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Groups call Stack hero

Many Facebook members have probably noticed there are groups for just about any subject or topic imaginable, with everything from “Old Spice Guy on a Horse Fan Club” to “When I Was Your Age, Pluto Was A Planet. Most groups are ridiculous and pretty annoying, but they’re all in good fun. But what happens when users start joining groups that openly support acts of violence? Full story

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Facebook a detriment to human communication

Facebook is an iconic networking Web site with over 400 million users. College students are one of its largest demographics. In fact, a Student Monitor survey found Facebook was the most popular thing on campuses, wit the exception of the iPod. With such approval, who could complain? Well, I can. Facebook is fundamentally altering communication, and, in case you forgot the last uproar over Facebook layouts, change is always bad.

Greece’s debt increases

After two years of surviving turbulent economic times and latching on to “glimmers of hope” of recovery, Greece reminds the world of just how fragile the global economic recovery is. This past month, Greece’s government bonds were demoted to junk bond status, causing private capital investment to wither and further escalating fears of an economic collapse of the nation. Greece’s demise would trigger a financial downward spiral of the European Union.

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Kevin Smith kicked off flight

Boarding a plane can bring about a variety of emotions, but for “Clerks” director Kevin Smith, Southwest Airlines served up humiliation when he was asked to leave a flight due to his size. On Feb. 13, Smith settled comfortably into his seat, ready to fly to Burbank, Calif. Moments later, flight attendants escorted him off the plane, claiming his size marked him as a danger to others. Smith took to sarcastically attacking Southwest Airlines on Twitter, letting his million-plus followers know that the “wall of the plane was opened, and I was airlifted out while Richard Simmons supervised.”

Music critics hinder the spread of quality music

There may be no endeavor more futile than that of the music critic. In their naïveté, they hope to express the deepest emotions inspired by music with their pretentious prose and clumsy, generic descriptions. Failing to realize that a logical representation of the emotional is impossible, their work is entirely wrongheaded. The emergence of genre and criticism was the worst occurrence in the history of music. Critics tear apart complex structures far greater than the sum of their parts; their work is, by definition, a contradiction. In breaking down musical works, critics objectify music, which then becomes something to be studied, rather than something to be experienced.

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