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...would really prefer people take a more aggressive stance.” Miron said, though he acknowledged that full legalization would be politically difficult. Miron did, however, limit his criticism to government policy, saying that “Harvard is free to make rules of conduct and to make them Ad Board-able.” As for common criticisms that decriminalizing marijuana sends a bad message and may encourage users to try other drugs, Miron said “the fact is that it’s not that bad, so the message would be more accurate...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Measure To Decriminalize Marijuana Goes On Mass. Ballot | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...pursuit of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Some experts believe the structural changes seen at adolescence may explain the timing of such major mental illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These diseases typically begin in adolescence and contribute to the high rate of teen suicide. Increasingly, the wild conduct once blamed on "raging hormones" is being seen as the by-product of two factors: a surfeit of hormones, yes, but also a paucity of the cognitive controls needed for mature behavior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Teens Tick | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...With China planning to conduct its first ever spacewalk this week and India making noise about its own space program, it almost seems as if there?s a new space race heating up. And this comes at a time when the U.S. is retiring its shuttle program and NASA's scrambling for funding; is the U.S. in danger of falling behind? There's no question that other countries are really pushing forward, fairly significantly in some cases, right at the time when the U.S. is having what I would describe as a hiccup in its continuity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Tourist Richard Garriott | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...test cities, New York, Washington, and Chicago.Different schemes will be implemented in each city, allowing researchers to test controversial programs like compensating students for high test scores, a practice Fryer has tried to test in New York City since 2007.Fryer compared the way in which educational research is being conducted now to a doctor prescribing medication on a whim.“If the doctor said to you, ‘You have a cold; here are three pills my buddy in Charlotte uses and he says they work,’ you would run out and find another doctor...

Author: By Alexandra perloff-giles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Broad Taps Fryer To Lead New Ed Center | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...world at coming in first. Now the country will show it can also be very happy with bronze. Later this week, 43 years after cosmonaut Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes outside an orbiting spacecraft, China plans to become the third nation after the Soviet Union and the U.S. to conduct its own spacewalk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's New Venture in Space | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

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