Posted in Human Sciences on Feb 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Another thing I love is running. Other than for reasons of injury or days of laziness (and, once, cultural/safety considerations when I was in Kashmir), I had never seriously considered that anything could prevent one from running. Because of this, I find this NYT article entitled Barriers Fell, One Year, One Step at a Time [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences on Feb 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
Reading recommendations:
Slate asks Who should pay for in vitro fertilization?, a question that has arisen as part of the recent octuplets controversy. Also related to some of the presentation topics (e.g. “Synthetic Biology”) we have seen in class is another Slate article, which considers the the bad uses of good technology.
I would also like to recommend [...]
Posted in Arts on Feb 26th, 2009 No Comments »
An interesting article from the New York Times:
In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth
A quote from the article:
Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard and the author of several books on higher education, argues, “The humanities has a lot to contribute to the preparation of students for their vocational lives.” He said he was referring [...]
Posted in Ethics, Media on Feb 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Recently I posted on the issue of fallen soldiers’ coffins being depicted in the media, something which was prohibited. The ban has now been uplifted, although it is up to families to choose whether they want the images of the coffin to be made public.
Posted in Media, Technology on Feb 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Once upon a time….
the internet in 1996 (aka “World Wide Web”)
(When did you first start using the net? Me: in 1998.)
And, going somewhat more into the future: Can Newspapers Survive?
Posted in General on Feb 24th, 2009 No Comments »
F-Period:
Wednesday: Glori/Mario; Dani Viquez
Thursday: Glori, Ana Vic, Dani
Friday: Pierre, Adrian
Mon: Juan, Cata
G-Period:
Wednesday: Bob, Valeria, Ernesto
Thursday: Joaquín, Clement & Jaime
Friday: Diana & Gloriana
Monday: Kristel & Mariel
Tuesday: Steffan, Constanza & Paola
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Posted in Ethics, Media, Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009 No Comments »
The media has changed tremendously in the past five to ten years, and more changes are surely still ahead of us. You are all of course familiar with Youtube which was created in 2005 and probably watched some of the video highlights of the most recent US Presidential elections – some of which helped garner votes, [...]
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Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Media, Natural Sciences on Feb 16th, 2009 3 Comments »
A Modern-Day Gattaca: “A Baby, Please. Freckles, Blond, Hold the Colic”
Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public:…From our discussion in F-period today, a real-life example of a current discussion on how certain images – or the lack thereof – in media outlets can shape our views.
Plastic Surgery Confidential
Textual Misconduct: What to do about teens and their [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Human Sciences on Feb 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Lisa Belkins raises the question“How many children is too many?” on her blog, providing a link to a first interview with the mother, Nadya Suleman. The blog entry itself was posted only a couple of hours ago, but the comments from readers are multiplying by the minute, which seems to suggest how strongly the public [...]
Posted in Math on Feb 9th, 2009 3 Comments »
I thought some of you math lovers would enjoy this:
New Daily Math Puzzle in the NYT
Takes somewhat more brainpower than Sudoku!
Posted in Human Sciences on Feb 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
Mistresses of the Universe
Posted in Language on Feb 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
In F-period one (unnamed (-: ) male member stated that women only use feminism when it is to their advantage, insisting “ladies first” as we were discussing the “Man-Made Language” article. This reminded me of an issue that was raised in the aftermath of the United Airlines plane crash in the Hudson River the previous [...]
