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...foster media literacy to help young people sift through the multitude of user-generated content? -Kendra Hanzlik, Cedar Rapids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Questions with Jimmy Wales | 3/23/2007 | See Source »

...classic Chocolat Chaud has 53% cocoa content (milky, sweet and reminiscent of childhood), and the decadent Chocolate Expresso is made with cream instead of hot milk - it's so thick it could be mistaken for custard. Frenchman Espouy takes his patrons on a tour of cocoa-producing countries: the Caribbean Santo Domingo, made with 70% cocoa, is spicy and bold, while the bittersweet African Tanzania is reminiscent of a complex cognac. The adventurous will want to try the Infinite Extravagance, made to the ancient Inca recipe, with 100% cocoa liquor and hot milk infused with chilies. For the indecisive, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Cocoa | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...gives out grants based on objective criteria in a non-arbitrary process, trying hard not to make value judgments about the content of the event itself. The UC instead considers how reasonable the event’s costs are, how integral to the expenses are to the event’s success, and the magnitude of undergraduate benefit the event will produce...

Author: By Lori M. Adelman | Title: FiCom: Measure Twice, Cut Once | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...will go into effect in Utah that regulates almost everything relating to student groups in public schools—how they can form, what they can discuss, and who can join. In addition to tedious bureaucratic impositions like a parental signature requirement, the law also regulates the content of student discourse by specifically barring clubs that address “human sexuality.” Such content-based regulation not only denies students a necessary forum for discussion and education about sexuality, but, more appallingly, it thinly disguises the legislature’s discriminatory interest in banning gay-straight alliances...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Intolerance Codified | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...more serious accusation towards Facebook goes to the content. About two weeks ago a controversy emerged at the University of Southern California concerning a facebook group created by a junior linebacker on their football team. The group was “White Nation” and it featured a picture of a black child in handcuffs with the caption, “Arrest black babies before they become criminals...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins | Title: Monster of a Website | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

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