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		<title>Syrian conflict explodes</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/21/syrian-conflict-explodes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign aid would do little to help rebels fighting a bloody battle against Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
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		<title>Extra-curriculars, internships as important as grades</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/21/extra-curriculars-internships-as-important-as-grades/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/21/extra-curriculars-internships-as-important-as-grades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students focus too much time focusing on academic achievement instead of crafting a well-rounded resume.]]></description>
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		<title>’SC sets example in lowering dropout rate</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/01/sc-sets-example-in-lowering-dropout-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/01/sc-sets-example-in-lowering-dropout-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USC should be proud of its low dropout rate and be an example for other universities.]]></description>
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		<title>Should the Guantánamo Bay prison remain open?</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/01/should-the-guantanamo-bay-prison-remain-open/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/05/01/should-the-guantanamo-bay-prison-remain-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prison must be closed as it stands for hypocrisy and infringes upon international human rights.  One hundred of the total 166 inmates at the Guantánamo Bay prison currently on hunger strike have successfully refocused debate on the deplorable conditions at the prison. During a press conference on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said he remained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Internet celebrates 20th birthday</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/30/the-internet-celebrates-20th-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/30/the-internet-celebrates-20th-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 06:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Washington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CERN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the creation of World Wide Web. The organization responsible for building the Internet, CERN, also created the Large Hadron Collider, which may or may not have broken the speed of light in 2011. British scientist Tim Berners-Lee drafted a series of proposals in 1989 that eventually led to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insults against disabled people must be eradicated</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/30/insults-against-disabled-people-must-be-eradicated/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/30/insults-against-disabled-people-must-be-eradicated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People must work harder to ensure that the disabled community is respected.]]></description>
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		<title>Press dinner needs less of Hollywood</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/30/press-dinner-needs-less-of-hollywood/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/30/press-dinner-needs-less-of-hollywood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner took place Saturday in Washington D.C. Despite the mostly lighthearted commentary of President Barack Obama’s night as comedian-in-chief, however, scathing comments by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin stood out. &#160; As celebrities and journalists walked down the red carpet, Palin used her social media accounts to express clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindness goes hand in hand with business</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/29/kindness-goes-hand-in-hand-with-business/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/29/kindness-goes-hand-in-hand-with-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adam grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andrew offenburger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The refrain “it’s not personal, it’s business” is seemingly everywhere in corporate life. Business students and employees are trained to believe in the importance of the bottom line and that profits, rather than people, are essential to success. In his new book, Give and Take, organizational psychologist and University of Pennsylvania Wharton professor Adam Grant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus should shift to safety in workplace</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/29/focus-should-shift-to-safety-in-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/29/focus-should-shift-to-safety-in-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a Bangladeshi building collapsed, steps should be taken to ensure safe conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration not blame for bombing</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/28/immigration-not-blame-for-bombing/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/28/immigration-not-blame-for-bombing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans cannot blame all immigrants for malicious acts done by a few radicals. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gentrification displaces people, cultures</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/28/gentrification-displaces-people-cultures/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/28/gentrification-displaces-people-cultures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gentrification drives up the cost of living in areas of the city that were previously more affordable for low-income individuals.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/25/letter-to-the-editor-89/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/25/letter-to-the-editor-89/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to “USG should focus on student spending” Two days ago I read an article published in the Daily Trojan about how USG should focus on student funding. The opinion piece claims that the procedures a club has to follow to get funding are tough and the money awarded too small to help out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor health care affects immigration</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/25/poor-health-care-affects-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/25/poor-health-care-affects-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[jacinto cruz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a report by the Center for Social Justice released Tuesday reveals, during the past five years, an estimated 600 immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally have been deported by American hospitals in a little-known removal system called “medical repatriation.” As inhumane as the end decision seems, the underlying complexities regarding illegal immigration and health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the limits of the 24-hour breaking news cycle?