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Love, Madness

Have you ever wondered what drives a person mad? Are some naturally more susceptible than others? Salman Rushdie’s short story The Harmony of th... read more

Posted 3 days ago - 3 comments

Ridiculously Ruby Red

At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers, by Salman Rushdie, is a story set in a militantly consumer fantasy land based loosely on a Wizard of Oz theme. I... read more

Posted 1 week ago - 4 comments

Pakistan - Land of the Pure

Professor Mahan Mirza from the department of Religious Studies gave a presentation on Pakistan in order to raise awareness and understanding of its ... read more

Posted 1 week ago - 1 comment

Women Around the World

The California State University, Chico Study Abroad Office presented a panel of international women for a question and answer session during the Inter... read more

Posted 1 week ago - 1 comment

The Prophet's Hair

The Prophet’s Hair is a short story from the book East, West by Salman Rushdie about the unfortunate effects of a religious relic – a sil... read more

Posted 2 weeks ago - 2 comments

Butterfly Effect

Chaos theory is a wondrous and rebellious topic inflamed against the pristine confines of an imaginary Euclidean universe. Coincidently, the prologue ... read more

Posted 3 weeks ago - 6 comments

Cultural Prison

Seattle is one of my favorite culture shocks. I fondly remember being dropped off in the middle of the city as my stepfather said, “Good luck i... read more

Posted 1 months ago - 4 comments

Believe

Free will is fascinating, especially from an engineering perspective. I have often wondered if it is possible to create an artificial free will. To l... read more

Posted 1 months ago - 2 comments

A Question of Power

Unresolved emotional distress is a poison that dissolves a person from the inside out. The South African author Bessie Head was deeply hurt as a you... read more

Posted 1 months ago - 1 comment

Michael Franti and Spearhead

“Those who start wars, never fight them. And those who fight wars, they never like them. And those who write laws, they can't recite them. A... read more

Posted 2 months ago - 1 comment

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