Posts from the ‘news’ category

BBC James Reynolds: Final Thoughts on China

James Reynolds, the BBC reporter stationed in Beijing, has finished his three year term. He wrote a final post on his blog “to take you through…

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How To Follow a Revolution: New Media and Iran

Let me just say this up front: I am not much of a ‘new media’ aficionado. I have had a Twitter account for less than three…

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Statistical Analysis of Iran’s Election Data, Fraud Likely Occurred

From the Washington Post (link – Go read it): Each of these two tests provides strong evidence that the numbers released by Iran’s Ministry of the…

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Tweeting a Coup: Day 3

It has been a hectic last 24 hours in Iran and in the blogosphere. Because everything is so chaotic, I’ve decided to post key developments that…

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The Iranian Election? (An Update)

I might have spoken too soon yesterday when I said that Iran was having an ‘election’. Despite a record 85% turnout on Friday, the situation in…

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Democracy in Iran

Reading through the various news outlets covering this week’s Iranian election, one gets the sense that elections in Iran are not so different from the ones…

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One Step Closer to the Holodeck

For all those tech/video game geeks out there you probably already know about E3. For those of you who don’t, E3 stands for the Electronic Entertainment…

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Opportunity: Apply to be a CLASSy Director!

Interested in learning engagement across the faculties? If so, You might enjoy planning a delightful conference called CLASS. The people are great, the conference sounds intriguing,…

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The Girl who Named Pluto

From the New York Times by way of Slashdot: Venetia Phair, who at the age of 11 was responsible for choosing the name “Pluto” for the…

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More Confusion on Evolution: The Conservative’s Aren’t Alone

UPDATE: The Globe is holding a poll (link):  Do you believe in evolution?  The results, as of 12:15pm (Wed): Yes: 52% (18711 votes) No: 46% (16608…

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