politics

Environmental Engineering: The Cure? Or Just a Placebo?

Author: Xu QifeiOn: Apr 27Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Environmental Engineering: The Cure? Or Just a Placebo?

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By Xu Qifei   | Does building shades around the earth to slow down global warming sounds like too ludicrous of an idea to you? Then you might be even more surprised to hear that according to environmental engineers, it’s in fact a feasible solution....

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Global Warming vs. Climate Change: A Psychological Manipulation of Words

Author: KateOn: Apr 14Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Global Warming vs. Climate Change: A Psychological Manipulation of Words

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By Neha Saraf   | As most of you are probably aware, climate change is a very controversial debate in today’s world. As John Oliver, the talk show host from Last Week Tonight, states, “the debate on climate change should not be whether or not...

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America’s Democracy?

Author: Guest ContributorOn: May 22Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Kaleigh B So we’ve been talking (and posting) a lot about dependency corruption and it’s effect on Congress. As Lawrence Lessig has pointed out numerous times in his work Republic Lost,we don’t have

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“Buying in to Social Change”–A Defense of Political Consumerism

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Apr 18Categories: Undergraduate Post 1 Comment

Kaleigh B While doing some research for my thesis, I read this article by Lucy Atkinson called “Buying in to Social Change: How Private Consumption Choices Engender Concern for the Collective.” In it,

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How Does Media Rhetoric Influence Our Values As A Nation?

Author: ashleeeyvdOn: Mar 06Categories: Undergraduate Post

How exactly does media rhetoric influence our values? According to market research firm Yankelovich, the average city resident is bombarded with 3,000 to 5,000 advertisements per day. We are constantly

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Winner Take All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Feb 20Categories: Undergraduate Post 2 Comments

Author and Professor Jacob Hacker gives a grim and critical look at todays political system. Hacker divides our country in the “haves” and “have nots”, and

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