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OPINION: Is AI making us smarter — or just better at looking smart?
When students use generative artificial intelligence to write papers, many professors worry: Are we watching the death of critical thinking? It’s a fair question. But it’s also not a new one. Over 2,000 years ago, Plato worried that writing itself would make people forget how to think. If ideas could be written down, why bother remembering them? Writing, he argued, would create the illusion of knowledge — people would seem wise without actually understanding anything. Sound familiar?
The center did not hold: Elon students' views on Israel/Palestine shift over 1 year
Editor’s note: Tom Arcaro is a professor of sociology at Elon University and the principal investigator for this longitudinal study. The full report, including methodology and detailed analysis, is available upon request or online at TomArcaro.com. Something fundamental has shifted in how our student body understood one of the most contentious issues of our time.
The great resetting has begun
We are not on the brink; we are in the midst. The great resetting of global priorities — from profit to people, from greed to grace — is not a future event. It is unfolding before our eyes in the waves of the Mediterranean and the docks of Italy, in the streets of world capitals and the whispered consensus of millions. This is not a proletarian revolution in the old, rigid sense.
A nation reborn confronting rampant corruption
But this story is much larger than Bangladesh itself. This is precisely the example the world needs right now-a story of struggle against oppression and corruption followed by success. What is happening in Bangladesh is something from which the rest of the world can learn. In this case, to borrow from the myth of the Hydra, one of the main heads of the beast-represented by the now -exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh-has been severed.
Survivor: a book review
Survivor: a book review Posted on: December 20, 2023 | By: Tom Arcaro | Filed under: Refugee humanitarians Getting my hands on Survivor This past August I was able to secure several copies of Ziaur Rahman’s stunning memoir Survivor: My Life as A Rohingya Refugee. I had gotten to know Ziaur two years ago through numerous online conversations and was honored to be among the many who assisted him in the process of getting his story published.
Elon, NC professor: After 5 years, Rohingya people continue to seek justice
Tom Arcaro We recently marked the This ethnic and religious minority has spent five long years seeking justice. The facts are both clear and stark. Five years ago the Rohingya people became the victims of a genocide by the military junta controlling Myanmar. Since the start of the genocide in Aug. 25, 2017, nearly 800,000 Rohingya have now fled into Bangladesh.
After 5 long years, the Rohingya continue to seek justice
We recently marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the Rohingya genocide. This ethnic and religious minority has spent five long years seeking justice. The facts are both clear and stark. Five years ago, the Rohingya people became the victims of a genocide by the military junta controlling Myanmar. Since the start of the genocide on Aug. 25, 2017, nearly 800,000 Rohingyas have now fled into Bangladesh.
Tom Arcaro: On World Humanitarian Day, honor aid workers
Today we commemorate the humanitarian aid workers who serve as the link between our charitable giving and those in need around the world.This year, at least $27.3 billion in humanitarian aid will be leveraged to support the many millions of victims suffering from conflict and disaster.
Opinion/Column: An act of healing, a plea for change
On Feb. 5, an otherwise unremarkable day, 150,000 people died in various places around the world, and 28,000 died here in the United States. One of those deaths was my sweet 36-year-old daughter’s. This young soul, who I will never again see alive, died far too full of love and promise, far too blessed with creativity and passion, and taken far too soon from this world.In the past decade, tens of thousands of Americans have been part of the growing opioid crisis.
Tom Arcaro: An act of healing, a plea for change
On Feb. 5, an otherwise unremarkable day, 150,000 people died in various places around the world, and 28,000 died here in the United States. One was my sweet 36-year-old daughter.This young soul that I will never again see alive died far too full of love and promise, far too blessed with creativity and passion, and taken far too soon from this world.In the past 10 years, tens of thousands of Americans have been part of the growing opioid crisis.
Deportations will have a catastrophic economic impact - Tom Arcaro | The Herald Sun
In recent weeks President Donald Trump ordered ending Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of individuals and families who relocated to this country after disasters in their own. This decision could have long-term economic consequences, as the aid these immigrants send “home” comes to an end.
A daughter’s mental illness, and a father’s anguish - Tom Arcaro | News & Observer
On Feb. 5, 2018, an otherwise unremarkable day, 150,000 people died in various places around the world, and 28,000 died here in the United States. One of those deaths was my sweet 36-year-old daughter’s. This young soul that I will never again see alive, died far too full of love and promise, far too blessed with creativity and passion, and taken far too soon from this world. In the past decade, tens of thousands of Americans have been part of the growing opioid crisis.
A daughter’s mental illness, and a father’s anguish - Tom Arcaro | The Herald Sun
On Feb. 5, 2018, an otherwise unremarkable day, 150,000 people died in various places around the world, and 28,000 died here in the United States. One of those deaths was my sweet 36-year-old daughter’s. This young soul that I will never again see alive, died far too full of love and promise, far too blessed with creativity and passion, and taken far too soon from this world. In the past decade, tens of thousands of Americans have been part of the growing opioid crisis.
Real killers don’t wear hoodies: The problem with Sutherland Springs | The Herald Sun
I have been teaching introduction to sociology for more than 30 years, and each semester I point out a glaring and disturbing fact when covering the chapter on deviance. I present data indicating that corporate criminals and criminal corporations rob, kill and injure and cause psychological harm far more than all the street criminals combined. I point out the paradox that it is these street criminals, the poor and people of color, who populate our jails and prisons.
A snapshot of how sector insiders communicate
Opening thoughts Aid workers are amazingly diverse in many ways but share in common an understanding of aid and development issues that is deeper and more personal than any other work force. They are the action mechanism that lies between sources of material support and those this support intends to impact. In all manner of fora they talk amongst themselves and often these conversations can be instructive.
My Turn: Why the Y is a good picture of the 'true America'
Although the last Republican debate before the primaries did not feature that party's frontrunner, it did include something that may have gone unnoticed. One commercial break included a public service announcement for the YMCA, just now embarking on its first national advertising campaign with its message: "The Y. For a better us."
My Turn: Why the Y is a good picture of the 'true America'
Although the last Republican debate before the primaries did not feature that party's frontrunner, it did include something that may have gone unnoticed. One commercial break included a public service announcement for the YMCA, just now embarking on its first national advertising campaign with its message: "The Y. For a better us."
Guest column: Why the 'Y' is the true America
Although the last Republican debate before the primaries did not feature that party's frontrunner, it did include something that may have gone unnoticed. One commercial break included a public service announcement for the YMCA, just now embarking on its first national advertising campaign with its message: "The Y. For a better us."
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