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...yourself to studying East Asia. Ni-hao and Konnichiwa. Take a seat next to the idiot who’s here because he enjoys watching Sailor Moon and wants to write his thesis on why possessing a tamagotchi and liking szechuan chicken gives him the right to stake his claim as an EAS scholar. Lucky for you, despite the bevy of unavoidable but surmountable requirements, the East Asian Studies department is a pretty kick-ass place to spend three years if you are genuinely interested in anything related to Asia. History, Literature, Linguistics, Econ, Anthro, Religion, Sociology, or VES?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: East Asian Studies | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

Nevertheless, opponents of abortion are fond of contending that such women can always choose to put up their unwanted babies for adoption—if socioeconomic factors are the main issue, they claim, the simple solution should be giving birth and then letting someone else care for the child. This way, the parent is not tied to an unsustainable burden, and the child is given a suitable developmental environment. Though this may seem like an ideal solution, it ignores several key issues, chief among them the fact that pregnancy and childbirth themselves require significant resources—for example...

Author: By N. KATHY Lin | Title: Abortion: A Product of Its Times | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...CLAIM: WTC 7 also contained explosives since fire alone has never felled a modern skyscraper. Authorities have delayed releasing a WTC 7 report to hide the truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy Theories: Setting The Record Straight | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

...CLAIM: A missile or smaller plane--not Flight 77--struck the Pentagon because the size of two holes (in Ring C and Ring E) were too small to have been made by a 757, which has a wingspan of nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy Theories: Setting The Record Straight | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

...CLAIM: Fighter jets within range of the hijacked planes must have been under orders to stand down, since none from the 28 Air Force bases in the area was scrambled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy Theories: Setting The Record Straight | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

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