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...order to take higher-level biostatistics courses, students would need to build a solid foundation of basic theory and methods that only a traditional textbook-based course would provide, Testa said. For this reason, the faculty recommends that those pursuing doctoral degrees or hoping for positions in academia study under the more traditional curriculum...
...California. Gay strategists working for marriage equality in this election cycle had focused most of their attention on that state. Losing there dims hopes that shimmered brightly just a few weeks ago - hopes that in an Obama America, straight people would be willing to let gay people have the basic right to equality in their personal relationships. It appears...
Still, even though gays were fighting to preserve a basic right, it was the anti-equality side in California that seemed to have the most fervor. A symbolic low point for the gay side came on Oct. 13, when the Sacramento Bee ran a remarkable story about Rick and Pam Patterson, a Mormon couple of modest means - he drives a 10-year-old Honda Civic, she raises their five boys - who had withdrawn $50,000 from their savings account and given it to the pro-8 campaign. "It was a decision we made very prayerfully," Pam Patterson, 48, told...
...already developed a very soft spot in my heart for the Crimson sailing team. They always call me back, even when I don’t start my story until two hours before the deadline. Women’s captain Megan Watson has patiently explained pretty much every basic essential about sailing to me (and I’m sure to every other person who’s ever covered the sport). Freshmen Emily Lambert and Annie DeAngelo were probably my two most enthusiastic interviewees of all time when I wrote a feature on them earlier this fall...
...election was plagued with problems, ranging from faulty machines that contributed to long lines to ballot shortages and voter intimidation. While no one is suggesting that these problems affected the overall results, they again highlighted the inability of the world's preeminent democracy to carry out its most basic function. Watchdog officials seemed relieved that this wasn't a closer election...