The Phoenix on Social Commentary
Man of the Minute: Sassy Senior Nick Sansone
by Samantha Polon
Thursday April 5, 2007
Samantha Polon interviews this issue’s “Person of the Minute,” senior Nick Sansone.
Avian Flu
by Marissa Maier
Monday February 6, 2006
"The avian flu virus will spread to America. When 15 cases are reported in New York State my parents want me to leave school," said a Sarah Lawrence Sophomore who wished to remain anonymous. Underneath this student’s bed there is a box filled with surgical masks that she believes will protect her long enough to return home if there is an outbreak of the avian flu virus in New York.
Killer Coke? Students push for removal of Coca-Cola
by Misha Karbelnig and Vrinda Manglik
Tuesday November 15, 2005
Next time you reach for a bottle of Cherry Coke at the Pub or fill your glass with Fanta at Bates, you may want to think again. The Coca-Cola Company’s serious human rights violations have now caught the eye of Sarah Lawrence student activists along with activists worldwide.
U.S. indifference to genocide must come to an end
by Shakira Croce
Tuesday November 15, 2005
As you are reading this editorial, hundreds of innocent civilians are being forced out of their villages, raped and murdered in a rapidly unfolding tragedy in Darfur.
I don't intend to sleep when I'm dead, either
by Sonnet Graham
Wednesday October 12, 2005
Oh, sleep.
The little wonder that I have missed so much as of late. I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that a young adult is supposed to receive approximately nine hours of sleep a night. I say "pretty sure" because I’m way too tired to google that fact.