</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/24/what-are-the-limits-of-the-24-hour-breaking-news-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/24/what-are-the-limits-of-the-24-hour-breaking-news-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailytrojan.com/?p=66484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Media outlets must ensure that their reporting is accurate and factual instead of chasing scoops.  Last week, a number of news sources including CNN, The Boston Globe and the Associated Press falsely reported that an arrest had been made in the aftermath of the bombing of the Boston Marathon. This highlights a glaring problem of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literature finds a new online home</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/24/literature-finds-a-new-online-home/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/24/literature-finds-a-new-online-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Washington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times Festival of books this weekend was a cornucopia for young people interested in beginning a career in the publication of literature. During a conversation at the Salvatori Computer Science Center on Sunday afternoon, several dozens of festival-goers learned about the world of publishing as “The Technological Frontier.” Los Angeles Times contributor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scouts’ new proposal hypocritical</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/23/scouts-new-proposal-hypocritical/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/23/scouts-new-proposal-hypocritical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America proposed a change to its national policy that would lift an existing ban on openly gay scouts participating in the organization.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston bomber deserves fair trial in court of law</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/23/boston-bomber-deserves-fair-trial-in-court-of-law/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/23/boston-bomber-deserves-fair-trial-in-court-of-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dhokhar Tsarnaev wasn’t immediately read Miranda rights after his arrest.]]></description>
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		<title>USG should focus on student funding</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/22/usg-should-focus-on-student-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/22/usg-should-focus-on-student-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of funding recreational sports, USG must find a way to fund other student groups.]]></description>
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		<title>News media ownership must be scrutinized</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/22/news-media-ownership-must-be-scrutinized/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/22/news-media-ownership-must-be-scrutinized/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When readers sit down to read the newspaper every morning, they probably never think about the people who own it. This might change with a recent controversy surrounding the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times. Since 2000, the L.A. Times has been the property of the media company Tribune, which owns copious news stations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/21/letter-to-the-editor-88/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/21/letter-to-the-editor-88/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The importance of volunteerism As one of the leading universities in the country, USC should make volunteerism a requirement for graduation and aim to focus its resources on promoting volunteerism on campus if it wants its students to have a greater impact on the world. College is the time to explore your interests and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants a vital part of the future of the US</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/21/immigrants-a-vital-part-of-the-future-of-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/21/immigrants-a-vital-part-of-the-future-of-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bombing of the Boston Marathon has prompted some politicians to voice their concerns at the prospects of changing current immigration practices.
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/18/letter-to-the-editor-87/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/18/letter-to-the-editor-87/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Sragow video Throughout the last few days, some people have mistakenly assumed that I want to censor professors’ freedom of speech. Not once have I ever advocated such a thing. In many cases it serves students well for professors to express their own opinions and political experience. Nevertheless, the role of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA must keep generic OxyContin</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/18/fda-must-keep-generic-oxycontin/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/18/fda-must-keep-generic-oxycontin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday its decision to ban generic versions of the original OxyContin formula, a narcotic medication often widely used to treat and alleviate chronic pain. &#160; According to CNN, the agency has decided upon this change “in an effort to curb prescription painkiller abuse.” Since it was first approved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What freedom do teachers have in assigning work?</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/17/what-freedom-do-teachers-have-in-assigning-work/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/17/what-freedom-do-teachers-have-in-assigning-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Albany, NY teacher should be ashamed for assigning an essay putting students in the shoes of Nazis. Last week, an unnamed English teacher at Albany High School in New York was put on leave by the school district after giving out a rather unsettling prompt for a persuasive essay. According to USA Today, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dress code laws infringe upon personal freedoms</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/16/dress-code-laws-infringe-upon-personal-freedoms/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/16/dress-code-laws-infringe-upon-personal-freedoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed bill in Ugandan parliament forbids women from wearing miniskirts.]]></description>
