By Mitchell Knauf By 1948, with the establishment of world trade organizations like the GATT, IMF, and World Bank, globalization took off in developing nations. Importing tariffs and trade barriers began to fall and Western economies observed a potential to grow. As Third World nations dropped their trade borders and companies of developed nations started to focus on profits … [Read more...] about Electronic Waste
Aly Bullock
Aly Bullock, a senior majoring in communication, examines current issues in politics and their effect on the upcoming elections in 2010 and 2012 http://myportfolio.usc.edu/abullock/ … [Read more...] about Aly Bullock
Courtney Finello
Courtney Finello is a senior majoring in fine arts with a minor in communications design. She loves eating, talking and writing about food, and her blog explores the connection between art and cuisine. http://myportfolio.usc.edu/finello/ … [Read more...] about Courtney Finello
Dueling with Censorship: Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series’ Pastiche of Dubbing
By Charlie Furman In 2006, two years after the end of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, a YouTube user known as LittleKuriboh (LK) uploaded a parodic version of the first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series. In it, he takes the first episode of the series, adds more ellipses to the narrative, and re-records the dialogue to bring out different reactions to the same scenarios. … [Read more...] about Dueling with Censorship: Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series’ Pastiche of Dubbing
Daniel Wu
Daniel Wu graduated from the University of Southern California in 2010 with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies. http://theurbanbriefcase.wordpress.com/ … [Read more...] about Daniel Wu