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Blood on our hands: How the international community has failed the Syrian people
February 20, 2012By Gustavo Destro In February, 1982, Hafez al-Assad ordered his army to besiege and shell the city of Hama in order to quell an uprising so strong that it threatened to overrun his regime. The army followed the orders to a tee and effectively destroyed the city, using a scorched earth tactic that left much of the city lying in rubble and as many as 40,000 dead. The uprising was quelled, and the remaining protesters either fled the country or stopped operations. Hafez al-Assad remained in power until his death in 2000. History is unfortunately repeating itself. Beginning last weekend,…
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“I don’t know how to use a condom” & other tales of how sex education failed me
February 6, 2012I thought I had pooped my pants, but who poops their pants in the fifth grade? I didn’t remember going to the bathroom that day, but I guessed I must have — in my pants. Maybe it was ‘anal leakage’ —…
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How do you bus?
February 1, 2012By Gary Lim Everything you’ve ever needed to know about someone can be learned from how they sit on the bus. A great man said this once. It was me, and though I may not have any fancy credentials in…
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Being better: Where did our empathy go?
January 23, 2012By Denise Wong In late October, the story of Yue Yue went viral. The surveillance footage from Foshan, China was posted online and depicted two cars that drove over Yue Yue’s tiny body in the marketplace where her parents worked;…
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New Year’s resolutions (the ones you should have made)
January 9, 2012By Kelly Thoreson The new year is a time for contemplation, for reflecting on the year past and on what we desire for the future. It’s a time to make resolutions and become better, more fulfilled human beings. I like…
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