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From atoms to Asimov: Science illiteracy: society's detriment

By Josh Levitz | December 6

Science has a monopoly on the objective knowledge of the human species, yet due to its perceived complexity, this knowledge is often withheld from the general population. Although religious zealots may disagree, ignorance can only breed catastrophe, whereas knowledge is the light that can guide humanity to a better existence.

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Opinion

Progressive point: Showing empathy in border control

By Jacob Shelly | December 6

Sex scandals, money scandals, incompetence and insanity have come to define today's Republican Party. But, amazingly, Republicans seem eager to ensure the Democrats as a governing majority far into future. Immigration has become the all-consuming domestic political football for crowds of angry reactionaries.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Product(RED) Supports AIDS Prevention

December 6

The idea that normal people can't make a difference to an epidemic as massive as AIDS in Africa couldn't be further from the truth. Product (RED) is making a very big difference in the lives of women and children living with AIDS in Africa. In the last 20 months, (RED) has generated $51.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Misleading quotation in Justice Not Jails article

December 6

I would like to clarify a statement of mine that was misquoted. Regarding the correlation between educational attainment and crime, I was quoted as saying, "The less educated you are, the more likely you are to commit a crime." In reality, increased education opens up economic and social opportunities that can decrease an individual's perceived need to commit crime, but in no way is educational attainment the deciding factor in probability of offending.

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News

AU Dems caucus

By Jen Calantone | December 6

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won a mock caucus held Tuesday by the AU College Democrats. Twenty-six students of a group of 60 showed their support for Obama's candidacy in the caucus.

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News

Grassroot efforts aid in Myanmar movement

By Bobby Allyn | December 6

Locally led efforts are important to the ongoing struggle for democracy in Myanmar, according to Thelma Young, campaigns coordinator from the U.S. Campaign for Burma at a panel Wednesday night at the Kay Spiritual Life Center. "Most people have no idea about the mass atrocities still happening in Burma," Young said.

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Sports

Small-field players turn out big passion

By Justin Hall | December 6

In the past four months, I have been fortunate to attend many different football matches here in London. From a European Champions League to Premier League games, I was able to see a variety of high-quality football. However, this past weekend, I attended a football match of a very different kind.

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News

Book offers rare insight to global military operations

By David Tannenbaum | December 6

Today, when the media or the general public talk about U.S. military operations around the world, they only mention the two areas where major combat operations are occurring: Iraq and Afghanistan. Many don't realize that the U.S. military, especially the U.

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News

National brief

December 6

An unidentified person has been dumping large amounts of horse manure outside a strip mall in Anchorage, Alaska, the Anchorage Daily News reported Monday. Two piles began appearing four months ago, said Ron Teekell, the owner of a storage company next to the dumping site.

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Opinion

Corrections

December 6

Correction for Nov. 29, 2007 In "'Red' campaign falls short in AIDS fight," the RED campaign was incorrectly identified as a charity. In actuality, it is a business model. Also, RED does not spend money on its advertisements; instead, its business partners handle advertisers.

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News

Pence: GOP needs to unite over limited government

By Anthony Jaffee | December 6

The Republican Party lost control of Congress in 2006 because the party had lost its way, Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., said Tuesday evening at an event in Mary Graydon Center. "I still don't believe the American people hired Nancy Pelosi," Pence said to a crowd of about 30 students at the College Republicans-sponsored event.

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News

Review: "Oh Perilous World"

December 6

Rasputina "Oh Perilous World" (Filthy Bonnet Recording Co.) Sounds like: If "Wisconsin Death Trip" was a musical. Grade: A- Chamber-rock trio Rasputina's sixth studio album supplies listeners with complex, intellectual auditory stimulation. Subtitled "Selected Excerpts from the Finest Show that NEVER Was," "Oh Perilous World" is packaged as the sound track from a musical.

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News

Panel: Afghan region unstable

By Jeanette Lenoir | December 6

The Taliban has strengthened in the southern provinces of Afghanistan since 2005 and progress in the region is heading in the wrong direction, according to experts at a security policy forum hosted Wednesday by George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

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News

Founder of Lab School dies at 78

By Jimm Phillips | December 6

Sally L. Smith, head of the learning disabilities master's program in the College of Arts and Sciences' School of Education, Teaching and Health, died Saturday due to complications from myeloma. Smith, 78, founded the Lab School of Washington in 1967 as a place where students with learning disabilities could get instruction through an arts-based program and an individualized education plan.

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News

International brief

December 6

Holiday thieves stole nearly 16 tons of ham last weekend from a meat factory in Sydney, Australia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. "This is the first time I've seen our hams robbed in 20 years," Anthony Zammit, co-owner of the meat warehouse, told the Morning Herald.

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News

Dress for success

December 6

As we all know, one day in fashion you're in, the next, you're out. The "Dress For Success" fashion show, held Sunday in the Katzen Rotunda and organized by a variety of student organizations, gave fashion advice for young professionals embarking on their first careers.

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News

Political campaigns target students via open-records law

By Christopher Cottrell | December 6

Students at the University of Texas at Austin received controversial phone calls on election day 2006 from Democratic Party advocates, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Friday. The university provided the students' phone numbers to the interest group under Texas' open-records law.

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