Chicano/a Studies 098 - Online Readings

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Week 10

Professor and Columnist Wins Economics Nobel
by
Katherine Rampell
The New York Times
October 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/economy/14econ.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=KRUGMAN%20AWARDED%20NOBEL%20PRIZE&st=cse&oref=slogin

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Finding Art in the Asphalt
by
Holland Cotter
The New York Times
September 11, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/arts/design/12stre.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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R. Crumb
Mr. Natural Goes to the Museum
by
Ken Johnson
The New York Times
September 5, 2008
Page B21
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/arts/design/05crum.html?scp=1&sq=Mr.%20Natural%20Goes%20to%20the%20Museum&st=cse

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Police Say Use of Taser on Disturbed Man Appeared to Violate Rules
by
Kareem Fahim
and
Christine Hauser
The New York Times
Friday, September 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/nyregion/26taser.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Police%20Say%20Use%20of%20Taser%20on%20Disturbed%20Man%20Appeared%20to%20Violate%20Rules&st=cse&oref=slogin

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Psychologists Clash on Aiding Interrogations
by
Benedict Carey
The New York Times
August 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/washington/16psych.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Book
Torture Team
by
Phillipe Sands
http://www.tortureteam.com

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Soldier Suicides Could Surpass Record
AP
The New York Times
September 5, 2008
Page A17
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/washington/05brfs-SOLDIERSUICI_BRF.html?scp=1&sq=Soldier%20Suicides%20Could%20Surpass%20Record&st=cse

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In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals
by
William J. Broad
and
David E. Sanger
The New York Times
August 24, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/25nuke.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Russia to upgrade nuclear systems
BBC News
Friday, 26 September 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7638356.stm

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Washington
17 Officers Disciplined Over Shipment to Taiwan
AP
The New York Times
Friday, September 26, 2008
Page A23
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/washington/26brfs-17OFFICERSDI_BRF.html?scp=1&sq=17%20Officers%20Disciplined%20Over%20Shipment%20to%20Taiwan&st=cse

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Back to Court, After Atomic Tests
by
John Schwartz
The New York Times
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Page A21
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/washington/07bikini.html?scp=1&sq=Back%20to%20Court,%20After%20Atomic%20Tests&st=cse

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YouTube bans violent videos
by
Mark Sweney
Guardian Unlimited
Friday, September 12, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/12/digitalmedia.youtube

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COLORS #74
Victims
http://www.colorsmagazine.com/victims

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Texas
Texas Executes Mexican Despite Objections From Bush and International Court
by
James C. McKinley Jr.
The New York Times
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
A15
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/06execute.html?scp=1&sq=Texas%20Executes%20Mexican%20Despite%20Objections%20From%20Bush%20and%20International%20Court&st=cse

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Diabetes:  Underrated, Insidious and Deadly
by
Tara Parker-Pope
The New York Times
July 1, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/health/01well.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies Find
by
Pam Belluk
The New York Times
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/us/21alzheimers.html

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Western diet 'raises heart risk'
BBC News
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7680283.stm

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How to give your child a better start in life: delay parenthood
by
Polly Curtis
The Guardian,
Friday, October 17, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/oct/17/children-youngpeople

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Coffee 'worsens poor fertility'
BBC News
Monday, July 7, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7494249.stm

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Cholesterol Screening Is Urged for Young
by
Tara Parker-Pope
The New York Times
July 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/health/07cholesterol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Mexico
Kidnap victims tracked by satellite
Reuters
2008
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=89443&videoChannel=6

Thanks:  Abel Correa

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Mexico
Visions of Grisly Drug Killings Haunt Mexican Schoolchildren
by
Marc Lacey
The New York Times
Monday, October 20, 2008
Page A1
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/world/americas/20tijuana.html?scp=1&sq=Visions%20of%20Grisly%20Drug%20Killings%20Haunt%20Mexican%20Schoolchildren&st=cse

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Moon
Video Shows Moon From Other Side
The New York Times
July 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/science/space/19moonmovie.html

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Obituary
Isaac Hayes, 65, a Creator of ’70s Soul Style, Dies
by
Ben Sisario
The New York Times
August 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/arts/music/11hayes.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=issac%20hayes&st=cse&oref=slogin

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Week 8

Gore Vidal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal

MESSIAH by Gore Vidal
http://www.amazon.com/Messiah-Penguin-Twentieth-Century-Classics/dp/0141180390

American Masters Gore Vidal
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/vidal_g.html

