Fri, January 27, 2012

Academic Politics Around the Web

 

USDA Reclassifies Pepper Spray as a Vegetable

Posted 2 months ago

UC Davis Campus Police Serving a Healthful Snack

In a stunning reversal, it was announced today that Lt. John Pike was not dousing seated, nonviolent UC Davis protesters with pepper spray—he was feeding them a…

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Time will Tell: Occupy Wall Street in Historical Context

Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The iPhone is the 21st century musket

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The number one criticism leveled at the Occupy Wall Street protests is the lack of coherent message. The second is that the protestors themselves are a bunch of middle-class kids, which in…

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The Argument Against College Sports

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Take the money and run

College sports are a paradox: Ostensibly undertaken for the pure love of the game, they are in reality a high-risk professional venture with millions of dollars at stake. The controversy

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