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Here is a basic demographic breakdown of you, our reader. As you can see, you are about equally male and female. You are also highly educated and (since the Socjourn is critical, controversial, and innovative), critical, controversial, and innovative.You’re looking…

Here is a basic demographic breakdown of you, our reader. As you can see, you are about equally male and female. You are also highly educated and (since the Socjourn is critical, controversial, and innovative), critical, controversial, and innovative.You’re looking…

Power, control, and secrecy in higher education Over the past few years, the Colorado State University Board of Governors has become increasingly secretive. During the spring of 2009, the BOG’s stealth maneuvers became so extreme that several Colorado legislators introduced…

Power, control, and secrecy in higher education Over the past few years, the Colorado State University Board of Governors has become increasingly secretive. During the spring of 2009, the BOG’s stealth maneuvers became so extreme that several Colorado legislators introduced…

A comparison of “socialized” versus private health care According to some critics, Barrack Obama’s efforts to work out a federal solution to the health care crisis implies that he is a socialist. Indeed, free market logic tends to assert that…

A comparison of “socialized” versus private health care According to some critics, Barrack Obama’s efforts to work out a federal solution to the health care crisis implies that he is a socialist. Indeed, free market logic tends to assert that…

A comparison of “socialized” versus private health care According to some critics, Barrack Obama’s efforts to work out a federal solution to the health care crisis implies that he is a socialist. Indeed, free market logic tends to assert that…

Well, apparently, the U.S. economy is not working well.  More and more people are out of work, it and for longer periods. Foreclosures. Debt. And now even the poor, destitute, handicapped, and even the aging veterans are being hung out…

Well, apparently, the U.S. economy is not working well.  More and more people are out of work, it and for longer periods. Foreclosures. Debt. And now even the poor, destitute, handicapped, and even the aging veterans are being hung out…

This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of  the “heinous” way the media treated the aids epidemic, and their absolute disregard for social responsibility or the…