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LETTER: Why you probably didn’t hear about the largest climate rally in history
This past Sunday bore witness to a noble cause that received very little U.S. media coverage: The People’s Climate March. All across the globe, citizens marched arm-in-arm with banners and chants referencing a cleaner tomorrow in hopes of reaching our world’s most influential policymakers, calling for less talk and more action. As the world continues to change at an alarming rate, the global march preceded the U.N. Climate Summit, scheduled for September 23. The only problem is, not enough of us heard.
Promoting art should be bigger concern
This past Thursday marked the end of graduate student Betsy Ferrer’s art presentation in the RCAH Art Studio above the The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips Hall, which featured works from different artists hailing from the greater Kisumu area, located in western Kenya.The gallery displayed beautiful pieces ranging from still lifes to animals scenes to daily Kenyan life, which were being sold in hope of raising money for a new Kisumu art gallery for local artists to showcase their works.
Why you should care about fewer government restrictions on BP
This past week has bore witness to a major evolution in the punishment of BP over the oil spill which decimated the gulf region only a few short years ago, giving more leeway to the oil giant than initially decided by our legal system.
