Beauty Pageants Draw Social Media Critics

“Miss America victory marred by racist slurs.” — Time, Sept. 16 Not since so-called “bra-burning” protests upended the 1968 Miss America contest have beauty pageants attracted so much controversy.   Last Sunday, the Miss America pageant crowned a 24-year-old of Indian descent, Nina Davuluri from Syracuse, which was seen as a sign of cultural progress…

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A House for Two Religions

24 October 2010 Last Sunday, the social project “72 Hours without Compromise” came to an end. 436 youths of different religious backgrounds participated in the project, which involved the construction of a tree house in the middle of the district of Lend, in Graz. For some of the youths it was a good chance to…

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