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...would lead to decreased law-breaking and a more manageable flow of labor, a system allowing undocumented immigrants to eventually become citizens may motivate more immigrants to enter illegally. He acknowledged the proposal of a mandatory citizenship ID, though not supported by any political party, may be a boon for more effective immigration policy, by allowing for protection of the rights of citizens “whose skin may be darker.” “In the United States, the likelihood of the adoption of a mandatory citizenship ID is approximately that of a snowball in hell...
...Science Center last Friday were greeted by a giant heap of trash. Mt. Trashmore, an 8-foot tall mound built by Harvard’s Resource Efficiency Program volunteers (REPs), displayed one day’s worth of Yard trash as part of their ongoing efforts to boon recycling rates at Harvard. “The purpose was to make a visible reminder to Harvard students staff and faculty that even though we are recycling which is good news, we are still generating a lot of trash,” said Robert Gogan, manager of recycling & waste services in Facilities...
...Mason.“It was the best combination of school and athletics for me,” he says. “A perfect situation.”High hopes and championship dreams may rule the players’ minds, but what can be regarded as the biggest boon for the team—a top-ranked recruiting class—could also be the team’s biggest weakness, with half the team never having played in a college basketball game.“I’m excited for people...
...post-doctoral fellows, Miikka Vikkula from Finland and Laurence Boon from Belgium, began research for Olsen on the abnormal formations of veins. By 2000, Vikkula and Boon had married and were running a vascular center in Brussels, but they stayed in contact with Olsen...
...risk because of a real lack of access to capital," says Paul Maeder, who helps oversee clean-tech investments for Highland Capital, the global venture-capital firm he co-founded. But in his next breath, Maeder explains why the current economic mess may end up being a boon to environmentalism - by forcing change. "We're in a crisis because of oil prices and climate change, and now we're in a crisis because of the capital markets," he says. "This is where innovation happens - where the existing power structure hits a crisis point. I'm really happy...