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Opinion: Web Speaks Loudly Against Book Bans

(Sept. 27) -- The words "grass roots" spring to mind. On Twitter Sunday morning, Sept. 19, #SpeakLoudly began. As grass roots do in nature, #SpeakLoudly grew into something living, renewing and as welcome as Spring. At least, to this author. #SpeakLoudly supports the book "Speak," by Laurie Halse Anderson, a Young Adult...

Possible Suicide Cluster Has Cornell on Edge

(March 15) -- Steep, picturesque gorges cut their way through the heart of Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, N.Y. Over the years, however, the rocky chasms have proven to be a beacon for students seeking to end their own lives. On Friday, Matthew Zika, 21, became the third student in less than a month to be found at...

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06/01/12 In Dystopian Society, There Are No Sunny Days Source: The Connecticut Law Tribune on Law.com (ALM) Kurt Vonnegut has been a dead key to me ever since I started to read both for pleasure and spiritual succor.
05/30/12 Bargell: Advice from middle schoolers Source: Summit Daily News - Frisco CO Fifteen years ago, an MIT commencement address attributed to Kurt Vonnegut traveled through cyberspace at the speed of light.
05/29/12 WRITE TEAM: I offer a belated thank you Source: The Times - Ottawa IL I just finished reading a short story titled "The Cruise of the Jolly Roger" by Kurt Vonnegut.
05/24/12 None of the Above Source: Cornell Daily Sun - Cornell University - Ithaca NY We have this habit of fitting things into neat little boxes when we don't know how to make sense of them.
05/19/12 Armchair Analyst: Support Staff Source: MLS "The darkest secret of this country, I am afraid, is that too many of its citizens imagine that they belong to a much higher civilization somewhere else."

Background on kurt vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor, and science fiction.

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