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Today's Fresh Blogs...| The Fats: Why There Are No Fat People At Wesleyan |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 6:25 pm |
| Tags: Did You Do It Before You Read About It, Fat People, Liberal Arts Colleges, Sociology, The Fats, Wesleyan |
| A few weeks ago, we would've titled this post "Why There Are No Fat People At Oberlin," but a new day has dawned. Anyway! A study came out the other day about fat kids, and guess what? They're less... |
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| Why We're Like a Million Monkeys on Treadmills |
| Published: July 16, 2007, 9:41 pm |
| Tags: Marketing, Web 2 0, Channels, Sociology, Pdf |
| interesting action is in sociology. In other words, how does technology change our culture and how we interact with media, the web and each other - and to what end? This was a major realization for me a few months back and you have probably noticed it in my writing, which is less channel focused. These days, I am far more interested in what |
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| Pop Sociology: The Sexy Reading Habits Of The Petit-Bourgeois |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 6:00 pm |
| Tags: Doree Goes Into The Office, Pop Sociology, Romance Novels |
| This morning on the R train, a woman got off at the City Hall stop. She was middle-aged and heavyset, wearing a light green polyester shirt tucked into snug pinstriped pants. We imagined her sitting... |
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| Social Networks and the Increase in Autism |
| Published: August 5, 2007, 5:07 am |
| Tags: Epidemic, Statistics, Health, Adolescents, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Education, Family, Friends, Health, Networks, Obesity, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Social Networks, Sociology |
| They’re doing it, and they’re doing, and they’re doing it, so what about us, why don’t we—–I heard about it the other day…….. Might thinking such as this be a reason to account for the increase in the prevalence rate of autism, which is now 1 in 150 in the US, and 1 in 94 among children in the |
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| The Browning Of America |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 4:24 pm |
| Tags: Sociology, Politics |
| What gets me excited about this is the political shift this will bring in about 10 years, when more and more ethnic groups will have voters come of age.Maybe we can steer clear of horrible people like Bush, becoming president again in the future.Schools reflect jump in LatinosDenver metro area sees ethnic-population shift'To see the dramatic |
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| The Hamptons: Inside The Star Room |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 6:40 pm |
| Tags: One Eyed Jack S, Secretly School Marm, Sociology, The Hamptons, The Warriors, Top |
| If burgers and barbecues represent the best the Hamptons have to offer, then clubs like the Star Room, Dune and the Pink Elephant represent the Hamptons at their wondrous and strange worst. These... |
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| Women shop better. Especially for doughnuts. |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 7:51 am |
| Tags: Sociology |
| At the risk of being labeled sexist, or a pig, I think I might just post this story without comment: From savannah to supermarket? Today, a scientific study says that over many thousands of years evolution has designed women to... |
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| MyRage |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: Technology, Sociology, Interwebs, Pop Culture |
| Jealous much? MySpace, Facebook can spark itCouples' spying on social-networking sites can trigger paranoia'Jennifer, a 23-year-old teacher, had just moved to Philadelphia for her first job. Chris, meanwhile, stayed behind in Los Angeles for his last year at Loyola Marymount University. They had agreed to cool things off so Chris could cut loose |
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| Wotta' buncha' wussies. |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 3:03 pm |
| Tags: Sociology, Kids, Colorado Springs |
| Those kids are going to be screwed when the grow up and realized not everyone plays fair or someone will come in and mediate things. Conflict is a part of life.Springs school bans tag, citing conflicts'COLORADO SPRINGS An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their |
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| American university to return Machu Picchu objects |
| Published: September 17, 2007, 8:24 pm |
| Tags: Science Technology, Anthropology Sociology, Archaeology, Peru, United States |
| Yale University in the US says it will return artefacts taken 90 years ago from Machu Picchu, as Peru is the rightful owner of thousands of objects found at the Inca citadel. |
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| Australia tops list for vanishing languages |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Community Society, Indigenous, Indigenous Other Peoples, Science Technology, Anthropology Sociology, Research, Australia, Qld, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Russian Federation, United States |
| Australia has topped a list of 'hot spots' for the extinction of Indigenous languages. |
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| Today In - 'People are freaks, yo.' |
| Published: October 3, 2007, 2:31 pm |
| Tags: Technology, Today In, Sociology, Freaks Yo, Robots |
| Roombas fill an emotional vacuum for ownersSome have named them, dressed them even introduced them to parents'ATLANTA - They give them nicknames, worry when they signal for help and sometimes even treat them like a trusted pet.A new study shows how deeply some Roomba owners become attached to the robotic vacuum and suggests there's a measure |
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| A Renewed Icon |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 9:30 pm |
| Tags: Jena, Sociology, History, Culture, Racism, Race |
| “I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky–seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.” - Joseph Conrad, Heart Of Darkness Several weeks ago I predicted that, post-Jena, the noose would |
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| Interesting |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 1:20 pm |
| Tags: Sports, Sociology, Pop Culture |
| Michael VickNFL truth: Hip-hop culture hurting NFL'You get one NFL Truth today. Watching Chad Johnson and Larry Johnson undermine their respective head coaches, Marvin Lewis and Herm Edwards, on Sunday gave me a singular focus, forced me to contemplate an uncomfortable truth.African-American football players caught up in the rebellion and |
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| #2 OLYMPICS CLOCK UNVEILING AT ART GALLERY FEBRUARY 12, 2007 |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 8:59 pm |
| Tags: Vancouver, Homelessness, Olympics, People, Poverty, Sociology |
| There were many groups and organizations attending the unveiling of the Olympics clock at the Vancouver Art Gallery February 12, 2007. read more |
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