Editorial/Opinion ArticlesExploiting the world's secretsGeeks and corporations share information for fun and profitByThe professor of my mass media and pop culture class started off the semester with an icebreaker. "Let's all get to know each other a little better!" she said excitedly. She then proceeded to run a PowerPoint slide show set to music. With our pictures in it. If President Bush had a fantasy teamFantasy sports designed like U.N. would create harmonyByWith the summer winding down, thousands of people ignored family and friends as they spent hours on computers doing research, compiling data and pouring over pages of statistics. After their hard work, they congregate into living rooms across the country and agonizing over tough decisions that would affect them for months. Gone to the dogsWoman's protest to state law was creative and commendableByA Washington woman's outcry is top dog when it comes to creativity and effectiveness in speaking out against the government. Jane Balogh, 66, registered her dog, Duncan M. McDonald, to vote by putting her telephone bill in his name, according to an Associate Press article. |