Gym class—the sharp sound of sneakers squeaking against a newly waxed gymnasium floor, the slowness with which time passes during schoolyard drafts, the musky scent of discarded sneakers and sweaty shirts in an old, tiled locker room—is, for many American K-12 students, a normal part of life. Yet the institution of gym class is precariously … Read more
In his widely-criticized column, George Will recently bemoaned how sexual assault victims are endowed with “a coveted status that confers privileges” due to academia’s progressivism and government interference. According to Will, the Obama administration “vows to excavate equities from the ambiguities of the hookup culture, this cocktail of hormones, alcohol and the faux sophistication of today’s … Read more
The recently published article entitled “Redefining Anorexia” challenges readers to expand their understanding of the causes behind the eating disorder. Indeed, as the author suggests, the roots of anorexia reach far beyond our cultural obsession with body image. The overwhelming urge for control, the obsession with being the “best” – these, too, are crucial components … Read more
This past year saw shootings at UC Santa Barbara and Purdue, bomb threats at Princeton and Harvard, and the Boston Marathon bombings in a metro area home to more than 60 institutions of higher learning. Administrators are trained to act quickly and thoroughly during these types of events in order to ensure that the relevant constituencies … Read more
Citizenship reform has been a top priority of the German legislature since it took office in September 2013. Talks among the governing coalition have been ongoing in the six months since its election, though no laws have passed yet. The outcome of the debate, which has largely focused on dual citizenship provisions, will particularly affect … Read more
In the early 1990s, Argentina began a strong push toward neoliberal reform, drawing praise from the economic ideology’s proponents worldwide. This move precipitated the depreciation of the peso against the U.S. dollar, as well as defaults on massive debts to the International Monetary Fund, all culminating in an economic crisis in 2001. The crisis pushed … Read more
“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” This is nation-state building according to Frank Zappa. It could well be that he was right: what … Read more
When Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto proclaimed, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant,” he was referring to the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Today, Japan’s sleeping giant is China, but the nation’s recent aggressive actions suggest China, too, has woken up. This past November, China created an … Read more
On June 8, 1966, the American Football League and the National Football League announced that they intended to merge. Five months later, on November 8, 1966, an act to “suspend investment credit” on some types of real property was amended to confirm the tax-exempt status of large football leagues: “[anti-trust laws] shall not apply to … Read more
It’s been a bumpy few months for pornography in America. In early September 2013, three performers in a row were “quarantined” within the industry after reportedly contracting HIV on the job. In a press conference, the performers—Cameron Bay and Rod Daily, along with Patrick Stone, who had also recently tested positive for HIV—gave an emotional … Read more