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Should US send troops to fight Mexican drug cartels? It's not a good idea.

by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , USA Today

A growing chorus of voices has called for the deployment of U.S. troops against drug cartels, especially after the murder of two American citizens in Mexico, writes Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate vice provost for international affairs and professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences, in an op-ed in USA Today. “The idea of blaming and punishing Mexico has been politically…

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Father's Day: I'm a writer because of my dad, but he is still my most challenging subject

by : Ray Jayawardhana , USA Today

This article in USA Today is the first attempt by Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, to write about his father—his inspiration and most difficult subject. “My father was always writing, as far back as I can remember,” Jayawardhana writes in the piece. “Whenever he found more than a moment for himself, he was buried in a book or…

Earth as a pale blue dot seen from space

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30 years after 'pale blue dot' photo of Earth, the coronavirus reminds us of our fragility

by : Ray Jayawardhana , USA Today

In this great big universe we call home, we are dependent on each other to get through this crisis, writes Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, in an op-ed article in USA Today. "On Valentine’s Day of 1990, following fly-bys of Jupiter and Saturn and on its way out of the solar system, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back one last…

Solar eclipse

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Solar eclipse offers moon-walk moment: Science is all the rage

by : Philip Nicholson , USA Today

In this USA Today opinion piece, astronomy Professor Philip Nicholson writes that Monday's solar eclipse could have impacts beyond a one-day event. "Hundreds of thousands of people will witness a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event," Nicholson writes. "What impact will it have on these multitudes? Hopefully, people witnessing this total solar eclipse will understand the value of scientific…