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Nock’s research seeks to explain why people commit suicide and engage in non-suicidal self-injury, such as burning or cutting themselves. Studies have shown that non-suicidal self-injury is a psychological disorder that affects roughly 4 percent of American adults and perhaps as high as 21 percent of adolescents, according to the press release announcing Nock’s appointment...
...contrast, some French anti-burkists argue that wearing the burka could be a safety hazard while driving at rush hour on crowded highways, for example. Likewise, if the burka remains legal, hardened non-Muslim criminals disguised as Muslim women could then be able to commit any number of crimes with great impunity. (Apparently, one such crime has already occurred.) Others have argued that because the French state outlaws walking down the street in the full monty, why can’t it outlaw its exact opposite? Yet another and more interesting argument has to with feminism and human rights...
...reiterated time and time again that the proper way to address the energy and climate-change crises is to explore alternative-energy sources, including nuclear power. Obama’s February decision to commit $8.3 billion to construct new nuclear reactors in Georgia reassured us that the administration understood the technology’s possible benefits. However, we also asserted that nuclear power is not the only potential silver bullet, and the president should keep an open mind about other alternative-energy options...
...pressure behind SB 1070 is rooted in myths about crime and undocumented immigration. Contrary to conventional wisdom, crime rates have been decreasing in Arizona for years—and it’s not because of draconian policing laws. Undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than the average citizen for fear of being deported. This is why the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police has opposed SB 1070: It compromises their ability to do their job. The law makes no distinction between drug traffickers and a 25-year-old mother or father searching for a day?...
...work. Many nights, I begrudgingly dragged myself to Lamont to crank out a paper only to peruse Facebook and Perez for three hours, and maybe inhale a bag of Cheez-Its or two along the way. Not very productive. Then I realized, if you’re going to commit to work, commit to it. If you’re not going to be productive, then don’t bother trying—do something else that’s fun and get it out of your system. In other words, work hard, play hard. It might...