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...point occurred last year: more people in the U.S. got their news online for free than paid for it by buying newspapers and magazines. Who can blame them? Even an old print junkie like me has quit subscribing to the New York Times, because if it doesn't see fit to charge for its content, I'd feel like a fool paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Save Your Newspaper | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...rest of his or her life constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, a type of injustice that the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution prohibits. The cruelty of confining a child to a lifetime in prison is self-evident. Such sentences are also unusual, for the punishment does not fit the crime—especially when, as in the case of Joe Sullivan, the crime does not involve homicide. Sullivan’s lawyers have recently petitioned the Supreme Court to consider this case and to determine whether the Eighth Amendment forbids such sentences for young adolescents. The Supreme Court should grant...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Crime and Too Much Punishment | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...best match. This is especially true in the case of the yield statistic, which Dean Fitzsimmons commented was a “slippery figure in many ways,” and is not a good indicator of a school’s popularity or whether it is a good fit for students. Instead of referring to these rankings, students should do their own research and take into consideration available statistics such as acceptance rates, in addition to other factors such as campus visits, when making college decisions. The influential role of US News and World Report’s rankings...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Last First | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...When we choose a women of the year, we’re looking for someone who is not only talented and well-esteemed, but who also has a fun side,” Anderson said. “She’s been in both fun, kooky films that fit with the Hasty Pudding spirit and some more well-esteemed films...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zellweger To Be Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

...June, an Air Methods helicopter crashed into another chopper in mid-air on a sunny day over Flagstaff, Arizona, killing seven. Even though the second crash did not fit the pattern, pilots experiencing emergencies when they hit low visibility - which is called "unplanned transition to Instrument Flight Rules" in industry parlance - "is a common theme," says Brian Foster, Air Methods' director of operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chopper Safety: A Clash Between Federal Agencies | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

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