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International Women's Day is an annual global day commemorating the achievements of women throughout history.  Read More »

Ivory Soap, Tide, Gillete, Pampers, Duracell, Puffs, Tampax, Downy, Pepto Bismol, Crest, Charmin, and Folgers are all seemingly ordinary products that can be found in any American supermarket on any combination of aisles. What do these random hygeniec and household items have in common?  Read More »

Wal Mart is America's favorite super-store. It's big, it's convenient, and it's cheap. But what exactly makes Wal Mart's prices so cheap?  Read More »

“The U.S. vs. John Lennon,” a documentary made in 2006 by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld, chronicles how John Lennon, a once-beloved Beatle who sang songs about holding hands and yellow submarines, evolved into a hated and feared national threat.  Read More »

Last night at sundown marked the beginning of Purim, a Jewish holiday that celebrates the triumph over opression, as told in the Book of Esther. The story recounts that Haman, the advisor to King Ahasuerus of Persia, had planned to destroy the Jewish race.  Read More »

The filibuster, as I learned in my Government class yesterday, is a tactic used by the United States Senate to distract Senate members from discussing and passing a bill. The filibuster, which derives from a Dutch word meaning "pirate," is a long and often irrelevant speech used to prevent the passage of legislation.   Read More »

Yesterday in Human Rights, my class researched Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a group of Argentine mothers whose children were kidnapped under the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.  Read More »

This March will mark College of the Canyons' fifth annual production of the New Works Festival, a weekend-long event that stages performances of student-written plays. This is only my first year involved with New Works Festival, but already I've noticed a few big changes and improvements towards the festival.  Read More »