Red and Black Day

(Special Event)

The Virginia Tech and Blacksburg communities are invited to participate in Red and Black Day to show solidarity for Northern Illinois University.

For more information, visit the event sponsor

[From Event]

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red and black day in support of Northern Illinois University sponsored by Hokies United. If you are a Hokie, show some support for our colleagues and students. There will also be a candlelight vigil in the burg.

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this is a great little puppet show about neoliberalism with great social and political theoretical basis. from monochrome

What Do We Know About Our Kids’ Futures? Really.

[From Weblogg-ed » What Do We Know About Our Kids’ Futures? Really.]

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there is an interesting discussion occurring at weblogg-ed about kids and learning. my addition is that kids have learned to be compartmentalized, not taking intellectual risks, and losing to some extent their curiousities in favor of performance of others’ goals.