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...same reason they were purchasing that DVD on street corners: When it comes to [this kind of treatment] of teenage black girls, they don't see it as an immoral abomination," says McCauley, a 32-year-old Austin, Tex., attorney who is monitoring the case on her popular blog, www.whataboutourdaughters.blogspot.com...
...recent tragic death of Stephanie Kuleba, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader who died as a result of complications during a breast augmentation surgery, brought our attention to the pursuit of a more "ideal" body amongst teenagers. In fact, search data confirms this phenomenon. One of the most popular sites visited from the search term "plastic surgery" is the official site of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (www.plasticsurgery.org). Over 25% of visitors to the site (the largest segment) fell within the 18- to 24-year-old demographic - that's up from 19.6% two years...
...truly understand the “global economy.” Wu is not alone in wanting to study and work in developing nations on her study abroad trips. While students overwhelmingly still favor Western Europe in their travels—France, Italy, Spain, and England were the most popular accredited study abroad locations for Harvard students in 2006-2007, according to the Office of International Programs (OIP)—less traditional countries are quickly gaining popularity. LOOKING BEYOND EUROPEThe number of Harvard students studying in Argentina for credit grew from 12 in the 2006-2007 school year...
...timeline of cultural history. The Internet meme, which is anything on the web—be it a video or an Internet celebrity—that gets picked up and sent around to tons of viewers, has become a new cultural genre in itself, making its way into popular culture. No longer are the insular, nerdy tech communities complete worlds apart from those who go blond and sing Miley Cyrus songs with the top down. Now, they both can share in the LOLcatz.The intersection of the Web and popular culture has birthed a new “roflculture...
...Beijing's security concerns over the Olympics, however, are probably behind the new measures. In Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong's famous warren of drug dens, second-hand cell phone shops and budget hostels popular with petty traders from overseas, dozens of stranded merchants mill around helplessly. Many hold passports from a list of 33 countries, mostly from South Asia and the Middle East, whose citizens are now barred from applying for any entry permit to China in Hong Kong-a sign, perhaps, of China's concern about a potential Muslim terror threat. Mohammed Salim, a Karachi-based trader who makes...