News and Politics

Give an Hour Gives Hope

by Katie De Launay, http://neovox.cortland.edu, November 20, 2009

Give an Hour Gives Hope: Veterans Receive Free Mental Health Care While driving to work with the radio on one day over the summer, I heard an ad for Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization seeking volunteers. The general idea

Getting High ... Legally

by Eric Feuer, SUNY Cortland, October 30, 2009

A recent article in The Guardian, a prominent British news source focuses on how a staggering number of people are getting high "legally". One of the interesting facts is that for the first time, legal drugs are beginning to

Our Future

by Brooke Miller, Cornell University, October 7, 2009

Our Future Eighty-six percent of U.S. public schools have experienced incidents of crime between 2005 and 2006. In 2005, approximately six percent of public school students between the ages of 12-18 claimed that they were afraid of attack or harm

Jonestown

by Kara Graves, SUNY Cortland, December 4, 2008

November 18, 2008, marks the 30 year anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre. Jonestown was the name created for the “Peoples Temple Agricultural Project,” a California based cult created in Guyana and led by Jim Jones. In November of 1978,

Are Women's Sports at a Standstill?

by Kristen Zerbato, Northeastern University, December 4, 2008

Despite the titanic leap women’s athletics has taken over the past three decades, men’s sports still receive more coverage on television news and sports highlights shows. University of Southern California professor, Michael Messner, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor, Margaret

What it Means to be Female in 2008

by Alexandra Fish, , December 3, 2008

While researching an article for NeoVox, I stumbled upon a wealth of information about our current economic recession. Obviously, this is something that is going to be in the news for quite some time. I wanted to see how

SecretVox

by Brian Roach, SUNY Cortland, November 21, 2008

Benefits of Public Transportation

by Pelin Kurt, Izmir University of Economics, October 30, 2008

Many people around the world need to have access to public transportation and use it. Not only will public transportation help to solve the global warming crisis, but it will prevent accidents and provide economical transportation and freedom for

No Religion in Politics

by Adam Z. Berenstain, SUNY Cortland, October 22, 2008

On August 16 reverend Rick Warren hosted the Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion, an event which brought Barack Obama and John McCain onstage with Warren to discuss matters of morality. When asked if evil exists -- and

The Iraq Museum

by Lorraine, NeoVox Project Director, October 9, 2008

She told me the story over a meal. Her voice was calm but controlled, the way we tell each other stories when something hurts. It's like watching a frozen river right about the time of the thaw; at some point,

NeoVox Announces NEW CONTEST

by Lorraine, NeoVox Project Director, October 6, 2008

NeoVox, the online magazine, is sponsoring a writing contest--open to students from any school. In conjunction with Hachette Books, we will be awarding the winners a box of 11 political books--enough to keep any political junkie abreast of the current

The Food Pyramid of Corn/Oil

by Kevin O'Toole, Onondaga Community College, May 29, 2008

One of the most prominent issues that is affecting everyone today is the cost of a gallon of gas, which of course is based on the current price of a barrel of oil. Since we are currently achieving record highs

Monster?

by David McPletl, SUNY Cortland, May 5, 2008

By the end of this paper you may think me a monster. Hark well these words, for they are my core argument. The natural world cleaves to no moral code. If you think me harsh, merely throw yourself into a

The AIDS Epidemic in South Africa

by Sarah Trance, SUNY Cortland, May 3, 2008

Currently, South Africa is experiencing one of the worst and most severe AIDS epidemics in the world. The most rapid increase in AIDS in this part of Africa was between 1993 and 2000 (Pembrey, 2008). This issue went unnoticed and