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...counterproductive at worst. What’s more, abstinence-only programs tend to spread misinformation and sexist stereotypes. According to a report prepared by the House Committee on Government Reform, abstinence-only curricula have claimed that HIV can be spread through tears, that abortion causes sterility, and that condoms fail to stop HIV transmission in 31 percent of cases. None of these claims, of course, is true. The report goes on to mention multiple instances of sexist content in abstinence-only programs, including one class that told students, “Women gauge their happiness and judge their success...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Abstaining from Ignorance | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...avoid tangling with the Commission, says Michael Tscherny, a partner at the GPlus Europe consultancy in Brussels and a former Commission competition spokesman. "Like Microsoft, Intel went for a confrontational approach, and it lost," he says. "I understand Intel's court appeal, but I expect it to fail. Intel is not a philanthropic company - it only was offering discounts to win business. But even big companies like Intel have to play by the rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chips Are Down: Intel's $1.45 Billion Fine | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...took the better part of a year to achieve the compromise that will probably fail, so the prospects for a better, or least more palatable compromise any time soon appear dim. The State will run out of money in July. Stay tuned...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: The Private Cost of Public Poverty | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...actually called one time last year at 1:45 am. they told me none of their escorts had come in that night. escort FAIL...

Author: By Meaghan E Lyons | Title: Budget Plinko, Part II: Shuttle Shafting | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...Part of the reason I’m going into academia is because I realize that the Republican Party will continue to fail if it doesn’t apply lessons in the classroom and research to everyday political situations,” Kwong says...

Author: By Spencer H. Hardwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Building Bridges, Shattering Stereotypes | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

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