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...numbers have dropped dramatically since the early 1990s. Over the past 15 years, teenagers have had less sex than previous generations had, and they have been more likely to use protection when they have had sex. Activists on both the right and the left have happily stepped forward to claim credit for the developments. Conservatives see lower rates of sexual activity as a direct result of abstinence education. Meanwhile, liberals attribute greater use of birth control to better education about and access to contraceptives. (In fact, researchers think fear of STIs--especially HIV--and a natural correction from high rates...
Finally, the claim that single-sex schools don’t prepare students for the world beyond school is actually a criticism of itself for failing to realize that single-sex students are involved in the world beyond their school. Do the critics really believe single-sex students do nothing other than attend single-sex schools? It’s narrow-minded to say that single-sex students will not have sufficient interaction with the opposite sex and will somehow lack cooperative or social qualities. It also assumes individuals don’t develop after finishing single-sex schooling...
...have to consent to having their activity monitored by advertising companies. At present, internet privacy restrictions resemble those for telemarketers, for which the Federal Communications Commission has allowed people to opt out of receiving solicitation calls. “If these programs are as good as these ad companies claim, they should have no program convincing people to opt-in to the programs,” said Soghoian. “They have the capability and the money. They should prove the programs merits instead of forcing it upon us.” Soghoian said the program...
...Adams's claim to fame was a five minute rush of the upper steps of Memorial Hall, where they flew the banner and doubled the noise level inside Annenberg for a bit. FlyBy, however, wasn't all too surprised that the guy holding Adams's flag was dressed in a full suit...
...Kurdish region in the north - have faced fierce pushback from his Kurdish allies, some of whom have called him "the new Saddam." That schism is bound to widen in the coming months, when the U.N. issues its findings over the disputed oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, which Kurds claim as their "Jerusalem" but which Arabs are loath to let go of. (See a TIME photographer's record of the Iraq...