By Sabrina McCutchan
Visitors who spend more than five minutes walking around Duke University are sure to encounter evidence of the campus’s commitment to the environment. Buildings have motion-sensor triggers for their lighting systems to preserve energy. Where there’s a trash bin, there are usually several recycle bins nearby. The buses that run between campuses have stickers on their sides declaring their commitment to use low-grade, high-efficiency fuel. And then, of course, there’s the Smart Home.
Spend ten minutes walking around Duke University, however, and a few other things come to light, …

By Sabrina McCutchan
Over the course of the past few years a trend has been forming with regards to expressed international opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This trend manifested itself visibly during the last major bout of fighting in the Gaza Strip, from December of 2008 through January of this year, and has curiously undergone little to no rigorous scrutiny.
Headlines from January first to January 30 in major newspapers worldwide read “Israel denies killing fleeing Gazans,” “Sue Israel for Genocide,” and “Rights groups review Gaza conflict for war crimes;
International initiatives focusing …