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WikiLeaks, Part 1 – Background & Legitimacy | The Perspective

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WikiLeaks, Part 1 – Background & Legitimacy. Mar 22, ’11. WikiLeaks is publishing documents, opening governments, changing the world. In early 2007, Australia native Julian Assange launched the polarizing website along with other activists, dissidents, mathematicians, and computer experts from six different continents. In 2009, WikiLeaks won Amnesty International’s UK Media Award for its 2008 publication of Kenya: the Cry of Blood Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearances. In April, Assange’s site broke...

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Linear | The Perspective

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Book Review: Stories of Democracy. May 9, ’11. Stories of Democracy. Columbia University Press. 2000. The term ‘democracy’ is hardly constant. The concept is fluid and shifting, meaning different things for different countries, and constantly progressing. Perhaps this is even more true for the idea of democracy in the Middle East, a region rife with dictators, oppression, and corruption, and yet one incredibly tumultuous, whose history is replete with stories of coups, revolt, and change. Tetreault’s fif...

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PROFILES | The Perspective

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DRIFTING RIGHT: HACKETT MAKES A POLITICAL SPLASH. Apr 4, ’10. It was no surprise that Brian Hackett began his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. by ripping into Barack Obama. I would just like the president to know, the fiery TCNJ senior declared, these teleprompters are not on, and we’re all speaking off-the-cuff because we’re passionate about what we believe in! Apr 4, ’10. FIVE GOOD MINUTES WITH DON JUAN. Feb 3, ’10. Tharp sat down with. What’s your full name?

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CRITICISM | The Perspective

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Book Review: Stories of Democracy. May 9, ’11. Stories of Democracy. Columbia University Press. 2000. The term ‘democracy’ is hardly constant. The concept is fluid and shifting, meaning different things for different countries, and constantly progressing. Perhaps this is even more true for the idea of democracy in the Middle East, a region rife with dictators, oppression, and corruption, and yet one incredibly tumultuous, whose history is replete with stories of coups, revolt, and change. Tetreault’s fif...

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LIBYAN VIOLENCE | The Perspective

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Mar 22, ’11. Muammar al-Gaddafi the world’s current longest serving non-monarchical leader in the world, having ruled Libya since seizing power in a 1969 coup vowed on Feb. 15 to fight anti-government demonstrations with his last drop of blood, intending to die a martyr. With the dictator ordering both the military and police to quash protests within Libya, the full-scale war against reformists began. Al Jazeera reported on March 11 that the Military Supreme Council, a leadership body of the military com...

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RELIGION | The Perspective

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Mar 31, ’11. A few months ago, we were fortunate enough to sit down with Kevin Devine. Listen in to to hear some wise words from an honest, thoughtful, and well-read artist. EDUCATION & RELIGIOSITY. Mar 21, ’11. ATHEIST: Put Religion in Public Schools. Nov 1, ’10. Jun 8, ’10. After reading the quarter-page blurb, a key figure in the Jewish campus community believed he had adequate evidence to state, There’s nothing worse than a self-hating Jew. In response to those who would label Jewish supporters of Ob...

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ACTIVISM | The Perspective

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Mar 22, ’11. Illustration by Jess Baker. WikiLeaks, Part 1 – Background & Legitimacy. Mar 22, ’11. WikiLeaks is publishing documents, opening governments, changing the world. In early 2007, Australia native Julian Assange launched the polarizing website along with other activists, dissidents, mathematicians, and computer experts from six different continents. WikiLeaks, Part 2 – Media Analysis. Mar 22, ’11. How Free is our Press? Constitutional lawyer and civil liberties writer Glenn Greenwald, for.

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CAMPUS | The Perspective

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DYK — TCNJ Pays SFB, CUB, SIGNAL & OTHERS. Apr 4, ’11. Did you know the College pays some nice salaries to staffers at The Signal. The Student Finance Board. And the College Union Board. As well as the head of the Student Government. For figures — as obtained from College spokeswoman Stacy Schuster. State Dept. Diplomat Silenced by Crowley’s Firing. Mar 31, ’11. Following the discussion, Armbruster was asked for his take on WikiLeaks’ cablegate. Document trove, which included one of his own cables. How c...

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EDITORIALS | The Perspective

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EDITORIAL – 3.22.11. Mar 21, ’11. Revolution is spreading like wildfire through the Middle East, protests are roiling the American Mid-West, and even here at TCNJ, we begin to sense potential for bottom-up progress. Perhaps now more than ever, the times they are a-changin’. Two Years in, Disappointment Mounts. Nov 6, ’10. It’s been almost exactly two years since we elected Barack Obama atop a liberal tide of anti-Bush consensus. But what has actually changed? Has there been any progress? Nov 6, ’10.