By Charlie Mach Although recent healthcare reform in the United States aimed to cease rapidly increasing medical costs, the final legislation failed to adequately address one of the greatest contributors to such high costs: excess care received towards the end of life (EOL). Those in their last year of life account for only five percent of patients, yet they account for nearly … [Read more...] about Caring When You Can’t Cure
Archives for 2012
Cyber Sit-Ins: Grassroots to Gigabytes
Soaring out of the jungles on the southern border of Mexico, the Zapatista Air Force took flight. Almost exactly six years after the Zapatista Liberation Army (ELZN) first occupied the Chiapas in 1994 to oppose neoliberal and repressive government policies, they launched hundreds of planes over Mexican soldiers in the city of Amador Hernandez (Lane, 2003, p. 129). Throughout … [Read more...] about Cyber Sit-Ins: Grassroots to Gigabytes
Harry Potter and The Fandom Menace
by Maya Itah Have you read the Harry Potter series? Do you remember the part where Harry and Hermione decide to ditch Ron and get married? Well, that plot twist does not exist in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but it is present in many fan versions. Fans have taken great liberties with Rowling’s texts. They have written stories where Voldemort defeats Harry, Sirius returns to … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and The Fandom Menace
Pornographic Pilgrimage
Though many regard California’s San Fernando Valley as the birthplace of American pornography, one must actually search further back in the history books to the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts to discover its true origins. Established on the foundation of Puritan and Protestant beliefs, America has been grappling with its complex psychological makeup derived … [Read more...] about Pornographic Pilgrimage
Shark Week: The Not-So-Terrifying Truth About Stereotyped Predators and Wary Prey
By Paige Connell “Live every week like it’s Shark Week” (Wikiquote). This statement, uttered by none other than 30 Rock’s accidental genius, Tracy Morgan, makes us question what it really means to follow this mantra. Certainly audiences are not searching for shows about actual risk factors, considering Coronary Heart Disease Week and Drunk Driving Week have yet to steal a … [Read more...] about Shark Week: The Not-So-Terrifying Truth About Stereotyped Predators and Wary Prey