Monthly Archives: February 2010

Free-Access Digital Texts and the Classroom

February 17, 2010
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by Brandon Walsh The average undergraduate is in a difficult financial situation; crushed under the weight of ever-accumulating student loans, they struggle even to purchase their textbooks each semester given the rising cost of tuition. This same demographic is also incredibly tech-savvy, however, and the proliferation of free digital texts online gives these students a…

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Google in China

February 10, 2010
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by Zach Woods Google opened its Chinese offices in 2006 with an awareness of what Chinese censorship laws meant for its business operations. And Google agreed to the conditions imposed — reluctantly, some say, though of course most of us will never know the details. But when the search giant detected a large-scale attack on…

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Corporations and Free Speech

February 3, 2010
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by Gautama Adi Kusuma The most recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has sparked a new debate on finance contribution to political candidates and the use of financial contribution as free speech. The Court argues that corporations have the same rights to campaign and that limiting financial contributions equals to…

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