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...think it is very important to follow religious teachings in everyday life. Spiritually, "college is a time of flux," says Alexander Astin, the study's co--principal investigator. That leads to "a dramatic falling-off of religious participation during the undergraduate years." But a significant minority are holding fast to their faith. Fourteen percent put themselves in the "other Christian" category--dominated by the nondenominational Protestant churches that have proliferated across the U.S.--up from just 5% in 1989. And 26% of the students surveyed call themselves born-again Christians, which would be a natural constituency for religious-fellowship groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith and Frat Boys | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...work anymore without cheap oil, and the U.S. will have to reinvent itself or risk falling into decay. That dire prophecy, though, is really all about timing. Georgia Tech's Shelton, an engineering professor and oil-futures expert, says the extent of the economic damage depends on how fast oil prices rise. A slow climb "gives people time to adjust," he argues, and affords industry time to develop new or more efficient technologies. Crude prices have been steadily rising over the past two years--to nearly $60 a barrel, compared with $30 in early 2004. While individuals are certainly feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Gas Won't Get Cheaper | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...let’s skip over navigation through “The Break-Up Survival Kit” and fast forward to reality: you need to exorcise your ex. And the best way to do that is to focus...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR NIKKI: Salivation and Salvation | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

What’s alarming about the fast food finger fiasco isn’t just that it involved a woman allegedly inserting a disembodied finger into her own bowl of chili, but that she assumedly did so as part of a concocted get-rich-quick scheme. True, I make an assumption here about Ayala’s motives, but when she hired an attorney and threatened to sue immediately after reporting her fraudulent claim, Ayala made that assumption a safe...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: Giving the Finger | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

American culture, it seems, has become so litigious that Americans are now able to see financial gain in planting body parts in fast food. That’s a frightening reality, and it is a distinctly American one; in no other country are lawsuits so prevalent as in America, where, according to Citizens for a Sound Economy, a lawsuit is filed every ten seconds of every working hour. These lawsuits are a problem, and not simply because they give cynical Canadians (like me) fodder for making fun of American culture. By perpetuating a mindset that is over-eager to assign...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: Giving the Finger | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

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