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...taught by Professor Sven Beckert, a nineteenth century Americanist with a predilection for nakedly Marxist historiography. Keep a lookout for B-45, a new course on the Darwinian Revolution, as the department’s few core offerings grow increasingly controversial and relevant.Then for the twentieth century: the most violent events in human history, represented in Historical Studies B by a rare few classes on wars. B-54, “World War II” is taught by History professor Charles Maier. (In case you don’t know, he’s kind of a big deal...
...question of 'why' loomed largely among the hundreds of students who fled the shooting yesterday. But Gill's blog paints a chilling portrait of a violent young man, harkening images of the teen killers who gunned down their 12 classmates and wounded 27 others and killing themselves at Columbine High School in Colorado...
...their guns instead of their pens to settle disputes. Although it may seem funny, it is really just tragic that rappers feel the need to wear bullet-proof vests in public. But the greater tragedy is that, after what happened to Pac, rappers and their associates are still dying violent deaths...
...March, Robert E. Jolicoeur, a Field Office Director with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the case that Posada is a menace to society. "You have a history of engaging in criminal activity, associating with individuals involved in criminal activity, and participating in violent acts that indicate a disregard for the safety of the general public and a propensity for engaging in activities... that pose a risk to the national security of the United States," Jolicoeur wrote to Posada in a report obtained by TIME, explaining why the government sought to continue his detention. Jolicoeur pointed out that Posada...
...Hama, killing an estimated 20,000 people, to quell an uprising by the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. The Assad dynasty's iron rule has kept the lid on discontent for most of the time since. But during the last few years, new attacks seem to herald the return of violent extremists. Just three months ago, in one of the Syrian capital's most prominent public squares, four gunmen were killed trying to attack the building housing Syrian state television. In 2004, the government blamed terrorists for setting off a car bomb in West Damascus near several ministries and embassies...