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...games, which may seem less than age-appropriate when compared with similar events at other schools. Penn’s Spring Fling, for instance, is known for its free-flowing alcohol and most recently featured a concert with O.A.R. HCC’s reforms for Yardfest aim to address chronic students complaints by creating a more College-centered—rather than family-oriented—event, one that features a pop concert as its main event. The committee regards the Ben Folds performance, with its free admission as well as its location in the Yard, as statements of their...
...increases blood pressure and blood sugar, preparing the body to deal with a stressor. Paul A. Ardayfio, a graduate student at the Harvard Medical School who ran these experiments as part of his dissertation, explained that “we’ve known for over a century that chronically high levels of cortisol were linked to depression, so we decided to test whether or not cortisol directly caused some symptoms of depression.” The study found that chronic exposure to cortisol may cause some symptoms of depression, but did not find evidence that it causes depression itself...
...backing down. Japan's official line is that its culture is entwined with whaling. Some Japanese communities have a long tradition of hunting whales, but the meat wasn't eaten widely until the lean years after World War II, when it provided an abundant supply of protein during chronic food shortages. The average Japanese was eating only 13 oz. of the meat annually by 1980, seven years before the IWC moratorium took effect...
...locked into their job in order to keep their insurance. And outside of organized company plans, obtaining insurance for the long-term is difficult and expensive because of self-selection of the insured population. Healthy young students generally avoid paying for insurance they will rarely use while people with chronic conditions will often never be able to find an individual plan that will be willing to take them on for a reasonable price. Even people without any serious condition often find it difficult to remain on a plan if they file too many claims in too short period of time...
...former U.N. Commission on Human Rights. We commend the U.S. for pushing for this higher standard, especially given that its own tenuous human rights record may have prevented it from winning a seat on the council. Yet, we fear that its final decision barks again of a chronic unwillingness to compromise. If the U.N. is to become an effective organization, its members must be willing to meet halfway on their individual aims and lend support to laudable efforts such as the creation of this council. The U.S. cannot expect the scores of other member nations to bow to its desires...