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...World,’ and that I believe to be the intention [of the proposed curriculum]. But it isn’t the most accurate way to describe what Ec 10 is trying to do.”Members of the general education committee did not correct Economics Department Chair James H. Stock when he said at the Faculty meeting that he understood that Ec 10 would be guaranteed a place in one of the new required categories. But the authors of the report have refused to say publicly whether specific courses will be included.“Certainly...

Author: By Madeline M.G. Haas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Social Science Profs Question Gen Ed | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

...friendly coffin in which to exit. The boxes are made of wood fiber, 90% of which is derived from recycled materials; natural glue holds them together. In the U.S., woodland cemeteries are another way the funeral industry has gone green. Here are a few more paths to an environmentally correct afterlife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Green To The Grave | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

There's a lot of amusing interaction but not much of a plot. Eventually these wayward but well-meaning souls relocate to the impossibly sumptuous estate of a Russian mogul. You know all the while that there's a parched, nasty world out there, just waiting to correct their follies, and that the consolations of love and sex and art, which Smiley endorses all through this lovely book, won't really protect them. But our author lives up to her name in the best way. She blesses those people, shortcomings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: L.A. Conversational | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

Hoping to avoid embarrassment at the '08 Olympics, Beijing officials have sent linguists to scour the city's signs over the next eight months to correct their infamously quirky English translations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next: Feb. 19, 2007 | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...Other Drug Services (AODS) has championed a “social norms” approach to alcohol abuse, theorizing that since “college students tend to grossly overestimate the number of their peers who engage in high-risk alcohol consumption,” providing data will correct this misconception and make people think twice before drinking. Great, except that if anyone stops and thinks twice at these numbers, it becomes abundantly clear that they mean absolutely nothing. Seriously, jack shit. Let’s look at the most touted one: “69% of Harvard students keep...

Author: By John F. Pararas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Become A Statistic: Drink | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

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