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...band gets to a certain level, they've made some compromises in order to make their music more mainstream, more palatable to a broader audience. But now, if you've got a taste for Polish jazz or Estonian hip-hop, you can find something on the Web. Imagine how difficult it would be to find those communities 10 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greg Kot: How the Internet Changed Music | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...been sent to the King Open School to provide additional sanitization, Martin said. Maloney said that the district was trying to contain the epidemic by emphasizing that students be vigilant in their hand-washing and that parents monitor their children for signs of illness. He added that it is difficult to contain such an illness to one building, as students share buses and go to after school programs at different schools. But yesterday, just days after the report of these two cases, Boston Latin School students were let out five minutes early due to concerns about swine...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Flu Scare Closes Local Schools | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...lack of use. But this trend suggests a much different course of action than elimination of the program. HIV testing is one of the most effective ways of slowing the spread of the virus and signaling to individuals to get medical help. Since testing is not particularly costly or difficult, instead of getting rid of it, UHS should have attempted to increase the use of this testing in an attempt to actively improve the health of its student body. Anonymous testing was instituted in 1996 as a result of months of campaigning by campus AIDS activists. They did this because...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Reverting to Ignorance | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...recent cuts and look toward making more in the future, they must ensure that the core functions of both House life and academic life are not seriously harmed. Given the administration’s rapid expansion in recent years, they must look internally for savings, even if this means difficult firings or adjustments...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Turning the Mirror | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...officials have said Iranian-made weapons, including a signature variety roadside bomb used in Iraq, are being used by the Taliban-led insurgency that has intensified in the western provinces. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in mid-2007 that "given the quantities that we're seeing, it is difficult to believe that it's associated with smuggling or the drug business or that it's taking place without the knowledge of the Iranian government." (The Pentagon declined a follow-up inquiry) (Check out TIME's cover story on how to save Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Spending Spree in Afghanistan | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

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