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...latest techno single, boys’ rules go. This places an uneven level of control in the hands of the final clubs’ male members—socially anxious stiletto-clad girls forge friendships with an arbitrary group of polo-clad boys so that they might gain entrance across the threshold of the Spee Club one or another Friday night. Because women’s clubs often hold their parties and punch events in male clubs, even members of female final clubs find themselves relying on their male counterparts for a good time. Essentially, the nature of final clubs...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Trading Spaces | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

...India's illegal organ trade is driven in part by the incredible imbalance between supply and demand for legal organs. The Indian government banned the sale of kidneys for commercial gain in 1994; lawbreakers can be jailed for up to five years. But legal organ donations remain rare in India. The Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN), a Chennai-based non-government group that promotes legal organ donation, puts donation rates in India at well under 1 per million, compared to rates of more than 20 per million in places such as Spain, the U.S. and France. The group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Black Market Organ Scandal | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

...after adopting the party’s most attractive planks. The Republicans, who won that election, ultimately enacted many populist measures. The Populists lost the election, but their vision of America had been incorporated into the mainstream. Even dyed-in-the-wool Democrats or Republicans sometimes stand to gain by voting for a third party. Because of the structure of the Electoral College, voting for Republicans in a blue state or Democrats in a red state is not likely to change the election. Why not draw attention to a specific issue by voting for the relevant third party instead...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Don’t Forget Third Parties | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...This course was designed in order to try to attract students to statistics,” Meng said. “We want students to appreciate how statistics works, and not necessarily to do things themselves, but to gain statistical insight into their own studies...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Larry and 'Lolita': The Crimson's Guide to Shopping Period | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...caucuses, the number of young voters was up half again as much: 135%. The kids preferred Obama over the next-closest competitor by more than 4 to 1. The youngest slice - the under-25 set, typically among the most elusive voters in all of politics - gave Obama a net gain of some 17,000 votes. He won by just under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of the Youth Vote | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

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