Source: The Nation, Title: “The New PC,” Author: Russell Jacoby, Date of Publication: April 4, 2005 Student Researchers: Vanessa Dern, Theodora Ruhs For centuries, the higher education classroom has been a haven for honest debate and protected academic freedom. The college professor, one of the last “rugged individualists,” had the freedom to teach a given [...]

Sources: Dollars and Sense, Issue #252, March/April 2004, Title: “Supremes Limit Punitive Damages,” Author: Jamie Court, http://www.dollarsandsense.org/0304court.html; Democracy now! Feb 4, 2005, Title: “Tort reform: The Big Payoff for Corporations, Curbing the Lawsuits that Hold Them Accountable,” Author: Amy Goodman et al (Juan Gonzalez interview with Joanne Doroshow), http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/04/1537236 Faculty Evaluator: Perry Marker, Ph. D. Student Researcher: [...]

Sources: Oxfam Press Release, December 6, 2004, Title: “Poor Are Paying the Price of Rich Countries’ Failure,” Author: Caroline Green, http://www.oxfam.org/eng/pr041206_MDG.htm; InterPress Service, OneWorld U.S., December 6, 2004, Title: “45 Million Children to Die in Next Decade Due to Rich Countries’ Miserliness,” Author: Jim Lobe, http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/99063/1/ Faculty Evaluator: Maureen Buckley, Ph. D. Student Researcher: Paige Dumont Forty-five [...]

Sources:Mother Jones, November/December 2004, Title: “Dirty Warriors: How South African Hitmen, Serbian Paramilitaries, and Other Human Rights Violators Became Guns for Hire for Military Contractors in Iraq,” Author: Barry Yeoman, http://www.corpwatch.org, March 7, 2005, Title: “Intelligence, Inc.,” Author: Pratap Chatterjee,http://www.law.com, May 11, 2004, Title: “Untested Law Key in Iraqi Abuse Scandal,” Author: Jonathan Groner Faculty Evaluator: [...]

Sources: Asheville Global Report (British Medical Journal),No. 284, June 24-30, 2004, Title: “Bush Plans To Screen Whole U.S. Population For Mental Illness,” Author: Jeanne Lenzer, http://www.agrnews.org/issues/284/#2; Truth News, September 13,2004, Title: “Forcing Kids Into a Mental Health Ghetto,” Congressman Ron Paul,http://www.truthnews.net/world/2004090078.htm Faculty Evaluator: David Van Nuys Ph.D. Student Researchers: John Ferritto, Matt Johnson In April of [...]

Source: Earthfirst! Nov-Dec 2004, Title: “See You in the Mountains: Katuah Earth First! Confronts Mountaintop Removal,” Author: John Conner Faculty Evaluator: Ervand Peterson, Ph. D. Student Researcher: Angela Sciortino Mountaintop removal is a new form of coal mining in which companies dynamite the tops of mountains to collect the coal underneath. Multiple peaks are blown [...]

Source: GlobalResearch.ca, October 27, Title: “Iran Next U.S. Target,” Author: William Clark Faculty Evaluator: Phil Beard, Ph. D. Student Researcher: Brian Miller The U.S. media tells us that Iran may be the next target of U.S. aggression. The anticipated excuse is Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program. William Clark tells us that economic reasons may have [...]

Sources: Grain, October 2004, Title: “Iraq’s New Patent Law: A Declaration of War against Farmers,” Authors: Focus on the Global South and GRAIN; TomPaine.com, October 26, 2004, Title: “Adventure Capitalism,” Author: Greg Palast; The Ecologist, February 4, 2005, Title: “U.S. Seeking to Totally Re-engineer Iraqi Traditional Farming System into a U.S.-style Corporate Agribusiness,” Author: Jeremy [...]

Sources: http://www.truthout.org, Feb. 28, 2005, Title: “Dead Messengers: How the U.S. Military Threatens Journalists,” Author: Steve Weissman; http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/022405A.shtml, Title: “Media Repression in ‘Liberated’ Land,” InterPress Service, November 18, 2004, Author: Dahr Jamail;http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26333 Faculty Evaluator: Elizabeth Burch, Ph.D. Student Researcher: Michelle Jesolva According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)1, 2004 was the deadliest year for reporters since [...]

Sources: Harper’s Magazine, December 2004, Title: “The UN is Us: Exposing Saddam Hussein’s silent partner,” Author: Joy Gordon, http://www.harpers.org/TheUNisUS.html; Independent/UK, December 12, 2004, Title: “The oil for Food ‘Scandal’ is a Cynical Smokescreen,” Author: Scott Ritter, http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1212-23.htm Faculty Evaluator: Robert McNamara, Ph. D. Student Researcher: Deanna Murrell The U.S. has accused UN officials of corruption in Iraq’s [...]