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...been buying and eating them for years. You just wouldn't know it from the label: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, unlike agencies in Europe and Japan, do not require GM foods to be labeled. While scientists have not identified any specific health risks from eating GM foods, anti-GM activists say there is not enough research yet into their long-term risks or impact on biodiversity. By telling consumers loud and clear which products are GM-free, organic-food producers will give them one more reason to choose organic. Says Jeffrey Smith, a longtime activist against genetically modified food...
...shrugged off into meetings with assistants, all the fall’s energy blowing away like dust in the proverbial wind. As a freshman, I was in way over my head. Fresh off Lester Brown’s “Eco-Economy,” a Bible for anti-capitalist environmentalists everywhere, I was full of big ideas and bluster, little of which I really understood. Learning how to navigate Harvard’s administrative labyrinth could be a full-time job, and I just didn’t have that kind of time. After...
...passed down as an absolute truth—but not everyone is buying it. Even in the midst of Harvard’s new environmental initiatives, such as Green Allston, the Green Cup, and other eco-friendly programs, not everybody is gung-ho about the environment. Reasons for anti-Green and Green-neutral thinking abound, starting with plain and simple dendrophobia. “I hate trees,” Frances I. Martel ’09 declares. “I’d rather not look at them.” For Martel, it all boils down...
...athletic staff. In order to change them to include Facebook as a direct violation, the NCAA membership would have to submit a proposal to the Association itself. Osburn said the NCAA objects to bracket contests with fees or prizes because they promote gambling. The NCAA has launched an anti-gambling campaign under the slogan “Don’t Bet On It.” It sponsors a Web site under the same name that is an interactive online resource for student athletes and staff. According to Osburn, wagering is defined as “putting something...
...Debating on behalf of the anti-final club position, Juliet S. Samuel ’09, who is also a Crimson editorial executive, outlined reasons final clubs belong in the lowest circle of the inferno. Her three major ones: final clubs institutionalize gender differences, punching is damaging to an individual, and clubs institutionalize privilege...