Altruism
On Monday (April 14th, 2008) I attended a presentation held at the BMU Auditorium on the Chico State campus. Dan Worthen, a psych teacher at Ch... read more
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Born Into Brothels: A Documentary Review
Born into Brothels is a documentary film by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, the film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Zana ... read more
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Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Cat Stevens is a British singer/songwriter, perhaps the most influential British Muslim of our day. Cat ... read more
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Decisions: Stepping Stones of Life
English novelist, George Eliot believed “the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice,” this is an abbreviated definition... read more
4 months ago
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Greed, a Thief, and a Sword
Greed, the selfish desire to possess more, this is the moral of Salmon Rushdie’s short story The Prophet’s Hair. In the story Rush... read more
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Jasmine: Passive Aggressive
“I let the dog inch so close I could feel a slimy vapor spray out of its muzzle. I let it crouch and growl its low, terrible, gullety gro... read more
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Masuji Ono: One Man Two Worlds
In Kazuo Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World, Masuji Ono begins the book while reliving his past, both distant and recent. The book is... read more
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Reassurance from an Unfortunate Event
“This is the place I had chosen to die, on the first day if possible” (Mukherjee p. 120). Jasmine speaks of her new home, America, ... read more
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There's No Place Like Home
“The Auction of the Ruby Slippers” is another short story by Salmon Rushdie. This sh... read more
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Two Sides to Going Global
Globalization is a process that is taking the world by storm. For better or worse everyday the world grows closer, advanced developments in t... read more
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