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Jason E. Sandler ’12 is hunched over a toilet in Pennypacker, explaining the best way to reach every stretch of porcelain, chrome, and tile in the bathroom. He pauses to describe his summer molecular biology research that could aid in early detection of atherosclerosis, before pointing out how best to eliminate soap scum from shower walls...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dorm Crew Imparts Practical Benefits | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

Over the past decade, the College has begun to offer increasingly generous financial aid packages, often with the stated intention of freeing students from working term-time jobs to cover their tuition costs...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dorm Crew Imparts Practical Benefits | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...Senate Intelligence Committee earlier this year that "Iran has both long-term strategic and short-term tactical interests in Afghanistan and is not content with merely maintaining the status quo." Its desire to undermine "Western influence in Afghanistan" had led it to provide "select Afghan insurgents with lethal aid," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Forces Get New Protection in Afghanistan | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

...incident of national significance," thus enacting a disaster-response plan headed by then Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, he did not invoke any powers under the National Emergency Act. This is common practice; natural disasters are usually declared state emergencies by the acting governor, who then requests federal aid. (See a bin Laden family photo album...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Emergencies | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...used to bring a copy of that 401(k) study to all his meetings; chief regulator Cass Sunstein co-authored a book called Nudge that's all about defaults and other noncoercive policies that can promote desired behaviors. The Administration has pushed one nudge after another, from simplified financial-aid forms after studies showed they could increase college-attendance rates to automatic savings plans for small businesses. It even doled out our payroll-tax cuts in the stimulus bill by decreasing our weekly withholding rather than cutting us big lump-sum checks, because the research suggested we'd be less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Public Option: Let's Not Opt Out and Say We Did | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

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