Content about oil

Few times throughout recorded history has one man been so hated by the people he ruled. However, it seems violent overthrow has become more common in recent decades, from Pahlavi in Iran to Hussein in Iraq, and most recently Gaddafi in Libya. 

Most overthrows have a few things in common: a nation divided along ethnic or religious lines, a great divide between the leaders and the people, and masses incited to action.

Graduate students from the University of Mississippi will take to the seas this spring to study the impact of the BP oil spill.

“The UM-led consortium, which includes scientists from 14 research institutions, will examine the effects of hydrocarbons on a deep-water ecosystem,” said Ray Highsmith, lead investigator on the study. 

“Don’t Worry — We’ll Get More!” I saw this slogan on a poster in the 1993 movie “Super Mario Brothers.” 

In the movie, a dystopian, fungus-infested Manhattan is ruled under the thumb of Dennis Hopper, who sees the city’s resources dwindling.

The poster in question promoted Dennis Hopper’s character, King Koopa, as an environmentalist whose solution to the problems facing his people is to find more.

As a lifetime .298 hitter who amassed 762 home runs, more than 500 stolen bases, and nearly 2,000 RBIs in his illustrious career, Barry Bonds was, arguably, one of the greatest hitters of all time.

But it is his involvement with BALCO rather than baseball that has forced Bonds back into the world of relevant headlines for the first time since 2007.

We’re all getting ready to head home (or wherever) for a week of sleeping or sand. Sadly, we’re all going to have to fill up our gas tanks as well.

“Sticker shock” is a colloquial expression that describes the astonishment upon seeing the price of a particular good.

Usually, it’s used in reference to sofas and cars, but today, it’s gasoline.

As a psychology major with the ability to read all minds within a 1,000 mile radius, naturally, I am annoyed as hell at a few things.

Psychology is an extremely new field of science in comparison to its counterparts, and it has recently mapped out the ways in which humans will emotionally react to stimuli.

And where is this knowledge most being put to use? Where knowledge is always first put to use: how to make us spend more money.

Since the mid-1990s, Kristine Willet has studied how various chemicals affect plants, animals and their ecosystems – specifically in the Gulf of Mexico.

Karen Hinton and Lee Ragland know how to handle a crisis. The two public relations professionals will share part of their knowledge today. 

OK, let’s take a moment to not bash Tony Hayward and BP (or at least I’ll try).

This is about the poor, defenseless sea animals of the Gulf: the sea turtles, the countless fish, shrimp and crustaceans, the sea gulls that fly about and yes, that yellow sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea.

In his Presidential address last week, Barack Obama announced that he will be creating a new governmental organization to be watchdogs over the oil industry.

In an effort to provide aid to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi’s four research universities have joined forces to help monitor and relieves the effects of the disaster.