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The Social Responsibility of Journalism
“If there is ever to be an amelioration of the condition of mankind,” John Adams once wrote, “philosophers, theologians, legislators, politicians and moralists will find that the regulation of the press is the most difficult, dangerous and important problem they have to resolve. Mankind cannot now be governed without it, nor at present with it,”
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Adobe pulls Flash from Android Google Play
Adobe sentenced Flash to mobile death row earlier this summer, announcing their plans to pull Flash from the Google Play store on Aug. 15. On Aug. 15, they pulled the plugin, making users unable to update or install Adobe Flash on their Android device.
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Despite oppression, Black atheists fight to be heard
Atheists are the most hated minority in America. Former U.S. President George Bush once said, “I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.” Black atheists tend to experience this discrimination the most.
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For religion and football, a new kind of fast
The intersection between hard-hitting American football and reverential fasting can be found during fall Friday nights on Ford Road in Dearborn, Michigan. The majority of football players at Fordson High School did not eat from dawn to dusk. Faith and patriotism, hunger and thirst, stood at football’s equivalent of the half court line for the
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Chicago Evangelicals paint unconventional strokes
Hours before ballerinas danced beneath the spotlight at the Auditorium Theater Feb. 26 to give the final performance of the Joffrey Ballet’s “Winter Fire,” an evangelical megachurch founder and senior pastor, Bill Hybels dominated the stage.
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Israeli Apartheid Week ignites rhetoric discussion
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted “Israeli Apartheid Week,” an annual series of events dedicated to labeling the State of Israel an apartheid state. The name of the event, which is held across college campuses around the world, caused controversy across DePaul’s campus. More than fifty university members signed an open letter which claimed
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Mt. Soledad cross supporters make final cry for battle
A federal appeals court ruled Jan. 3 that a cross displayed on public property in San Diego, California, is unconstitutional. The Mt. Soledad memorial stood in a separation of church and state battlefield for decades and now only one battle remains. Two Vietnam War veterans filed suit against the city thirteen years ago, saying the cross,
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New contraceptives mandate doesn’t change much for DePaul
The Catholic Church is scrutinizing the Obama administration’s new mandate requiring religious-based institutions to provide contraception for their employees, despite a new compromise announced Friday. The Obama administration’s mandate ignited a religious debate, with many Catholic institutions crying out that the new mandate was a breach of their religious freedom. With the mandate’s new changes,
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Video game industry works to generate money, style
Cookie Monster, meet the brutal legend, Eddie Riggs. Brutal Riggs, this is Cookie Monster. These two legends are both beautifully brutal but boast unique personas, all while living under the same Double Fine roof. Passion fuels this video game production company and while money is tight, this passion has proven to be a viable source to keep…
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Icons come and go, legacies last forever
“The hero ends so much more than it lasts a bore,”John Szwed, a professor of music and jazz studies at Columbia University while giving a lecture, “Miles Davis: The Jazz Musician as Dandy” at DePaul University on Oct. 17. He continued, “And nothing is more boring than a hero left over from an era that