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Activists talk drones, monitoring citizens

By Carlos Galvez | March 23, 2014

Privacy is diminishing as the government uses loopholes through outdated privacy acts and observing the public by using drones, according to activists who visited campus.Three activists who had military or political backgrounds spoke at 7:15 p.m. Thursday...

Peace activist will share her Afghanistan, Pakistan experiences

By Chelsey Boutan | September 21, 2011

Kathy Kelly, a Chicago-based peace activist, has sat next to a child whose body had been torn apart by a bomb. Kelly watched a woman tell a boy who lost two arms that she is his only surviving relative. She has stood next to families as they looked at...