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LOCAL Announcement :: Globalization |
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Pros and Cons of Globalization discussion to be held Wednesday, Dec. 7, 7:00 pm, at Channing-Murray Foundation |
by Nancy D-R
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01 Dec 2005
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Chuck Cooper will be discussing the Pros and Cons of Globalization on Wednesday, December 7, at 7:00 pm, at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, UIUC Campus, Urbana |
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News :: Labor : Political-Economy |
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Critics: More Turning Away From Wal - Mart |
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01 Dec 2005
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The number of people who said they viewed Wal-Mart very favorably or somewhat favorably fell 18 percentage points to 58 percent while the number who answered that their view was very or somewhat unfavorable increased by the same amount to 38 percent. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Children : Crime & Police : Latin America : Prisons |
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Special Edition of the Puerto Rican Music Hour |
by Philip Stinard
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29 Nov 2005
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This Friday's (December 2) edition of the Puerto Rican Music Hour will feature the experimental album, El Baquiné de Angelitos Negros (The Wake for the Little Black Angels), by Puerto Rican-American composer Willie Colón. |
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Fascism Then. Fascism Now? |
by Paul Bigioni
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28 Nov 2005
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When people think of fascism, they imagine Rows of goose-stepping storm troopers and puffy-chested dictators. What they don't see is the economic and political process that leads to the nightmare. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Gender and Sexuality |
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VIDEO REMAINS: A Film Screening and Discussion with Director Alex Juhasz. Friday, Dec. 2, 4pm in the English Bldg. |
by Brian Dolinar
bdolinar (nospam) uiuc.edu (verified) |
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27 Nov 2005
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 VIDEO REMAINS (55 min., 2005) will be shown Friday, December 2 at 4pm. It will be in the English Building, Room 160, 608 S. Wright Street. |
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The Income Gap Grows |
by Robert H. Frank
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27 Nov 2005
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Although income inequality has increased sharply in recent decades, it has always been greater here than in other industrial democracies. Can a case be made for it? Many have described inequality as the price we must pay to achieve high rates of economic growth.
The evidence, however, suggests otherwise. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Education : Political-Economy |
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Indian Mascots: A Dispute of Great Spirit Rages On |
by Pat Borzi
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26 Nov 2005
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Since reporting on the issues of using Indian mascots has been rather lopsided in much of the local media, it is useful to have some reporting that tries to address some relevant issues that haven't been examined locally, like the Nazi festishism of a well-heeled supporter of the mascot of the University of North Dakota. The school is fighting an appeal seeking to continue its use of its "Fighting Sioux" logo, just like the University of Illinois is doing with the "Chief". |
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