Film review: Oscar hopeful ‘Our Brand is Crisis’ is dated by paternalism Reed Canaan October 30, 2015 0 Comments The film attempts to tell a compelling story of political corruption with the appropriate level of cynicism, but in an effort to walk the line between humor and drama, sidesteps into farce, cheapening... Read More »
Beware of the international monopoly Mina Shah May 19, 2015 0 Comments When something of this nature comes up, something that poses to wreak havoc on the environment and compound the disadvantages of countries that are already economically marginalized, we have a... Read More »
Groupishness in the age of the Internet Mindy Perkins May 4, 2015 0 Comments The sheer size of the Internet community serves as a double-edged sword, giving individuals an easy way to find others that will accept them but at the same time giving them the means to insulate... Read More »
Heading East, gazing West Kevin Rouff July 17, 2013 1 Comment Ideologies are not dead, and the twin ideologies of materialism and consumption are thriving in even the remotest corners of Russia. Read More »
Seeing Green: Gifts of the islands Holly Moeller November 4, 2011 0 Comments I saw the process repeated several times that day. The turtle was never caught, and I had little fear for it. Elsewhere, green sea turtles (which are listed as an endangered species) are crowded,... Read More »
Seeing Green: Buzzkill Holly Moeller May 5, 2011 0 Comments As a teaching assistant for the pilot section of Bio 44Y, I spend Wednesday afternoons accompanying 10 students of field ecology to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Only five miles from the main... Read More »