German University Remembers the Good Old Days
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The University of Bonn has caused outrage by naming Joseph Goebbels, the Nazis’ propaganda chief and fanatical anti-Semite, as one of its most famous alumni in an advertising drive for new students.
Describing its well-known “old boy,” the brochure says: “Goebbels was a student of the philosophy department from 1917 to 1918. From 1933 to 1945 the close friend of Hitler became propaganda minister and was responsible for Gleichschaltung, the forcing into line of the media and cultural life.”
Protests Against Little Catholic Schoolgirls Turn Violent
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Irate Protestants hurling stones and abuse terrorized scores of Roman Catholic girls for a second day Tuesday as they walked to school under massive security in Belfast.
Columns of military trucks and police with riot shields formed a corridor for the children, some as young as three, to enter a school in a Protestant area of north Belfast, where there was widespread rioting overnight.
“And let’s remember it’s small girls going to school.”
Japanese Try To Justify Masturbation, Tentacles Next!
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Toss away all those old wives’ tales promising hairy palms and short sightedness and simply toss away. Masturbation is good for guys, if Spa! (9/5) is anything to go by. Not only can a regular jerk apparently make a man in his 30s more attractive to women, it can also make him healthier and a better worker. In short, it seems a quick tug can indeed be a great helping hand in the quest for a successful life.
Turkish Reality TV: Minimum Wage Survivor
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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — In a new twist to reality television, a Turkish show is pitting two middle class couples against each other to see who can survive on the country’s minimum wage of $84 a month.
Corporations Copyright Individual Alphabet Letters
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Who owns the letters of the alphabet? It sounds like a silly question, but courts around the world are grappling with it.
Just last month, for instance, a German publisher sued in the United States to claim the letter O, and a British judge awarded the initials WWF to the World Wildlife Fund, to the consternation of the World Wrestling Federation.
“It’s like ‘Sesame Street,’ ” said Susan P. Crawford, an expert in international intellectual property law in Washington. The law, she suggested, is in the process of turning the show’s whimsical tag lines — “brought to you by the letter O,” say — into something more serious.
