The Wake

There are so many injustices being committed in the world today, so many causes on which to hang one’s hat, that it can be hard for the average Wake-reading, peace-loving hippie to know where to direct his or her compassion and action. If our own country’s war and health-care system aren’t enough to worry about, there’s always the Israeli-Palestine conflict or the genocide in Darfur to get anxious about—not to mention the pressing concerns of …

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Students shuffle into a classroom as the bell rings, slumping into desks and tossing backpacks to the floor. They regard their teacher with mild interest as he begins the lesson. Two boys and a girl trade whispered banter that’s half-teasing and half-flirting. A few seats away, a girl holds a cell phone under her desk and text-messages.

Only the papers hanging on the wall to the students’ …

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Photo By Michael O’Donnell

Using Harlin’s story as a frame, the film explores the relationship between the Swiss Alps and the people who live in their shadow. Harlin grew up in the village of Leysin, where his father founded the International School of Mountaineering. As a boy, Harlin III observed the relationship between the Alps and the residents of the …

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Illustration by Ben Alpert

A blending of cultures was the theme at the Chinese New Year Celebration on January 26 in Coffman Union’s Great Hall, presented by the Chinese-American Student Association (CASA).

The event’s opening performance, a traditional lion dance, was followed by a tongue-in-cheek Justin Timberlake tribute by Jimmy Huang, who shared emcee duties with Catherine Wang. Pop and …

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I vividly remember my sixth-grade gym class—changing in front of none-too-friendly classmates, showering awkwardly with more-developed strangers, getting yelled at for reading in a corner instead of doing laps (I was a bookish type). One day, before class, one of my classmates discovered a used condom on the locker room floor. “What’s that?” she asked curiously, and the other girls dissolved into giggles, ridiculing her for not knowing what a condom was. I whispered to …

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To the average person the topic of evolution is thought of as less a field of study than a hot-button issue, the source of commotion regarding its teaching in public schools. For scientists like Bell Museum director Scott Lanyon, evolution isn’t about legal and political squabbles but about the work of mapping the branches that trace evolution’s path and show connections between species. Lanyon is involved with a research project called “Assembling the Tree of …

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