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...explanation for an act such as this other than that the killer was imbued with homophobia from an impressionable age. While the influences the young killer encountered weighed heavily on the crime, equally important were the teachings he did not encounter. Homosexuality is an issue that is notably absent from the “diversity is beautiful” curricula of elementary and middle schools. We are proud to say that the American educational system and our society at large have progressed to an extent that racial slurs are no longer tolerated in most schools. However, American educational attitudes toward...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: An American Miseducation | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Polar." According to local media reports, the company has undergone more than 70 inspections during the last four months by various government agencies. Polar has denied the accusations, pointing out that it doesn't produce items such as milk, chicken, meat, sugar, coffee and eggs that are regularly absent from supermarket shelves. It does, however, produce one price-controlled item: oatmeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugo Chavez Calls Out the Food Police | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

...addressing climate change, we lag behind not only these three colleges, but also behind almost 500 colleges who have pledged to go “climate neutral.” Each of these schools has committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions, but our university is conspicuously absent. As a world and university leader, Harvard has a duty to commit to setting a date for climate neutrality and so demonstrating that sustainability must be a priority for modern institutions...

Author: By Allegra E.C. Fisher, Mitchell C. Hunter, and Karen A. Mckinnon | Title: A Climate Neutral Crimson | 2/24/2008 | See Source »

...Since you stated that candidate Ron Paul's advocates are probably the most zealous, I was shocked that he was absent from the poll results sprinkled throughout the article. As a tuned-in 60-year-old, I am aware of the Internet buzz about his candidacy. You focused on the popularity contest rather than on interesting if not mainstream ideas - something this country needs more of. John Kelsh, Seattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...current U.N. mission in Baghdad is tiny. Their cramped offices are located at the end of a series of concrete and razor-wire-lined streets in the Green Zone, accessed through Fijian, Peruvian and Ugandan checkpoints. Meanwhile, UNICEF, the U.N.'s children's aid organization, is the most conspicuously absent. Others, such as the World Health Organization, UNHCR (the U.N.'s refugee agency) and the U.N. Development Programme have between zero and three people in Baghdad at any given time. The security alert for the office is at level four, one stage before evacuation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Need: A Humanitarian Surge | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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