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M1s Confidential disappoints: Revolutionary message missing
April 21, 2006Revolutionary hip hop artists constantly face the reality of being typecast as “conscious,” which means that they may never achieve mainstream appeal. Their audience is going to consist of mainly white liberal students, not the Black...
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Flaming Lips releases: At War with the Mystics
April 21, 2006The Flaming Lips may finally achieve mainstream success with “At War With the Mystics,” their most accessible and radio-friendly release yet. While it’s full of funky sounds and quirky production, the CD also includes some of...
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Watch movies? Improve your world: Syriana fights pollution with renewable energy
April 21, 2006It’s Hollywood meets MoveOn.org. See a movie — take action. This Earth Day, April 22, you can watch “Syriana” then write to Congress to demand a new approach to energy consumption. Or you can watch “An...
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SLAP corporate greed on campuses
April 21, 2006College campuses nationwide are centers for free thought and the exchange of ideas. The research, technology and other developments that universities create are and should be used for the public benefit. But recently, some of these...
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Sweeping out the homeless is no answer!
April 21, 2006In Los Angeles, civic leaders and business interests decided to employ a policy previously applied in New York — using police sweeps to great effect in cleanup, but with poor regard for rights protection — to...
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