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Bard High School Early College's Steven Mazie looks at the Supreme Court's decision that police may not search a mobile phone in most cases without a warrant.

Bard High School Early College faculty member Steven Mazie looks at the ways in which humor helps us learn—with a little help from HBO late-night host John Oliver and Dr. Oz.

Four covers from Bard's La Voz magazine will be displayed in the exhibition “Vive La Guelaguetza: An Encounter with Oaxaca” at the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, through July 19. The exhibition commemorates La Guelaguetza, a world-famous cultural festival from Oaxaca, Mexico, which for the last five years has been celebrated locally at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie. The festival, which attracts thousands of spectators, will take place on August 3 this year. The La Voz covers on display feature the town's past La Guelaguetza celebrations, and are on view alongside paintings, photography, and traditional costumes from the state of Oaxaca. Bard College students Mariel Fiori '05 and Emily Schmall '05 founded La Voz in 2004 as a Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) project, aiming to serve the Latino community of the Hudson Valley with a free Spanish-language magazine. Fiori is still editor at La Voz, and the award-winning publication now has an estimated 20,000 readers in the area. La Voz will mark its 10th anniversary with a celebratory evening at the Spiegeltent at Bard's Fisher Center on August 12.

Manuela Hoelterhoff reviews Professor James Romm's new book Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero.

Bard College announces the appointment of Wilmot James, notable South African Member of Parliament and academic, as Senior Visiting Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College. James will be in residence at the College from April 2 to 12, 2015, and will offer a series of lectures on topics ranging from evolution, ethical considerations in the use of genetic information, and South African politics and history. He will also work with the Hannah Arendt Center to host a dynamic weeklong working group on current politics in South Africa.

Alan Sussman explores the meaning of human rights, drawing on philosophers from antiquity to modern times.

In the face of rapidly expanding drone use, Roger Berkowitz asks, "What does it mean that the once obvious boundary separating human and machine intelligence is being diminished?"

Experimental Humanities Director Maria Cecire talks about how the new concentration draws on innovative methods to help students explore the human condition in the digital age.

History Professor Richard Aldous talks with Stanford's Francis Fukuyama about his famous essay, “The End of History?”, 25 years after its publication.

Daniel Mendelsohn reviews Fermor's The Broken Road, the long-anticipated, posthumously published final volume in the trilogy chronicling his famous walk across Europe in the 1930s.

What led to the sudden resignation of one of the modern era's most successful monarchs? Omar Encarnación describes the royal family's many recent scandals, and how the new King Felipe hopes to restore the monarchy's reputation.

Bard High School Early College's Steven Mazie discusses the Bond v. U.S. Supreme Court case, in which it was determined that the Chemical Weapons Convention Act—intended for large-scale acts of war and terrorism—cannot be applied to small, local crimes.

Human Rights and Written Arts joint major Corinna grew up in the small town of Sherman, Texas. She has been active with Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement and the TLS (Trustee Leader Scholar) program, which supports student volunteer efforts. In this interview, she talks about falling in love with Bard's campus, getting involved in the community, and how Bard has changed her.

"The only people worth envying are the dead. That much, at any rate, is clear once you’ve spent some time reading the Greeks," begins Daniel Mendelsohn in this "Bookends" piece, which honors a most enviable ancient writer.