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...this was something different. Something that hit closer to home...
...other "study drugs" like Ritalin are on the rise on college campuses across the nation. There’s no consensus on how widespread these drugs actually are—some studies claim that only 3 percent of students use them, while others say it’s closer to 30 percent—but most researchers seem to agree that the numbers are going up, not down. A study at the University of Maryland showed that Adderall is the third most accessible drug on campus, right after alcohol and marijuana...
...bizarre works of Jim Woodring, who specializes in creating mute, inexplicable worlds of beauty and danger, will immediately see kinship between the two authors. The book looks, at arm's length, like something for kids, with cute characters akin to Pokemon, interacting in a colorful environment. But a closer read reveals a cruel world of domination and subjugation that often involves weird forms of violence. "Why is the purple guy having his skin torn off by the orange one," may be a typically unwanted and unanswerable question for a parent. Those without such concerns, however, will enjoy the schadenfreude humor...
Some of the very same tools which allowed airliners.net or Wikipedia to grow to unheard of proportions keep us closer to our families and distant friends than we’ve ever been before. If we choose, we can be a part of the day-to-day lives of even those who live hundreds or thousands of miles away. Connections that used to require letters or phone calls can now be maintained through Facebook photo albums or profile checking in the wee hours of a Saturday morning. These social networks, in some sense our social networks, are changing just...
...Klimkiewicz helped Harvard remain upbeat, and played a key role in its impressive 14-run comeback. In the decisive eighth inning, in which the Crimson went on to score five runs, the first baseman laced a long double to right-center to score sophomore Taylor Meehan and chase Dartmouth closer Kyle Zeis from the game. The floodgates opened after Zeis’s departure, as the Big Green’s Chris Lapointe could hardly silence the Crimson bats, allowing nine runs in only 1 1/3 innings. “Most of the season where we play our best when...