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...answer to Joel Stein's question "Should I Opt for Circumcision?" is absolutely not [April 27]! I was circumcised as an infant by a respected doctor. I had to have a second operation 25 years later to correct this doctor's incomplete work. At the time, I researched the rationale for the procedure. Other than the rare medical need, I found no rational reason to inflict unnecessary pain on one's child. To circumcise is to allow antiquated cultural mores and parental expectations to dictate one's life. David A. Dorwart, MANSFIELD, CONN...
...Despite the bad bounces and the unlucky hits, Harvard ultimately ended its 2009 campaign with a winning record. While there were tough times—particularly this weekend’s home sweep by Dartmouth—the Crimson’s ability to rebound and correct its mistakes indicate that this season will likely go down as one of positive rebuilding for Harvard.“I’ve loved every second of [this season] and I’ve had a great year,” Vertovez said. “We started off really strong...
...file drawer and look at every single piece of paper to make sure it’s in the right place,” says Adams. “We check to make sure the drawer is in alphabetical order, and in each folder the names are correct. You cannot do it for more than two hours without losing your mind.”Over winter break, Anderson leads a team of students from the Boston area who work full time to put 14,000 folders together in four weeks. Anderson, who was responsible for more than 40 fellow soldiers...
...their hard work, determination, and University of Phoenix Online PhD’s.[1]Sujoy Mukhopadhay: Everyone knows that TFs are more likely to hook up with you than actual professors. Sujoy Mukhopadhay, a bold and determined educator, shatters that stereotype. I mean, SHATTERS. Just make sure that the correct pronunciation of his last name isn’t your “safe word.”Tobbias Ritter: His boyish good looks and affinity for pranks (who switched sodium hydrocloride with sodium hydroclorate?!!?) have earned him the title, “Ashton Kutcher of the Chemistry Department...
Although its capital is notorious among stoners and college kids for marijuana haze-filled "coffee shops," Holland has never actually legalized cannabis - the Dutch simply don't enforce their laws against the shops. The correct answer is Portugal, which in 2001 became the first European country to officially abolish all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine...