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...house life on Thursday morning. The worse thing about your future house is that your blockmates will be there too, leaving you pining for your old psycho-single in Hurlbut. Trust us; you are more likely to enter a meaningful relationship with someone through a pregnancy scare than a blocking group. And you are more likely to have a pregnancy scare by going to your professor’s office hours than by going out on a Friday night. Though we profess mastery in most areas of life, we were not immune to distressingly poor decision making when we formed...
...newest Mexican eatery, for complementary burritos and nachos Friday night for what could be considered a pre-game in anticipation of the restaurant’s official Saturday morning debut. But few actually attended the grand opening, raising the question of how the new kid on the block will fare amidst the neighborhood’s notoriously competitive economic environment. Tom Brush, co-owner of Felipe’s Taqueria, an establishment which has made its home in the Square since 2004, said Qdoba’s opening just a few blocks down from his restaurant would have little long...
...southern edge, has run into criticism that the new development is unnecessary and will aggravate downtown gridlock. Tsang counters that his administration has been productive: "We have passed nearly 300 pieces of legislation of one kind or other. People just listen to one piece of law being a stumbling block, without realizing that a lot of things are going through every day." He admits that "some things I tried to do did not come through," but adds, "I am patient...
...does this matter? Because, say Eric Cadora and Charles Swartz, who run the Justice Mapping Center, if you can pinpoint the few-block area that produces the most criminals, you can create programs that specifically target the problems of the people who live there and help them avoid the behaviors that land them in jail. That, in return, could save millions of dollars. New York State spends $42,000 an inmate a year. Multiply that by the number of prisoners who grew up on the same streets in parts of Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn, and you get what Cadora...
...Sierra Leone and after, in rehabilitation programs and the United States. When asked by Bhabha whether child soldiers should be viewed as victims or perpetrators, Beah said that the recruiters do not exactly pose the question, “Would you like to join us? Walk around the block and think about it.” A high school senior from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High, Dan M. Glanz, said “The whole notion was pretty shocking, to know that he saw a war when he was younger than I am now.” Beah also discussed...