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...advancement in the same direction. The previous legal boundaries for appropriate screening (a 90-100 percent chance of the disease affecting the child) were violated in this case. As advances allow us to screen for smaller and smaller susceptibilities, firm boundaries must be drawn to keep science in check. Policymakers must consider the range of genes that cause the same level of susceptibility as BRCA1 and evaluate the implications of permitting such extensive use of pre-natal screening. Ultimately, a level of susceptibility for which it is permissible to screen must be determined, and this level should remain fixed. Such...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Million Dollar Baby | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...titillating things that Adams residents secretly pine for. They have been submitting their anonymous fantasies for a month, hoping that their innermost desires would be played out at the biennial Adams House Fantasy Dinner. Saturday night, all their wildest dreams came true. Breakfast food for dinner? Check. Brighter lighting in the dining hall? Got it (finally...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Ask and You Shall Receive | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...while until you'll be able to slobber all over your keyboard as you watch their performance on YouTube, so check out the jump to learn how in the interim, you can feel (somewhat) closer to Wallach's ruby locks and Drummey's greasy shower curtain known as hair...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: D.A. and Maxwell, Meet Jimmy | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...worst part of the whole business is the absurd amount of money that seems to have been budgeted to this initiative over the past few years.  What were the College bursars thinking? "Frisbees, t-shirts, more useless swag for Advising Fortnight—Check.  Maintaining the Q Guide? Denied...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Frisbees Are Apparently a More Useful Advising Tool Than the Q Guide | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...economy is not doing so well. And yes, airlines are facing their fair share of woes but a chance to go to Hawaii for $7? If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. Although $7 won’t be enough to check in your luggage at the airport, it can score you a ticket to the Hawaiian club’s Lu’au. Which takes place, incidentally, in a dining hall. On campus...

Author: By Julia S Chen | Title: The FlyBy Spam Challenge | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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