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...iPod - the electricity that juices those devices has a carbon footprint too. As the amount of electronics in our homes continues to increase - half of American households now own three TVs, up from 11% in 1975 - it becomes more and more important that they are energy efficient. Ditto the amount of plastic, metal and other raw materials - often toxic and too often non-recyclable - that go into making our PCs and stereos...
...time with faculty. Which is why the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville created Core Connections, which lets mostly freshmen opt to live in two dorms where attendance at faculty-planned events is required. The University of Maine now makes all frosh live together in dorms with new support networks. Ditto for Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., where first-years are also encouraged to go on hikes with the profs who lead their freshman seminars and to debate them at town meetings...
...students, to offer mostly grants instead of loans. That could give the school a competitive edge - as long as it can convince parents to get past the sticker shock and learn about the financial aid options that sometimes make elite private colleges even cheaper than state schools. Ditto for Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., where a $700 million endowment and a budget designed ahead of time to accommodate a growing number of college students (this year marks the demographic peak) will allow the university to maintain its full financial aid program...
...That's why Americans spend over $2 billion a year on antiperspirants and deodorants. Despite that investment, 25% to 30% of people in a national survey feel the products they use could do more to control sweat. Enter Unilever's new clinical-strength versions of Dove and Degree. Ditto for Procter & Gamble's Secret, Old Spice and Gillette. Says P&G spokesman Jay Gooch: "At the end of the day, we want to make sure we don't stink...
...mail addresses are their most reliable locators. Elaine Milnes, a stay-at-home mom in Grand Rapids, Mich., got fed up with searching for pens on the playground and made a card for herself (title: Caroline's mom). She now operates a thriving online cardmaking venture, MommyBiz.net Ditto for nonparent Ilene Segal, founder of Baby iDesign, a four-year-old stationer in Manhattan. She thinks her playdate cards have caught on because they're "a nicer way of connecting than plugging someone into your cell...