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ISSUE 30
 Nov. 17-24, 2006
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FRONT PAGE  LOCAL NEWS

FRONT PAGE

LOCAL NEWS:
  FENWAY
  JUNIOR SEMI
  PINDELL
  MCCLOUD
  GUERILLA
  SAAC
  WARTBURG



PROF:
  PROF KRONIN

SPORTS:
  TONY

VISUAL COMM:
  MESSIAH

SLIDESHOW:
  KRONIN

BLOGS:
  CRISTAL
  JIMI
   BOB
   DORM REVIEW

 

 

 

 

 

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS NATIONAL NEWS
Earth-
quake and Tsunami
hit Pacific coast- Tsunami warnings were issued Wednesday in Japan, Russia, and Alaska after an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale struck near the Kuril Islands north of Japan.
      Japan's meteorological agency had announced that a very powerful undersea earthquake had struck around 8:15pm. 15 minutes after the earthquake tsunami warnings were issued.
     Thousands of people in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido fled to higher ground. The waves in the tsunami off the Japanese coast didn't swell higher than 16-inches and quickly became smaller in size. Alaska experienced 7.8-inch high waves in Shemya Island and a 3-inche wave hit Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain. 
      Warnings posted for coastal areas in Alaska and watches for Hawaii and the northern tip of British Colombia and precautionary advisements for the states of California, Washington, and Oregon were later canceled.
     There was concern about the possible threat of a tsunami about the size and magnitude of the 33 foot one that killed at least 213,000 people in 11 countries on December 26, 2004 that was caused by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
 
 story.tex.immig.ap.jpgDallas suburb takes action against illegal immigrants-Farmers Branch, TX recently became the first city in Texas to pass harsh anti-immigration measures.
      There has been a lot of talk about the crack down on illegal immigrants. 
      The Dallas suburb approved fines for those landlords that rent apartments to illegal immigrants, the official language has been officially changed to English, and now local authorities have the right to screen suspects when checking their immigration status.
      Attorneys with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund stated that the proposals could very well violate federal housing laws and the First Amendment.    
      Farmers Branch went ahead with this voting process in hopes to make some changes because they feel as if their once small predominantly white town is becoming Hispanic. 
     More than 50 municipalities all over the U.S. have been considering, passed as well as rejected similar laws
 
SPORTS STUFF
   
    Read about baseball's top free agents. Tony Catinella
    writes how baseball's Hot Stove is beginning to boil.
 
THE EXCHANGE: WHO WE ARE


         We always welcome your questions and
         comments. We want to hear what you have
         to say. You can contact us at
         exchange@franklinpierce.edu. Drop us a line and let us
         know your thoughts. This week's managing

         editor is Tony Catinella.

 

          The Exchange Staff (click for photos)
 

 
CAMPUS NEWS

Read about what's happening on campus

BLOGGING

     Cristal's Blog: Mariners find new volcanic island.
    Jimi's Blog: Jimi will be updating his blog this week from DC.
    Dorm Review:  A review of FPC' s dorms.
   
VIDEOS

    

VISUAL COMMUNICATOR-
The 33rd Messiah Concert takes place on Dec. 2nd, Matt Relyea reports.
HEALTH AWARENESS

November is National Adoption Awareness Month.  The National Council for Adoption's mission is to work for the welfare of children in the attempt to find them loving, permanent homes.

For more information on the council and its mission visit www.adoptioncouncil.org
 
PROFS INTO PEOPLE
   
   Professor Katherine Cronin gives us an inside look on some of the documentary films she has made and why she loves Franklin Pierce.
   
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
   
     Wireless Power

     Researchers in the US have outlined a simple system that could relatively deliver power to devices like mp3 players and laptops without wires.
     According to the researchers "the concept exploits century old physics and could work over distances of many meters." The team hasn't built or tested a system yet, but their mathematic equations and computer models suggest that the concept might work.
     The team plans to use "resonance", a phenomenon that cause an object to vibrate when energy of a certain frequency is applied. Instead of using vibrations from acoustics, the research team's method uses the resonance of electromagnetic waves. This would include infrared, radio waves and X-rays.
     According to an article from the BBC about wireless power, systems that use electromagnetic radiation like radio antennas, aren't good enough for the "efficient transfer of energy" because they waste large amounts of energy because of the way they scatter energy everywhere. As a solution to this problem the team has investigated in a special type of "non-radiative" objects with supposed long-lived resonance, like copper. A simple copper antenna that is designed to have "long-lived resonance" could be used to transfer energy to laptops or mp3 players.
     Although this concept may seem new, there have been others who have suggested wireless energy transfer, like 19th century engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla.
 

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