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Archives for 2011

Mother Nature Meets Her Match

December 15, 2011 by EliseF Leave a Comment

By Emily Rowan “Blood is kinda like snot,” author Karen Houppert declared in her book, The Curse, “How come it’s not treated that way? People with runny noses do not hide their tissues from colleagues and family members. Young girls do not cringe if a boy spies them buying a box of Kleenex.” When hormones run rampant and shooting cramps puncture their insides, few women … [Read more...] about Mother Nature Meets Her Match

Trusting the Anonymous

December 15, 2011 by EliseF Leave a Comment

By Frank Hou Founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, Wikipedia has revolutionized the way Americans gather information and conduct research. A web-based encyclopedia spanning 16 million articles written by its users, Wikipedia is among the most widely used websites in the emerging digital era. Millions of Americans, varying from high school students to college … [Read more...] about Trusting the Anonymous

“Legislating from the Bench” in Tarasoff v. UC Regents

December 2, 2011 by JasonL Leave a Comment

Preface: In order to understand how the Tarasoff verdict was reached and why it is an example of judicial activism, it is first necessary to be aware of the facts that led to the initiation of the case.  In 1969, a man named Prosenjit Poddar began seeing a psychologist named Lawrence Moore who worked for the Cowell Memorial Hospital at UC Berkeley (Tobriner 1976, 2).  Poddar … [Read more...] about “Legislating from the Bench” in Tarasoff v. UC Regents

Casual Labor

November 19, 2011 by A.J. Serrano 1 Comment

“Social participation is the oil of the digital economy.” – Trebor Scholz[1] “The consumer is sovereign in a jungle of ugliness, where the freedom of choice is imposed on him.” – Jean Baudrillard[2] Histories of Play and Labor In his short essay “Money for Nothing: Virtual Worlds and Virtual Economies,” Steven Shaviro traces what he sees as the historical trajectory … [Read more...] about Casual Labor

Gambling With Luck

November 11, 2011 by A.J. Serrano Leave a Comment

“What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” - Anton Chigurh, No Country for Old Men In our daily lives, the most we bet on a coin toss is a couple of dollars or an embarrassing public act. We think it is a fair way to make an arbitrary decision: the coin has an equal probability of landing on heads or tails so we leave it up to chance to decide. Consequently, we associate … [Read more...] about Gambling With Luck

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