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Am-ing high: professor’s journey to becoming an organic chemist
As Mark Ams dove into his research presentation, his audience looked on intently. One would never guess that Ams, an organic chemist, had once dreamed of becoming a pilot. It was back in middle school, when he sometimes struggled with chemistry. “It was a challenge,” said Ams. “It wasn’t like I didn’t have to work hard to understand, but that’s what I liked about it. … I sort of fed off it. I liked being challenged by the material and [...]
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Boston bombings show ugly underbelly of American prejudice
Is it fair say that Osama bin Laden ruined Islam’s reputation in America? Or that Americans are just ignorant of worldly affairs? It’s fair to say that both are probably the case, but the latter is much more disconcerting and difficult to understand. Columnist Kevin Cullen’s article, which appeared in the Boston Globe earlier this week, described the backgrounds of brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two Boston bombers. His article is a ripe example of the problematic prevalence [...]
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Divestment: Marching towards a cleaner future
We call on Allegheny College to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil-fuel companies, and to divest within seven years from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds. Why? We, the divestment team at Allegheny College, have been meeting for several months now to discuss the possibility of Allegheny College joining the nationwide move for college campuses to divest entirely from the fossil fuel industry as a symbolic and financial move to [...]
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Periodic change enlivens the Catholic Church
After Francis I was announced as the new Pope, many Catholics were excited to witness a revitalized Church that showed the same love and compassion towards all people, including the most vulnerable populations, while maintaining the life and dignity inherent in each person. Many hoped that perhaps this new leader would be able to bridge the gap between the institutional Church and the church, which is defined in the Catechism as “not merely a building or even an organizational hierarchy, [...]
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Mental illness awareness takes priority over gun control
Perpetrators behind the recently publicized Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora and Sandy Hook massacres all had two things in common: their weapon of choice, gun, and their mental state, ill. Despite realizing these two commonalities, the nation seems to be fixated on solely improving gun control instead of improving mental health treatments. In Pennsylvania, the law states that gun permits are restricted for persons who are: convicted felons, with mental illness, currently charged with felonies, dishonorably discharged from the military, “habitual” [...]
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Corporate social responsibility won’t fade away soon
The concept of “corporate social responsibility” has generated considerable attention over the last several decades, as companies have recognized the need to observe human rights standards, comply with environmental regulations and adhere to ethical norms that perhaps never before intersected with the business world. International pressures coupled with growing demands for transparency have resulted in of many companies moving towards adopting policies and practices in tune with this kind of moral responsibility. As a result, the buzz surrounding “corporate social [...]
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Senior column: Molly Duerig
It’s funny how often good writers are insecure about their own writing. Almost every good writer I know falls prey to this habit. Especially when someone begins writing for the newspaper, it seems that the more nervous he or she appears to be, the more successful he or she will be as a writer.
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Senior column: Katie McHugh
To paraphrase Robert Novak, I’ve had a terrific time in my two years in journalism fulfilling lots of my youthful dreams and at the same time making life miserable for my hypocritical, posturing political opponents, and, I hope, performing a service for my alma mater.
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