Renee, a sophomore at DePauw, came home to Mason Hall last Tuesday to find a sign harshly warning residents: “CAMERA INSTALLED. DO NOT PLACE FOOD OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING SOUP) … Continue reading "A Message Left for Mason Hall Residents…"

Rape is a serious crime that today’s world is trying to combat. Especially prevalent on college campuses, the hook-up culture of Millennials seems to becoming a wide-spread controversy.  But what … Continue reading "Gen Y’s Hookup Culture: Is There Something Between Consensual Sex and Rape?"

DePauw Philosophy professor Erik Wielenberg has recently published his third book entitled Robust Ethics: The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Godless Normative Realism. In his latest work, “[Wielenberg] draws on recent work in analytic philosophy and … Continue reading "Professor Erik Wielenberg publishes “Robust Ethics”"

We’ve all heard of dumpster divers. We’ve heard the stories about pulling perfectly edible food from supermarket trash cans and restaurant dumpsters. But who knew the lifestyle could be not … Continue reading "Hungry? Check that Dumpster."

In the wake of Edward Snowden’s leak about the NSA surveillance programs, tech companies have been quick to respond to consumer concerns about the privacy of their data. Google and … Continue reading "New Privacy Battle Between Tech Companies and the Feds"

The White House announced that it has adopted a looser policy on airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. The United States has been conducting airstrikes against ISIS, and … Continue reading "Striking Syria: Civilian Casualties"

What does it mean to be on the right side of history? It’s easy to look into the past and see where the line has been drawn.  It has been … Continue reading "When Being Right is Not Enough"

The introduction of technology in the classroom seems like a win-win situation, but psychologists and neuroscientists are hesitant to write handwriting off as a thing of the past. From learning … Continue reading "Making the Case for Cursive"

The thought of global climate change is quite unsettling. No one wants to actually believe that our planet is heating up so much that there are enormous droughts in the … Continue reading "Climate Change? Really?"

No More Deaths is a Tucson, AZ based humanitarian aid organization working to prevent the deaths of migrants crossing the Mexico-US border. According to Kate Morgan-Olsen, a long-term aid worker … Continue reading "No More Deaths: Fatal realities of border militarization"

Originally appeared in The Indianapolis Star The Federal Communications Commission is supposed to ensure that the electronic media serve the public interest. A current FCC rule, however, works primarily to serve … Continue reading "Time to Give NFL’s Blackout Rule the Boot"

Much has been said of the markedly high rates of sexual assaults on college campuses. While the conversations all point to different solutions to the problem, many revolve around the same … Continue reading "Ending Sexual Assault: The Fraternity Question"

Comment on a Prindle Post article and we’ll send you a free sticker of this image featuring Rio, who’s become something of a mascot for the Prindle Post as of … Continue reading "Want a Prindle pup sticker?"

The FDA is currently debating whether skin shocking devices should be banned for use on patients with autism and developmental/intellectual disabilities that display self-harmful or violent behaviors. The only treatment … Continue reading "The FDA and Banning Shock Therapy"

The outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa has captivated the international community since it began in February 2014. Although Ebola has broken out before, this is the largest outbreak ever. … Continue reading "ZMapp: The Solution to Ebola?"

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At 1:00 AM on September 8 TMZ posted a disturbing security video showing Ray Rice, formerly of the Baltimore Ravens, punching his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, rendering her unconscious. At 11:18 … Continue reading "What the Ray Rice Video Suggests About Our Moral Thinking"

There is no question that, in many cases, it is ethically wrong to kill. But is it possible for it to be ethically wrong to save a life? In an “ethically … Continue reading "Can Death Row Inmates Save Lives?"

This article, by DePauw History professor David Gellman, originally appeared in Historians Against Slavery on August 15, 2014. If all the great abolitionists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were … Continue reading "Abolitionists Unfrozen"

The shooting of Michael Brown and the unrest in Ferguson raises a host of obvious ethical issues. One that isn’t so obvious is that it highlights the potential importance of knowing … Continue reading "Ferguson and Net Neutrality"

A few weeks ago, Brian Crecente asked me to comment on whether or not I thought video game designers had a moral obligation to think about how they design games … Continue reading "More Thoughts on Designing Addictive Video Games"

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