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...Asia is any indication, gaming addiction can extend far beyond childhood, and will soon require our direct attention. The South Korean government has had to fund more than 40 treatment programs that aim to deal with the huge problem of gaming and Internet addiction gripping its country. China too has been forced to deal with what it sees as an economic problem as well as a serious addiction. The government has decided to forcibly limit the playing hours of its more than 20 million daily gamers through a system of punishments within the virtual worlds themselves. Under a totalitarian regime...
...going into it with an open mind.” In response to a request for comment, Dell and Mylavarapu provided a Crimson reporter with a copy of a letter to the editor they had submitted to The Crimson. “The aim was not to sound ungrateful for our time at Oxford but to raise issues that students encouraged to apply for the Rhodes rarely consider,” their letter states...
...important to note that the aim of the Task Force’s proposal is not a forced integration of extracurricular and academic pursuits. Instead, it seeks to give students the opportunity to link the two if they choose. According to Kemper Professor of American History James T. Kloppenburg, “The goal is to give students more flexibility to plan their own undergraduate programs, experiment with various alternatives, and make changes. Locking students into a rigid curriculum ...is now seen as a problem rather than a goal...
...shop at farmers' markets. Also, there's not even a standard definition of what local means. To Nabhan, who inspired many local activists with Coming Home to Eat, it means eating within a 250-mile radius of his Arizona home. Many who blog at a site called eatlocalchallenge.com aim for a stricter "100-mile diet...
Crisis pregnancy centers aim to give women all the facts needed as they consider an abortion. But is this guerrilla-like army of mostly Christian charities providing kind counsel or ideological pressure? Whichever side of the debate readers came down on, most seemed ready for more open dialogue...