Cyborgs exist among us.

They could be family members or fellow classmates.

What makes people cyborgs is the mechanical or electronic devices that help them lead a normal life.

The question Craig Klugman asked last week is what we are going to do as a society when these devices surpass normal human performance.

Klugman, assistant professor in the School of Public Health, was the last speaker for the Nevada Speaker Series this fall. His presentation, “Is Resistance Futile: the Ethics of Human-Cyborg Relations,” dealt with the issues of using mechanical devices in conjunction with the human body.

Students were immersed in Darfur’s genocide because of two refugees last week.

“It’s a matter of death,” Abu Asal Abu Asal said. “It’s not a matter of life or death. We are losing lives everyday.”

For Flipside’s Nevada Speakers Series Nov. 27, the group Save Darfur brought two people, Daoud Hari and Abu Asal, to talk about the atrocities by the Sudan government for the program “Voices For Darfur.” The event was held in the Joe Crowley Student Union, with about 175 people in attendance.

Lesley Sheppard, the lecturer of the Excellence in Teaching department, gave a speech on Tuesday about the effects of stress on students and faculty, and how to relieve the symptoms.

Some Washoe County Republicans got the feel Thursday night of how their presidential caucus will happen.

Social acceptance, understanding and equality for the deaf community and the disabled were the theme of a speech given Wednesday by I. King Jordan, the retired deaf president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
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Three University of Nevada, Reno math professors can do what a computer can’t – solve knot theory.

The University of Nevada, Reno civil and environmental engineering school is moving into unresearched territory this semester by studying the effects of earthquakes on nonstructural systems of buildings.