The campus police officer John Pike sprayed calm protestors that were doing no harm with pepper spray. This created a great controversial scandal that ended in an apology by the way things were handled.
In Faroe Islands, they have a tradition that includes slaughtering whales and eating them. This has gone on for more than 1000 years, and it is accepted because they cannot sell the whale and simply divide it up evenly between the people in the town. This occurs about November 22nd every year.
Protestors in Egypt were hit with tear gas, guns, and physical violence from police forces. The protestors are angry over Egypt’s constant military rule and the fact that the government is trying to delay the elections even further. The protestors occupied Tahrir Square.
Since Khadafy died, the rebels have claimed that their nation was liberated, and began to set up a transitional government. Even though they are having problems with fighting in between tribes and rebels wanting to keep their weapons, the rebels have begun trying to write a constitution. In addition to all of this, Khadafy’s son was captured, and he could possibly be charged with war crimes for what he did in effects with the conflict from Khadafy’s 42-year-long reign.
I chose this picture for my focus picture this week. It was taken in Lima, Peru. The women here are supporting International Day against the Violence of Women. This shows some of human geography because it not only shows how ideas spread to other people in different countries, but also how a lot of people around the world can stand for the same ideas, and wants the same equality that should be right to everyone.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Learning Reflection:
This week we finished going over political geography and talked a bit about the documentary on Capitalism. We also took our quiz on political geography. The quiz was pretty easy, since there was only four questions and it was open note, but it was a lot of writing. This week was an interesting week in news, with lots of controversy, which we always discussed at the beginning of class.
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