Notes From Underground
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Adam Call Roberts on April 21, 2010 at 12:01 am • 0 Comments •
By: Adam Call Roberts
About classes:
I learned nothing from some classes I got As in (Is phospholipid bilayer a word?) and learned a lot from some classes I got Ds in. (Parlo molto bene italiano.)
I learned that I should have taken ...
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Adam Call Roberts on April 7, 2010 at 12:01 am • 0 Comments •
By Adam Call Roberts
How do we navigate the differences between science and religion? What are the limits of rational human comprehension? What is faith and does it play a role in gaining knowledge?
None of these questions are addressed in a ...
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Adam Call Roberts on March 17, 2010 at 12:03 am • 3 Comments •
By: Adam Call Roberts
The pre-campaign season has already begun, and as usual, it’s a stupid one. It’d normally be a journalist’s dream to have his inbox cluttered with inside rumors, but the quantity I’m getting doesn’t make up for the ...
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Adam Call Roberts on March 3, 2010 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
By: Adam Call Roberts
Most entertainment columnists and bloggers have already pre-written their Monday morning awards analysis. If “Avatar” wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, it’s a victory for environmentalism, pacificism, New Ageism and popular taste. If “The Hurt Locker” ...
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Adam Call Roberts on February 21, 2010 at 3:28 pm • 0 Comments •
By Adam Call Roberts
The Associated Student Government has done something I never thought I’d see it do – oppose a controversial policy set by school administrators and win.
Photo Illustration by Jaclyn Johnson
Starting March 1, students ...
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Adam Call Roberts on February 3, 2010 at 6:01 am • 1 Comment •
By Adam Call Roberts
Two years ago, filmmaker Alan Peterson wrote and directed “Hillary: The Movie.” Like most modern political documentaries, it was a Michael Moore-style hit piece, with snarky cheap shots and sketchy facts. You know, pretty much the same way we ...
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Adam Call Roberts on December 2, 2009 at 9:38 am • 11 Comments •
By Adam Call Roberts
I am against socialized medicine. And that is why I’m in favor of the health care plan currently before Congress.
Republicans are disguising the issues at play. The choice here isn’t between a current free market ...
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Adam Call Roberts on December 2, 2009 at 12:01 am • 0 Comments •
6:52 – Paperless Classroom Pilot Program resolution passes, 35 – 2 with 2 abstentions.
6:49- Sen. Johannsen says work is being done to provide textbooks online. This should save students money as well as paper.
6:47 - Sen. Watson discusses the process. ...
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Adam Call Roberts on November 18, 2009 at 11:10 pm • 1 Comment •
By Adam Call Roberts
“I don’t know of any plan to charge a fee, and I’m not in favor of a fee,” Chancellor Gearhart said.
Gearhart and students agree on the majority of campus bike policy issues. In a meeting with ...
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Adam Call Roberts on November 18, 2009 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
6:47 – “A Resolution in Support of a Paperless Classroom Pilot Program” is introduced by Fleming.
Suggestions for instructors includes using the internet to distribute assignments instead of printing them out. Fleming says the program has rigid criteria and instructors can ...
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Adam Call Roberts on November 10, 2009 at 11:51 pm • 1 Comment •
7:33 – Sen. Watson threw his hands up in amazement and disgust. Sen. Voor is also shocked at the ‘yes’ answers.
On Thursday, I’ll cover a meeting between Chancellor Gearhart and several ASG members on this same issue.
7:29 – For mandatory ...