Anthropologists condemn Defense Department project From Princeton University The Daily Princetonian The program's growth has sparked an uproar among academic anthropologists, who are concerned that it violates the ethical code of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), which released a cautionary statement about HTS in October. Rosen added that he worries some anthropologists "let their personal politics get in the way" when they deem anthropological work for the U.S. military to be unethical. "There are many anthropologists who work for corporations that 'own' their employees'...

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Paul T. Baker From The Carrboro Citizen Paul Thornell Baker, Emeritus Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, died on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at the age of 80 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Baker was a pioneer in the field of physical anthropology and human population biology and ecology. Dr. Baker pioneered a major field of anthropological research known as human adaptability and established the research paradigm of human population biology that viewed human diversity as a...

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CNN/youtube debate was a farce, needs revision From Flyer News I enjoy listening to their rambling just as much as I enjoy an exam on the last class day of the semester, but I found myself watching the Republican ranting last week, and yes, I do have an exam in a 100-level Anthropology class Thursday. Response from the initial Democratic CNN/YouTube debate was positive and not too many questions were raised about the credibility of those asking the questions to the candidates. Debate moderator Anderson Cooper issued an apology almost immediately after...

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Anthropology Poster Contest Winners Selected From www.fchornet.com The results of last week's Anthropology poster contest in the Quad were announced yesterday. Students voted for "Looking Through the Eyes of History" by Joanna Diaz as Best Anthropology Poster. The Most Socially Conscious Poster was awarded to Kylar Loya's poster titled "The Discarded Masses." Loya chose the homeless in America as his poster topic because of his personal experiences. These three poster winners were selected by students who voted from a selection of 16 finalists.

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Anthropology and Race From www.arsenalofhypocrisy.com/blog In fact, we predict that, in the not-too-distant future, the field of anthropology will contain very few professors who hold "traditional" views about racial differences in humans, and therefore, anthropology will soon be nearly free of mentions of race and will adopt other, more benign terms in place of "race." That, we believe, will eventually result in the idea of race all but vanishing from Western society, since race-deniers within society will then be able to use race-free anthropology...

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