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		<title>Fee for 9/11 memorial necessary</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/16/fee-for-911-memorial-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/16/fee-for-911-memorial-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many, two dollars might seem like a trifling amount — or at least nothing to argue over. But in the case of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center in New York City, it’s a different story. The memorial foundation’s recent announcement that a temporary two-dollar service fee for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Marathon conspiracy theories already abound</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/16/boston-marathon-conspiracy-theories-already-abound/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/16/boston-marathon-conspiracy-theories-already-abound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Washington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon was even twenty-four hours old, conspiracy theories littered Facebook feeds and Google searches. The attack, which occurred on Monday in downtown Boston, was a series of two explosions located on the sidelines near the finish line of the race. CBS News reports that a third explosive was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New immigration bill full of unrealistic goals</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/15/new-immigration-bill-full-of-unrealistic-goals/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/15/new-immigration-bill-full-of-unrealistic-goals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An imbalanced immigration bill introduced in the Senate would be extremely difficult to implement.]]></description>
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		<title>Micromanaging employees could hurt bottom line</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/15/micromanaging-employees-could-hurt-bottom-line/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/15/micromanaging-employees-could-hurt-bottom-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not news that the job market is currently in trouble. Horror stories of layoffs and home foreclosures are common and it seems like a shocking number of people are doing all that he or she can to avoid losing employment. But how are the companies themselves dealing with having fewer employees? “Wages are stagnant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/14/letters-to-the-editor-36/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/14/letters-to-the-editor-36/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Washington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full responses to video of Prof. Sragow I was surprised to see a Political Science professor making national headlines for &#8216;indoctrinating&#8217; students in class by &#8216;bashing Republicans.&#8217; The evidence played out in an edited 15-minute video taken by a camera hidden in student Tyler Talgo&#8217;s lapel. The original video was sent by this student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/14/letters-to-the-editor-35/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/14/letters-to-the-editor-35/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responses to video of Prof. Sragow I’ve noticed students making audio recordings of professors without asking, which I also think it is at best impolite and, at worst, a violation of trust. Videotaping an educator and sending an edited video to a smear website is not the rational response of a student who is worried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race still a factor in job searches</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/14/race-still-a-factor-in-job-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/14/race-still-a-factor-in-job-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet Yolanda Spivey: a vibrant and educated young woman in her 20s with more than a decade of experience in the insurance industry. During those that span, she worked as an assessor, broker and manager of other employees. She did well in her field too, with a client base including not just individuals but also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/11/letter-to-the-editor-86/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/11/letter-to-the-editor-86/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rallying against fossil-fuel investments  USC students take pride in the large sums of money the school receives to enhance our educational experience. It’s with a cumulative endowment of $3.5 billion that ’SC is able to maintain its standing as one of the top research institutions in the world. But while our university is grateful for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-life rights also include life of mother</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/11/pro-life-rights-also-include-life-of-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/11/pro-life-rights-also-include-life-of-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, Praveen Halappanavar was questioned in an Irish court about the events surrounding the death of his wife, Savita Halappanavar. Savita Halappanavar, an Indian dentist who moved from southwest India to Dublin with her husband in 2008, was 17 weeks pregnant when she was sent to University Hospital Galway on Oct. 21, 2012 after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How effective will the new strict Conn gun reform law be?</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/10/how-effective-will-the-new-strict-conn-gun-reform-law-be/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/10/how-effective-will-the-new-strict-conn-gun-reform-law-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers need to do more to restrict other kinds of guns and ammunition, as well as more strict background checks. According to CNN, the Connecticut state government, reacting to the Sandy Hook massacre from December, has created a new law designed to decrease the deadliness of American weapons in its state. The new law, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea’s threats won’t materialize</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/09/north-koreas-threats-wont-materialize/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/09/north-koreas-threats-wont-materialize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if North Korea attacks, it will only result in consequences for ruthless leader Kim Jong-Un. ]]></description>
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		<title>‘Best-looking’ remarks opposite of sexist</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/09/best-looking-remarks-opposite-of-sexist/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/09/best-looking-remarks-opposite-of-sexist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a figure upheld for his tolerance and politically correct take on the world, President Barack Obama has taken an incredible amount of heat from critics for a comment he made last Thursday at a fundraising lunch in Atherton, Calif., at the Democratic National Committee. While praising California Attorney General Kamala Harris as “brilliant,” “dedicated” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schools in Gaza separate</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/08/schools-in-gaza-separate/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/08/schools-in-gaza-separate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new law passed by Hamas in Gaza is a step backward for women’s right and progress.]]></description>
