Each week on Scrolling Scribe, editors will select their favorite archived articles and repost them for your reading pleasure. Originally published on October 18th, 2008. By Mindy Menjou Rock music has quite the legacy of political and social activism. From Vietnam War protest songs to a pledge by the Artists United Against Apartheid not to play Sun City to the … [Read more...] about Scrolling Scribe: Swastika Chic
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One Nation Under Who?: You Vote Based On What You See
The Great Recession started in 2008 on Wall Street in one of the wealthiest parts of the United States. Wall Street, in the popular imagination, is filled with Ivy League elites who create money out of thin air and pocket the actual money. Fast-forward years later, and the economy has begun to crawl out of the Great Recession. In the years since, Wall Street has been … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: You Vote Based On What You See
WEIRD SCIENCE: Robots in Healthcare
Robots are pretty awesome. Most people have an idea of robots formed by popular culture representations, but the direction the actual robotics world is traveling has less flash and more pragmatism. Science fiction has long focused on philosophical questions of the essence of humanity and the moral qualms involved in creating an automaton that can ‘feel.’ However, robotic … [Read more...] about WEIRD SCIENCE: Robots in Healthcare
Fire in the Sky
Nithya Kubendran is a senior studying Biomedical Engineering with a minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures. She hails from Quartz Hill, CA, where she learned to love tumbleweeds, joshua trees, and musical roads. Carmine is the one that starts you off on arson. You’re talking to her one night about how you and Chauncey are going … [Read more...] about Fire in the Sky
Girls on Film: Behind the Scenes
Tonight, I was fortunate to sit in on a class at USC's cinema school entitled "Film Symposium." Each week a new film is screened in the class and guests who worked on the film come in and answer questions about the film. This week, "The Pretty One" was screened and the two guests were director, Jenèe LaMarque and director of photography, Polly Morgan. The reason why I want … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: Behind the Scenes