BY ANNA KELLAR
When American Evan Lysacek beat Russian Evgeny Plushenko by just over a point in the final of men’s Olympic figure skating, more than a gold medal was on the line. According to many commentators–and Plushenko himself–the result was nothing less than a blow to the sport itself. The controversy boiled down to jumps: [...]

BY DIANA SAVERIN
Curling seemed to be the craze of the Olympics. Even the Wall Street crowd tuned in to witness the heroes of the season. Most assume the sport is reserved for an obscure sector of the population, but I happen to know it a little closer to home.
My great-aunt Liz was Scottish, but lived [...]

BY DIANA SAVERIN
The Winter Olympics seems to exact a greater degree of audience participation than their summer counterparts. The athletes may be equally well trained, but the events they are participating in vary in one important respect: danger. The Winter Olympics have me on the edge of my seat, not necessarily hoping for gold, but [...]

BY NANZI WANG
Culture in Northeast Asia is facing opportunities, problems and challenges in the 21st century. This soft power is increasingly a crucial factor in the cooperation and communication among Northeast Asian brands.
Culture identity surmounts various kinds of cultural differences, on the basis of the approval on human generality and general similarity on the foundation [...]

BY MATTHEW ESCANO
In 2002, a team of scientists led by Mathis Wackernagel, an analyst at Redefining Progress, determined that mankind’s consumption surpassed the earth’s regenerative capacity around 1980. This study, published by the U.S. Academy of Sciences, also estimated that the world’s demands in 1999 exceeded the earth’s capacity by 20 percent. Donella and Dennis [...]

BY TANEJA YOUNG
I was born in Barbados and grew up on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Trinidad has a rich and varied culture, having been colonized by the Spanish, the French and finally the British. Under British rule, indentured labourers from India and slaves from Africa came to work on the sugar-cane plantations. [...]

By Anna Kellar
On December 8, the Yale Afghanistan Forum brought Professor Mariam Abou-Zahab, of Science-Po (home of the Paris Globalist), to New Haven to speak about the origins of the Taliban. Professor Abou-Zahab is a political sociologist, and an expert on the Pashtun tribal areas.
While at Yale, she discussed her current work over lunch with [...]

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at the Bella Center– Erin Schutte
Security was at its tightest today as protestors attempted to storm the conference center, the metro station shut down, and even registered observers with their secondary passes were denied entrance the Bella Center after one unnamed delegation supposedly let in some delegates through a back door.  Fortunately, [...]

Monday, December 14, 2009–Erin Schutte
The observers inside the Bella Center today are thankful they set their alarm clocks. Registration for COP15 got bogged down nearly immediately after the doors opened this morning at 8 AM, causing thousands of environmentalists to wait for hours outside the venue in the bitter Danish winter. I arrived at the [...]