Beanstyle Evolution

Here are the classes I signed up for Spring term:
SEM: SOCIAL LIBERATION – CR 507 204 (C I. Ingham)
This course will explore the notion of social liberation, and its role in Conflict Resolution. Special attention will be paid to our personal (and largely) unintentionally collusions with structural inequities and methods by which we can work [...]

there was something good i was going to post about yesterday. i forgot to make a note of the idea and now it’s all gone
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I heard an interesting tidbit on the local npr channel a couple of days ago. Somebody commenting on the Democratic primary was talking about Kucinich not doing well in Wisconsin b/c he doesn’t eat cheese. He’s vegan, so no animal products at all. You know what’s funny? If he’d said it [...]

I’d like to see copyright reform activism get more media attention.
The White House led stampede to pass the “no WMD” buck has begun. I believe I’ve maintained all along that the media is as big a culprit as Bushco but, how surprising, the media wants to ignore their part in that whole farce.
What [...]

For those of you who know me, you won’t be surprised to learn that I’ve already picked up a couple of projects! I volunteered to help my dept at school with two projects: Update their website and work on adding functionality to the departmental db. I do have a small amt of [...]

I was talking to a friend today and he mentioned run off voting as a viable option to our current election process. I realized I had no clue as to what run off voting really is so I decided to do a bit of research. Here’s a summary of my findings:
Initially, I ran [...]

For those one or two of you that actually read this blog, I promise I’ll be posting regularly again within the next week or so. I’ve missed keeping up with stuff also but I’m sure you understand how important it is that I slack off completely for a while longer…

I had a chance conversation about large corporations yesterday while I was visiting Portland’s Japanese gardens (an absolutely gorgeous place). During the course of this brief conversation, I realized something I hadn’t really thought about before: Large corporations take on a life of their own. That sounds silly & naive to say [...]

I went with my new neighbor, mdal, last night to see Dahlia at Dante’s. It was stupendous. The show was absolutely incredibly and powerful. Here’s a review of the band I found on AOL’s City Guide:
“On the fast track to becoming one of Portland’s most followed electronic acts, Dahlia defies pigeonholing, though [...]

So Ralph has decided to run again, I guess that’s cool. Remember, it’s about exercising our rights as citizens in a democracy, not about deciding which gamble looks the best…