Opinion - Page 141

In his article “The Price of Precious,” which recently appeared in National Geographic’s October issue, Jeffrey Gettleman attempts to tell the story of how minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) make their way into our electronics.  Drawing on

The outrage stemming from the revelation that Phi Psi bid letters have, for several years now, featured a collage of nude women is more than justified. We believe that Phi Psi’s bid letters are completely indefensible. Clearly, something needs to be done

When I was in elementary school I read “Ender’s Game.” Even without context, that’s a common enough occurrence, and a perfectly acceptable one. With context, it’s a bit more significant. During the first few years of my education I had to go

We have the tendency to make quick assumptions about others without knowing them. So when a bearded man with a turban walks down the street, he is quickly assumed to be a religious fundamentalist — most likely an Islamic one. This is

Nearly two years ago, I wrote on these same pages how the deficit reduction “supercommittee” that was supposed to reign in the nation’s debt was “predictably unsuccessful.” Perhaps the same goes for the current situation in Washington. Over these past two years,