by Tim Matuszak
Albert Arnold Gore Jr., otherwise known as “Al,” is the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Al Gore shares this prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Rajendra K. Pachauri of Delhi, India is the Panel’s head of operations. Al Gore was....Read More.
Eight Limbed Girl Recovers From Surgery
by Brittany Casanova
Lakshmi, the two-year-old Indian girl named after the four-armed Hindu goddess, regained consciousness Friday, November 9th, 2007 after having an extensive operation. Lakshmi was born with four arms and four legs from a “parasitic twin.” The twin stopped developing in the mother’s womb so...Read More.
Writers Guild of America On Strike
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Todd Lavictoire
It looks like the fall lineup of television might be a lonely one. As of November 5th, 2007, both the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) are on strike. These two labor unions, which represent film, television, radio, and new media writers working in the United States, are striking against the...Read More.
| Animal testing: A Controversial Issue The humanitarian Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” If this is true, how should our country’s ethics be judged today in regard to animal testing? People enjoy having cosmetics, medicine, and household products available to them for their everyday lives, but at what price? Often, the cost is...Read More. |
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Coming to a Table Near You: In the past, we have been forced to use our computers in unnatural and inconvenient ways. Luckily, with new advances in computing and hardware, Microsoft has been able to invent a computer that allows people to use natural gestures, touch, and physical objects to move and use digital content. Called Microsoft Surface™, this product will run a...Read More. |
Real Estate Crash, No End in Sight As of June, new home sales are 22% below last year. Alarming? Take a look at these figures: in the Northeast, new home sales have dropped 43%, and the inventory of unsold new homes hit a record high at nearly 4 million, up 22%. What’s worse, these are last year’s numbers, when a real estate crash was expected. Today...Read More.
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Smart Club The Smart club is a brand new club conceived towards the end of last year when a small group of students decided to get together and talk about topics that interested them in the fields of math and science. It’s “A place to have a little fun and still learn something.” The club has meetings...Read More. |
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