Bright FuturaBright Futura: Dream Presidential Cabinet
With less than 2 weeks before the election, America is preparing to cast their votes for the 2012 Presidential Election. Taking advantage of our own imaginations and free time, we’ve decided to present to you the chance to create your own presidential cabinet. Six choices have been presented to you below, with a link to [...]
2012: The Year of Joseph Kony
A 27 minute video has suddenly gone viral, and you should know how it’s changing the world in less than 27 minutes (video below). The purpose of the video: The purpose of the video is to stop the rebel group the LRA’s (Lord’s Resistance Army) leader Joseph Kony. By making people aware of Joseph Kony, [...]
How Will You Survive The Wikipedia Blackout!?!
Millions of students, fact hunters and general knowledge buffs are set to receive a shockon Wednesday when the digital encyclopaedia Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours in protest at internet piracy laws being considered by US legislators. Jimmy Wales (link may not work during blackout), the founder of the world’s fifth most popular website, is [...]
Carthage College Alumni Wins Miss America 2012
LAS VEGAS — The nation’s newest Miss America is a 23-year-old Wisconsin brunette who had long conversations with her family mulling whether or not to make her father’s jail time for mail fraud the heart of her campaign in the beauty pageant. While her competitors pushed platforms including promoting the health benefits of milk and [...]
10 OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said (VID)
We’ve all heard piece of the “I Have A Dream” speech from the historic March on Washington. The popular DJ and vlogger Jay Smooth put together a video of some of the less-quoted passages from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including some pointed criticisms of the Vietnam War and on the riots that rocked America’s [...]
Cop watchers: Anonymous vs. police [vid]
Is anarchy threatening the Internet? Get an inside look at the hackers who disrupt corporations as a form of activism. Don’t miss CNN Presents at 8 p.m. ET Saturday as Amber Lyon takes you inside the secret world of “Anonymous.” New York (CNN) — “Expect us” is the favorite tag line for an endless stream [...]
Berkeley Physicist Admits ‘Wrong About Global Warming’
UC Berkeley physicist, and longtime climate skeptic, Richard Muller has finally gone on the offensive, publicly admitting he was wrong to doubt global-warming data in a piece for The Wall Street Journal. Richard Muller Warns Congress That Global Warming is Real Related: Berkeley Scientists Discover Two Largest Black Holes Related: Was Einstein Wrong? Subatomic Particles [...]
U.S. Undergrads Deny Throwing Firebombs In Cairo
Watch video here (CBS/AP) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The father of an American student arrested during protests in Egypt says his 19-year-old son has called home and said he’s being treated well under the circumstances. Derrik Sweeney, of Jefferson City, Mo., was among three American students arrested this week in Cairo. Kevin Sweeney says his [...]
So Your Roommate Is Dying, Now What?
Regardless of how lame your roommate is, I think we would all want to know what to do if they were dying, right? So below I have outlined simple and easy steps on how to make sure your lovely roommate –who never cleans up after himselves– stays alive. And before you try and change your mind, [...]
Occupy U.C. Berkeley vs Campus Police
U.C. Berkeley students trying to set up an Occupy encampment faced a violent altercation with campus police, who arrested seven protesters and tore down tents along the campus’ Sproul Plaza Wednesday afternoon. The police, wearing riot gear, clashed with students again Wednesday evening as they attempted to reestablish their camp. (SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO)