Monday October 19 2009

October 19th, 2009 No Comments

Topic: Atheist Ad Campaigns
Positive or Negative?
Based on area, they can be either.
•    $25,000 (donation) spent on subway campaign in NYC
•    Campaign in Indiana – Similar message
How might that money be better spent?
•    Youth programs
•    Education
What do these achieve?
•    In a major metropolitan area, these may not serve much purpose other than awareness.
•    In smaller areas, [...]

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Monday September 21 2009

September 25th, 2009 No Comments

Topic: Intellectual Property Rights
Example: “Happy Birthday”
o Written by a school teacher in 1800s
o Now rights are owned by Time Warner until 2020
Should ideas become property? What might be the motivations?
o Jealousy, greed
o Profit
o Societal benefit
o Distribution
Is creating a work of art purely for profit something that can be considered manipulative?
o In this case, should they be given the right to intellectual [...]

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“I’m offended by your posters around campus”

September 5th, 2008 4 Comments

There are a few reasons people have told me they are offended by our posters. I can understand some people. Others, I just have to clarify our reasoning. Then there are some that I squarely disagree with.
Sustainability
An RA has alluded to being unhappy that we are using so much paper, and all I can do [...]

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