In medical school, students are trained to practice medicine in a relatively controlled environment. The medications and technology required for proper patient care are usually available, and there are many other physicians nearby if assistance is required. This is essentially the opposite of providing medical care in an area of active combat. The medical crews … [Read more...] about Trust Me, I’m Premed: Combat Medicine
Archives for April 2015
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Higher Education’s Closing Door
As an Austin resident, I watched plenty of ads on TV with politicians talking about how they would be tough on immigration (usually with a gun in front of a long, menacing fence). Illegal immigrants are a menacing, mooching population in Texas. Currently, in Texas, legislators are trying to repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students. Currently, in … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Higher Education’s Closing Door
Tribe, Livelihood, and Change: Bedouin Sedentarization in Egypt
Robert L. Mack graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California in 2014. As an undergraduate his studies concentrated on the MENA region, including several semesters of Arabic language study. He served as President of the USC Student Interfaith Council and President of the USC Arabic Language and … [Read more...] about Tribe, Livelihood, and Change: Bedouin Sedentarization in Egypt
Public Displays of Atrocity
It’s the stuff of nightmares; it’s the scenario you think you’ll only watch in the fictional world of Law and Order or Criminal Minds. This past month a woman viewed a video on the news of a young woman being raped by four men on a beach in Florida while onlookers did nothing, some even cheering and others taking pictures. The nightmare hits when the woman realizes the person … [Read more...] about Public Displays of Atrocity
Psychological Phenomena: Language and Groups: The Dichotomy of Race at Urth Caffe
Language, and race, subsequently, often serve as a source of comfort and community amongst others in a new environment. It can be witnessed within universities, as foreign students tend to commemorate their college experience amongst those who they deem they are most similar to by virtue of a common language. It can also be witnessed in the happenings of everyday life: humans … [Read more...] about Psychological Phenomena: Language and Groups: The Dichotomy of Race at Urth Caffe