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"Stealing is a wrongful act that is punishable.” One might presume this is a general standard that many different cultures teach children. The spectrum of punishment may vary as does the crime but at the heart, stealing personal property is considered wrong. I present to you a scenario: you are trying on clothes in a dressing room for an upcoming event and you notice a wallet … [Read more...] about The Propriety of Personal Property

Hello, Scribe readers! Last year, I wrote a blog called “One Nation Under Who”, which centered around Americans’ resentment towards government on both sides of the aisle. The blog originally began as a look at numbers and trying to objectively determine what may be driving greater dissatisfaction towards government. However, the blog morphed into an opinion-driven blog, where I … [Read more...] about What’s Eatin’ You: Grasping for Crumbs

Being that this is the last blog of the semester, I figured it would be valuable to go through what I have been trying to explore throughout the year in terms of "girls on film." When I told a few friends about my blog topic one of them scoffed, saying that it was an over-talked about topic. To an extent I agreed with him. It seems that there has been an abundance of blogs … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: So What Now?

Brazil is one of the most prosperous developing countries with a booming economy. From this, many believe that Brazil is on its way to success, especially foreigners who do not see behind the closed curtains. But despite recent economic growth, Brazil continues to lack on the education side, and it does not matter how richer the rich get, as long as the poor the poorer and … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: It’s Not Just about Money

Akon came to my IR 210 class this week, to hear our presentations on possible social media compaigns for the ONE Campaign. His closing statement, after hearing all of our presentation, was that our generation was the future--we were the next leaders, politicians, business leaders, and entrepeneurs of the world. And for seniors about to graduate, they will be repeatedly told … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The Youth Vote