Pacific Seminars

Newsvine - Madrid Fashion Show Bans 5 Thin Models

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:52 AM EDT (Newsvine)

Review this article and comment on relation to Bordo reading.

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NPR : School, Study, SATs: No Wonder Teens Are Stressed

Seeded on Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:42 PM EDT (NPR)

Check out this interview on increasing stress levels of teens. How does your own personal experience compare to the one described?

education, pacseminar1

NPR : The State of Education in the U.S.

Seeded on Wed Oct 4, 2006 4:22 PM EDT (NPR)

Listen to US Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and her thoughts on education. This interview aired on October 3, 2006.

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USATODAY.com - Baltimore experiment curbs dropout rate

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:49 AM EDT (USA Today)

Jacky found this article on a school in Baltimore that is working.

education, pacseminar1

NPR : Roundtable: School Segregation, Gulf Coast Immigration

Seeded on Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:07 PM EDT (NPR)

Listen to this interview (beginning around 6 minutes and 34 seconds; total interview time = 17 minutes). This segment includes a discussion of Kozol's book The Shame of the Nation. What solutions to the problem would you suggest?

education, pacseminar1

Scientists discover puzzling giant planet | Top News | Reuters.com

Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:17 PM EDT (Reuters)

New discovery may force scientists to rethink how planets are formed. As you reflect on our definition of a "theory," consider the disruptive potential that this discovery may have on our current thinking.

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Emission Targets Set at Helsinki Summit - New York Times

Seeded on Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)

I liked this article because....

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NPR : In Washington, Iran's Khatami Calls for Dialogue

Seeded on Fri Sep 8, 2006 10:47 AM EDT (NPR)

In On Liberty, Mill calls for open dialog as a means to preserve a healthy democracy. Compare to Khatami's call for dialog as he visits Havard and the National Cathedral.

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Welcome

Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:28 PM EDT

Hi, You can use newsvine to "seed" articles that pertain to our readings in Pacific Seminars 1 (fall 2006).

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CNN.com - Acid rain falls on third of China - Aug 26, 2006

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:00 PM EDT (CNN)

In The Prison of Socrates, Morowitz recounted a moment when he looked over Athens at the smog and pollution: "Yet, there is an interesting contrast between one lone man sipping poison for ideological reasons and an entire city of several million slowly inhaling a lethal mixture a …

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