Across three days in early April 2012, Ohio State became a fast-paced, minute-to-minute, surge of activism, with potential for longevity, characterized by the message “stand your ground”. Time for Action Twenty four hours after a candlelight vigil for social justice, Hoodies and Headscarves, on Wed. April 4 at 7pm, Ohio State (OSU) students began organizing to bring three minimum demands to the Board of Trustees regarding hate crimes and diversity, Thurs. April 5 at 7pm.
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Peter: Hello, Pulse readers. By this point, you probably all have grown to know and probably resent the pizza-related ramblings of one Stuart McIntyre, but you may be wondering, who’s that asshole in the picture next to him? Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Peter M. Gunn, truth specialist. You may know me by another name, but in case the FBI is watching (and if we’re doin’ it right, they will be), I would rather you not bring my government name up in here. This is the Daily Truth. This is the stuff that has no business being read, much less being written. We’re taking the bullet train straight to the heart of the issues that matter today: geopolitics, pop culture, and the struggle. Truth is beauty; beauty is ephemeral — so this shouldn’t last long. Stuart:...
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Ohio State student activists took a page out of the Occupy playbook when they “mic checked” a panel discussion on shale drilling hosted by the the Subsurface Energy Research Center (SERC) at the Ohio Union on November 18th. The panel, which was made up of several industry experts, a state official and an environmental advocate, was intended to provide information on the oil and gas industry’s new, and extensive, horizontal hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) initiatives in Ohio. Approximately 10 minutes into the event, over thirty-five students from OSU and around the state interrupted state geologist Larry Wickstrom to deliver a message of their own to an audience of students, faculty, and industry professionals. Here is what they had to say (transcript below): Around the nation, activists are hijacking public forums to spread their message. The mic check tactic grew out...
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So if you haven’t noticed, capitalism produces a whole lot of stuff. Capitalists are constantly coming up with new ways to make stuff faster, new ways to make stuff cheaper, with new methods of making stuff, and even new industries to make different stuff. A famous economist dude named Joseph Schumpeter even came up with a concept called “creative destruction” where new ways of making stuff are so much better than old ways of making stuff, that they totally wipe them out. It’s a pretty badass name, and it gets to the heart of how we think of “innovation” in our society. We think of innovation in terms of groundbreaking technological advances or incredible increases in production and efficiency. Innovation has a distinctly ‘economic’ flavor to it in our society. Good old ‘American innovation’ is a catalyst to growth,...
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