After reading Consider’s issue on Facebooking and how it affects our mental health last week, I’ve admittedly had lingering questions in the back of my mind every time I click the Facebook bookmark on Google Chrome. I often question why I even still have a Facebook and what purpose it serves in my life. Though [...]

Stealing a painting from an artist who earns their living from selling their work seems clearly morally reprehensible. Yet many young people today have no problem pirating the latest video game release. Is this really a different situation? How and why do people rationalize pirating of movies and software? I think the key lies in [...]

The other day I was walking past the Diag and I made the mistake of looking up from my iPod and making eye contact with a girl standing at a table. She smiled at me and then asked me if I had a minute to talk about world peace. Without even listening to the question [...]

It has become very easy to tell when our nation is under attack; massive devastation occurs leaving many Americans dead.  Two of the most resounding examples have been the attack on Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attack.  The time has now come to be on guard for a newer and more frightening kind of attack.  [...]

Following up with last week’s post, I thought there was at least one important piece that I left out of the publishing problem.  Perhaps you’ve heard of it: Digital Rights Management (or DRM).  If you haven’t, this term describes a philosophy about copyright as it relates to digital content (rather than traditional physical content), and this [...]

With the beginning of every semester comes the ever-going debate about textbooks.  Should I buy my books?  Online or in store?  Is it worth it to rent my books?  Can I find it from a friend or at the student book exchange? Doing the full research into all of these options is far too complex to really [...]