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1998

Teleacoustics: The Regulation of Transmitted Speech

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For the last century, the Western world has been in possession of two technologies created for the primary purpose of transmitting speech over a distance: the telephone and the radio. While both deal with the transmission of audio, they differ signif...

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Sharing & The Internet

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The Internet is about sharing. Designed to prevent even nuclear bombs from inhibiting its never ending ebb of data, it is the most unstoppable, pervasive, and subversive medium for sharing information that the world has ever seen. From this central p...

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1996

Seat 11-C

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The girl sitting across from me on the flight back to school somehow reminded me of a million things from back home. Her tight, determined lips instantly brought back memories of Noelle and the party. She had khakis on. This is important to me, but I...

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I Carry

5 min read

Who am I? I, to the outside world, am comprised of the sum of my actions. What is precious to me? The things that I carry inside of me define who I am to myself. Who I think I am will direct my actions and hence what the outside world thinks of me. A...

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My Salutatorian Speech

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WE'RE DONE! WE'RE ALL DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL! Let's give THANKS! cheer, and wait for it to quiet down quite a bit But now what? Where to now? In the words of Microsoft, "Where do we want to go today?"...

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Trial By Fire

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The pungent odor of industrial detergent filled my nostrils as hot plates scorched my palms through thin plastic gloves. I quickly stacked dishes in neat piles, threw pots and pans on a shelf, and grouped steaming glasses in grids. A fellow student q...

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