news articles 10/5

I'm a fan of video games and there can be no argument that it is one of the best ways to engage kids. This video game tries to teach culture through a video game:

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2015/10/5/how-alaska-natives-created-an-xbox-game-to-preserve-their-culture.html

It's an opinion piece but it's really interesting to consider violence as an epidemic/disease. This shift in the way we look at violence would definitely fall under a cultural beat:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/health/gupta-stopping-violence/

Always sad to read about how war is destroying something ancient:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/isis-destroys-ancient-temple-lose-palmyra-syrian-director/story?id=34254909

culture clash:

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/05/when-stephen-harper-refers-to-barbaric-culture-he-means-islam-an-anti-muslim-alarm-thats-ugly-and-effective-because-it-gets-votes-edward-keenan.html