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		<title>New streaming business model paves way</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/08/new-streaming-business-model-paves-way/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/08/new-streaming-business-model-paves-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When kids in the modern day want to kick back with their favorite television show after a long, hard day’s work, very few turn on their actual television sets. With the advent of Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go and dozens of other streaming sites, as well as the handy DVR and TiVo recording devices, the idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan B access necessary to lower teen pregnancy</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/07/plan-b-access-necessary-to-lower-teen-pregnancy/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/07/plan-b-access-necessary-to-lower-teen-pregnancy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kathleen sebelius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge’s decision to remove Plan B restrictions is a victory for women’s rights. ]]></description>
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		<title>Affirmative action remains crucial</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/07/affirmative-action-remains-crucial/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/07/affirmative-action-remains-crucial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fisher v. university of texas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suzy lee weiss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[High school senior Suzy Lee Weiss recently hit the national spotlight after writing a controversial letter to the Wall Street Journal titled “To (All) the Colleges that Rejected Me.”]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/04/letter-to-the-editor-85/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/04/letter-to-the-editor-85/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protesting for students’ rights The trend in the last three years has been unconformity. Around Europe, thousands of students took to the streets to protest governments’ implementations of new austerity measures. In the Middle East, we witnessed the youth rise against authoritarian governments, using social networks and new technologies to consolidate an Arab Spring that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euthanasia lingers in ethical gray area</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/04/euthanasia-lingers-in-ethical-gray-area/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/04/euthanasia-lingers-in-ethical-gray-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A smoking revolver, one dead woman and a confession from the very man who committed the act — the evidence for murder is all there in the details of Arizona man George Sanders’ “mercy killing” of his 81-year-old wife, Virginia. Lost in the distant objectivity of the headlines, however, is a heartbreaking story of love, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should women be told to find a partner in college?</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/03/should-women-be-told-to-find-a-partner-in-college/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/03/should-women-be-told-to-find-a-partner-in-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lean in]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collegiate women should not count out the possibility of finding their mates in college for the sake of their careers. On Friday, a female Princeton alumna named Susan A. Patton, Class of ’77, wrote a guest column for the Daily Princetonian.Though it isn’t strange for someone to send a letter to the editor, this one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BC sex ban helps students</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/02/bc-sex-ban-helps-students/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/02/bc-sex-ban-helps-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[boston college]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sex week]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other schools should adopting consider Boston College’s latest policy regarding free condoms.]]></description>
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		<title>Americans must respect military privacy</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/02/americans-must-respect-military-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/02/americans-must-respect-military-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[no easy day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when everyone thought they had gotten a glimpse into what really happened during the military operation that killed infamous al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, another account comes out contradicting it. This additional account arrived last week from a member of SEAL Team 6, the military unit that executed the May 2011 raid on bin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/01/letter-to-the-editor-84/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/01/letter-to-the-editor-84/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gabriel piterberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students for Palestine Last week, University of Southern California’s Students for Justice in Palestine hosted Palestine Awareness Week to expose the struggles of the Palestinian people under prolonged, brutal occupation and oppression. SJP is a graduate and undergraduate group of students of various faiths, backgrounds, and academic interests that stands in solidarity with the Palestinian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinancing helps with crisis</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/01/microfinancing-helps-with-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/04/01/microfinancing-helps-with-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiva announced last week that it has passed the $400 million milestone in microloans, a landmark achievement for an organization that relies on private donors to finance loans as small as $25 in developing countries. This field, known as “microfinance,” has recently become immensely popular, inspiring similar movements across the nation. In 2009, New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the editor</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/03/31/letter-to-the-editor-83/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/03/31/letter-to-the-editor-83/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[noam chomsky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students for Israel On the right to national security Two weeks ago, during his visit to Israel, President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “[his] first task is to keep the people of Israel safe.” Israel is the most important ally of the U.S. in the Middle East and it is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on ignorance, not just racism</title>
		<link>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/03/31/focus-on-ignorance-not-just-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://dailytrojan.com/2013/03/31/focus-on-ignorance-not-just-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rpflores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[intolerance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not uncommon in 2013 to hear a media outlet of some sort calling on Americans for a “frank and honest discussion about race.” Quite honestly, a large proportion of articles I’ve read that document racial and cultural tensions seem to conclude with an anecdote about how Americans need to talk about race in order [...]]]></description>
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