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...bargain all around, with adults protecting their genetic legacy and the infant getting a team of surrogate moms in return. "Babies can learn to be quite satisfied with any of a select group of caretakers," says Hrdy, whose book Mother Nature is the most notable and artful of a flock of new studies re-examining motherhood...
When it's warm, Harvard Square is a magnet for young people in less cosmopolitan suburbs. The Pit People are just the most colorful example--they're the flock of pierced, dyed, leather-clad youths next to the T stop...
However, we hope that the board does not simply crack down on the Greek houses without providing other social venues for students. If other forums for student life are not promoted by the administration, students will continue to flock to fraternities and sororities on the weekends. Elite, single-sex organizations will continue to flourish as long as dorm life is anonymous and alienating. If the board is serious about creating a greater sense of campus community, it must make real efforts to provide students with viable social options. The board has called for expanding the current student center and creating...
...Sunday is Springfest, the one day every year when even the grouchiest critics of the Undergraduate Council are tempted to acknowledge that maybe it doesn't do everything wrong after all. If last year's success repeats, twice as many students as voted in this fall's election will flock to the MAC Quad to see their termbill dollars hard at work. They'll enjoy the infamous beer-gulag, herds of elephant ears?...
...Most people think oil spills cause the most harm to ocean life. They don't. Fishing does. When a tanker wrecks, news crews flock to film gooey beaches and dying animals. Journalists rush right past the picturesque fishing boats whose huge nets and 1,000-hook long-lines wreak far more havoc on the marine world than spilled...