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Cruelty to farm animals or cruelty to human beings?

The Iowa State Committees on Agriculture have proposed making it illegal to videotape or photograph cruelty to farm animals. The vote is pending in the full state senate and house. How is it possible that politicians who have been elected … Continue reading

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“Navigating Treacherous Waters: Prescription Drug Marketing in Social Media,”

On March 8th, Mary Nell Cummings gave a speech at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications about the struggle Pharmaceutical companies face when attempting to advertise on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and online blogs. Continue reading

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Eric Schlosser: Fast Food Nation

On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, award-winning investigative journalist Eric Schlosser spoke to the large crowd of people jammed into Hendricks Chapel about his best-selling work “Fast Food Nation.” Despite his initial failings, his book remained on the New York Times’ … Continue reading

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From the Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks: A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg came into the spotlight in 1971 when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. The Pentagon Papers were 40,000 pages worth of documents of classified information pertaining to the Vietnam War. The information in the … Continue reading

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SPEECH: Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography SPEAKER: Julianne Kost

Standing in front of Watson Auditorium was a thin woman, nicely dressed in all black, with black cowboy boots, complimented by her long blonde hair. Being a student among many photoshop/lightworks savy adults, I was nervous for the lecture ahead. … Continue reading

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