Entries Tagged as 'rights'

The Torch Stops Here?

April 7th, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty

On April 9, the Olympic torch will arrive in San Francisco, the only US city to receive the torch this time around. At first this didn't seem too exciting...after all, I've lived in other areas the ...
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Test for African Sleeping Sickness Under Creative Commons for the Common Good

March 6th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

Australian scientists developed a blood test for African sleeping sickness, which doesn't require expensive equipment. Best of all, they published the details of the test under a Creative Commons...
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There are no words…

March 4th, 2008 by Nima Daivari

Horrific? Tragic? Disgusting? Scary? How does one explain what happened to 15 year-old Lawrence "Larry" King on February 12th, 2008? That's the day that, at 8:15am in the school's computer lab, hi...
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