2010
On December 5, 2009, an Italian jury found American student Amanda Knox guilty of manslaughter. In 2007, Knox, along with her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, supposedly stabbed British exchange student Meredith Kercher in a sex-game gone wrong. Kercher was Knox’s roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy. Since that fateful day in 2007, Knox [...]
Growing Our Way Out of Hunger-One Acre at a Time
by Kelly Donovan | December 2009
Today’s economic troubles are a minor bump in the road compared to the desperate poverty of third-world countries. Worldwide, almost three billion people live on less than $700 a year and nearly 250,000 children die each day due to poor living conditions. This poverty does not continue on ignored. In just the United States, [...]
Excavating El Mirador: Uncovering History
by Skylar Harvey | December 2009
At the heart of the jungles and bajo swamps of northern Guatemala lies an ancient Mayan civilization unlike any other. El Mirador dates back to 1000 B.C. and stretches ten square miles across the Mirador Basin. Five ancient cities lie in the basin, including El Mirador, Tintal, Xulnal, Nakbé, and Wakná. Out of these five [...]
The Renaissance Man Does it Again
by Neha Sundaram | December 2009
Leonardo da Vinci’s unprecedented success as a revolutionary scientist and Renaissance painter has made him an international household name. The world celebrates the Renaissance Man’s published works. Da Vinci was a perfectionist, and he prolonged the completion of his paintings. Throughout his career, he produced fewer than thirty paintings, and even among these select few, [...]
AB’s Trip to India: A Personal Account
by Neha Sundaram | October 2009
Last summer, nine students from AB went on a trip to India. Anna Babcock, Wendy Chen, Emilyann Dearborn, Matt Hall, Tim Cesarini, Gil Shohet, Alex McKillop, Olivia Lunardo, and Neha Sundaram, along with English teachers Mrs. Kuhn and Ms. Mullin, raised money for the trip. We held a lot of fundraisers, including a car wash. [...]
Swine Flu Causes Panic
by Julian Lunger | October 2009
Some people said that pigs would fly when Obama became president. And so, when he won the election, swine “flew.”
While most people know of the 2009 H1N1 virus through jokes and sensationalist stories, not as high a percentage of people know specific details about the virus. For example, although the virus shares many genes with [...]
A Taste of Japanese Culture
by Lily Liu | October 2009
After a summer filled with rainy weather, college applications, and other disheartening occurrences, I was ready for a much-deserved break. My break came in the form of a plane ticket—courtesy of my parents—to a land far, far away, even by airline standards. The 15-hour flight from Boston to Japan really forces a person to think [...]
Lockerbie Bomber Release Causes Heated Controversy
by Jennifer Chen | October 2009
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, a Libyan convicted of murdering 270 people in a 1988 airline bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, was released from jail on August 20, 2009. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill sent Megrahi, who suffers from terminal prostate cancer, home to Libya on compassionate grounds. Medical officials say that the rapidly deteriorating condition [...]
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