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While many of these abstinent students are religious—like Parker and Brinton, who are both Mormon—most of them cite secular reasons for not wanting to have sex. Many mention the possibility that sex could hurt the emotional aspects of a college relationship, and others say they believe that sex is meant to be an expression of a life-long commitment, a commitment they are not ready to make...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Abstinence: A Choice for Some, A Reality for Others | 4/24/2007 | See Source »

...Rosendale went on to cite an example of a man who lost seventy pounds after seeing how easy it was to change outward appearances in Second Life. It is precisely such direct connections between reality and fiction that the “plastic” world of Second Life creates...

Author: By Noah M. Silver | Title: Castles In The Virtual Air | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...nerve cell death found in sufferers of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A significant amount of previous research into nerve diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s has focused primarily on neurons as a source of disease, but the researchers cite their results as proof that non-neuron cells merit serious investigation. “Can you imagine what would be the fate of an individual that grew up in a bad neighborhood?” said Columbia researcher Serge Przedborski, drawing a parallel between crime-ridden areas and cellular environments...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stem Cells Shed Light on ALS Cure | 4/16/2007 | See Source »

...teams as when Robinson first broke in 60 years ago. But African Americans are disappearing from baseball. Blacks make up 8% of major league baseball players today and only 3% of players on NCAA Division I baseball teams. In coming days, you will probably hear sociologists and sports pundits cite those figures as evidence that baseball is turning its back on Robinson's legacy. And so the questions arise: Why are there so few black ball players today? Should there be more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Have We Gone, Mr. Robinson? | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...think you are naive to believe there are societies that have "no" teen delinquency and "no" teen-parent conflict. In your book you cite many pre-industrial and impoverished societies in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere that seem to exhibit low levels of teen pathologies-but so what? Many teens are also starving in these places. I'm sure they don't have time to be delinquent. A defining feature of modern society is that we don't need our young to work, so of course they will screw up more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debate: Are Teens in Turmoil? | 3/30/2007 | See Source »

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