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...older generation starts talking about "kids these days" and reminding us that things like this didn't happen 50 years ago. The younger generation retorts with claims that things like this are as random and senseless as they seem. Of course, neither generation is correct. We should talk about generational differences...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Lessons from Columbine High | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...interview Friday, Bodkin claimed thatArbini failed to follow correct scientificprocedure, drawing his conclusions fromexperiments performed for different lengths oftime...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Researcher Sues University | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...position is that my termination waswhistleblower retaliation," Bodkin said. "IfHarvard had come to the correct conclusion [intheir investigation of my termination] and upheldtheir responsibility to a whistleblower, thenthere would be no damage to my career...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Researcher Sues University | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...admit to convict ancestry, and early census records were destroyed by politicians and others who did not want their origins revealed. But lately it has become fashionable to be a first-fleet Australian. Likewise, in the new South Africa, nonwhite ancestry for an Afrikaner is not only politically correct but socially advantageous. Former President Frederik Willem de Klerk, once a defender of apartheid, now admits to a Bengali-slave forebear. In the U.S., blacks and whites are cooperating in joint genealogy searches. Says Colorado land appraiser James Rogers, a Caucasian who unearthed a slave ancestor: "It certainly brought home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genealogy: Roots Mania | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...Colorado Springs, Colo., drank 30,000 cases of Coke beverages last year. District 11 has a 10-year, $8 million contract with the soft-drink company that calls for the yearly consumption of 1.68 million bottles of Coke products. If a case contains 24 bottles, which answer is correct? A) District 11 met its goal, and its students will sing back-up to Aretha Franklin in a new ad campaign. B) District 11 is 960,000 bottles in the red. C) Students should drink lots more Coke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Classrooms for Sale | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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