Archive for the ‘World View’ Section
Haiti Relief Effort: Hindrance & Help
by Kelly Donovan & Pauline Zheng | March 2010
Since a devastating earthquake shook Haiti in January, relief has poured into the country from nations across the globe. Millions of dollars have gone towards rescue efforts, medical supplies, and housing for the hundreds of thousands of displaced and injured citizens. Unfortunately, corrupt individuals are taking advantage of the difficult situation with money-making schemes and [...]
Peru’s Sweet Reform
by Lily Liu | March 2010
Peru’s recent past has been marked by the violence of the Marxist Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and the communist Maoist fighters. When this political turmoil combines with Peru’s fertile countryside terrain, the country has understandably been made into a breeding ground for the trafficking of the coca plant. The coca plant, native to the northwestern [...]
Death of an Individual
by Neha Sundaram | March 2010
There are currently 6.8 billion people in the world, and the numbers continue to rise. Millions of people are born on a yearly basis while a smaller number dies on a yearly basis. The death of yet another individual does not change the state of the world….usually. In January 2010, the last member of an [...]
Rebuilding Haiti
by Pauline Zheng | March 2010
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, the world quaked, and in thirty-five seconds, the world changed. A cloud of dust and debris and a cloak of devastation and despair settled across a land of nine million people. Thirty-five seconds, and a third of those nine million were either dead, lost, injured, homeless, poor, hungry, or thrown [...]
Corruption Amidst Destruction
by Kelly Donovan | March 2010
When the dust settled over Port-au-Prince and news of the Haiti earthquake reached the world, billions of people donated food, money, clothing, and medical supplies in relief efforts. Some dedicated souls even flew to Haiti to assist in the rescue missions and establish treatment centers. While the majority of people have acted generously and selflessly, [...]
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 [...]
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