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February 20, 2010 in Current Affairs, Discussion, Featured, Opinion by megangage

Winter is upon us in full swing and many expectant sports fanatics know what that means: the Winter Olympics. Many will tune in to NBC, the sole network with the rights to air the 2010 Olympics, to watch figure skating, downhill skiing and curling, as well as some of their other favorite snow-time sports; but among the snowboarding and hockey, there is a deeper issue plaguing this year’s festivities.

January 23, 2010 in Discussion by Virgil

Instead of choosing one Background, we chose a lot. Each of use made our own backgrounds and right now they are circulating through the site. I made this cool little piece of crumpled paper with doodles on it.  Press F5 a few times and you can the rest.

November 14, 2009 in Discussion, Featured, Opinion, Social Change by Estefania

Some people claim that racism in the U.S. has  dissolved over time, but recently it has come to our attention that there are still marks of racism being imprinted in our nation’s history. Up until last year, Charleston High School in Mississippi had been having two separate proms: the “white” prom and the “black” prom. In the movie “Prom Night in Mississippi” Paul Saltzman tells the story of how home town-native Morgan Freeman offers to pay for their 2008 prom, as long as it was a single-integrated prom.