by Hannah Egerton in Features
There does not seem to be anything as tricky as free speech. The idea that we can say whatever we want, whenever we want, and say it without being imprisoned is liberating - liberating, but at the same time horribly complicated. Should everyone have free speech? Do we have the right to limit free speech? These, as well as many others, were some of the questions that were brought up at the "Free Speech or Hate Speech" panel that was held on Wednesday, Sept.
Incorporating the Exotic
by Meredith Hutchins in Features
Supermarkets are really a fabulous invention. As far as I'm concerned, any attempt to bring people and food together is a triumph for human civilization. I am in favor of all institutions of food, but I have to confess that the sparkle of the Stepford-esque Whole Foods is starting to wear off.
Vice Presidential Debate 2008
by in Features
"I think it will be important for Senator Biden to emphasize that he's been on the Foreign Relations Committee for about 400 years and on the Senate for about 500 years. He knows everyone in the Senate and he knows how it works. Since the vice president has to chair the Senate, that's pretty key.
Exploring Muslim Identity
by Ilana Alazzeh in Features
As human beings we have the tendency to identify, group and characterize. Too often we allow our affiliation, whether racial, economic or religious, to limit us instead of allowing it to help us in the fight to expand ourselves. No one person can dictate to another how to find that route, since our similar hearts grow in unique ways and under unique circumstances.
by Zoe MacIntosh in Features
An under-studied factor in evolution could prove critical for biological invasions, says research by Smith ecologist L. David Smith and former graduate student Ashley Baldridge. Their discovery, that a species of crab indeed grows larger claws when subjected to diets of thicker-shelled snails, confirms growing evidence that some animals can undergo substantial adaptive changes to their physical structure within a single lifetime.