Gore Vidal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcO4WD5Z81c

Gore Vidal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8

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Border Fence Is Not Likely to Be Done by Year’s End
by
Randal C. Archibold
The New York Times
September 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/us/11fence.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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ICE Explains Deporting Alien Fugitives
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHfPm8W7DI

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Minorities Often a Majority Of the Population Under 20
by
Sam Roberts
The New York Times
Thursday, August 7, 2007
Page A13
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/us/07census.html?scp=1&sq=Minorities%20Often%20a%20Majority%20Of%20the%20Population%20Under%2020&st=cse

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Gene hooks smokers at first puff
BBC News
Friday, August 8, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7548878.stm

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Doctors call for warnings on energy drinks to prevent caffeine overdose
by
Ian Sample
The Guardian
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/24/energy.drinks.caffeine.cocaine.red.bull

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Child Warning Added to Cold Remedies
by
Gardiner Harris
The New York Times
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/08cough.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Obituary
Bill Melendez, 91, 'Peanuts' Animator, Dies
by
Margarlit Fox
The New York Times
September 5, 2008
Page C10
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/arts/television/05melendez.html?scp=1&sq=Bill%20Melendez&st=cse

 

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Week 5

Editorial
Immigration Deception
The New York Times
September 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/opinion/19fri1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Immigration and the Military
by
Larry Rohter
The New York Times
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Page A10
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/us/politics/12madbox.html?scp=1&sq=Immigration%20and%20the%20Military&st=cse

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Pentagon approves spy satellite program
AP
The New York Times
September 17, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Spy-Satellites.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=6aa08ecbQ2FPQ20DQ5CPwrQ2Fb1rrkQ3EPIhryO)yDPQ20Ibe)yzkryPQ26XBQ3BhvBQ3BIkDOO)kDbQ3AekVO

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U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules
by
Spencer S. Hsu
and
Carrie Johnson
Washington Post
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503497.html

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Senate Approves Bill To Broaden Wiretap Powers
by
Eric Lichtblau
The New York Times
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Page A1

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/washington/10fisa.html?scp=1&sq=Senate+Approves+Bill+To+Broaden+Wiretap+Powers&st=nyt

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Fingerprint Test Shows Not Only Who, but What
by
Kenneth Chang
The New York Times
Friday, August 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/science/08finger.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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Opinion
Russia's Nuclear Threat Is More Than Words
by
Gabriel Shoenfeld
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Page A11

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121928439171059051.html

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Friction With Russia May Spell Trouble for U.S.
by
Peter Baker
The New York Times
Thursday, August 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/world/europe/22policy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
http://www.ippnw.org

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Asteroids 'could trigger nuclear war'
BBC News
Monday, 15 July, 2002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2128488.stm

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US Hydrogen Bomb
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DkvfcAlujZ0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller-Ulam_design

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USSR Hydrogen Bomb
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=PzgHKFin5eI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

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Nuclear Ambitions: Amateur Scientists Get a Reaction From Fusion
by
Sam Schechner
The Wall Street Journal
August 18, 2008
Page 1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121901740078248225.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone

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Week 3

Border Fence Is Not Likely to Be Done by Year’s End
by
Randal C. Archibold
The New York Times
September 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/us/11fence.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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No More Bomb-Making, but Work Aplenty
by
William Yardley
The New York Times
September 10, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/us/11hanford.html

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Women 'more prone to nightmares'
BBC News
11 September 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7609985.stm

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Secrets of the hidden universe: first hurdle cleared in hunt for dark matter
by
Ian Sample
The Guardian
September 11 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/11/cern.particlephysics

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Frijolero
by
Molotov
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrJW7l8j5Y

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Jimi Hendrix Interview
with
Dick Cavett
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=NZizdexKfDA

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Jimi Hendrix
performs
HEY JOE
on
Begium TV
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ebcx-mTns

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Week 2


Pennsylvania
Mexican’s Death Bares a Town’s Ethnic Tension
by
Sean D. Hamill
The New York Times
August 5, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/us/05attack.html?scp=3&sq=pa.%20mexican%20death&st=cse

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Asteroids 'could trigger nuclear war'
BBC News
Monday, 15 July, 2002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2128488.stm

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Phantom Sightings
by
by Natalie Haddad
Frieze
Issue 117
September 2008
http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/phantom_sightings

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Andy Warhol Japanese TDK Ad
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=x82gWQFEpQA

Andy Warhol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol

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