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...banned the import of pork, even though the flu virus cannot be contracted through eating dead pig. Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe say they are checking arriving passengers at borders and airports and have response plans of varying sophistication should an outbreak occur. In some places, they've gone much further: Authorities in Egypt, which was affected by bird flu last year, have begun slaughtering the country's entire unfortunate pig population of more than 300,000. (A Brief History of Flu Pandemics...
...HRDC’s often ambitious projects. “Theater technicians are like water. Tech theater is like goldfish,” Clarks says. “You know how goldfish will grow to fit their bowl? So do we, kicking and screaming.” Clark has gone beyond the basic requirements of “growing to fit the bowl.” He sacrificed a spring break his sophomore year to revitalize a flagging production and spent 30 hours during the week and 20 over the weekend in the theatre his sophomore and junior years...
...that has contributed to the decline of the art of paper over the last twenty years. With the development of the internet, newspapers and magazines have been left gasping on the deck of popular irrelevancy—even the New York Times, the Holiest of Dailies. Letter writing has gone the way of the radio. What was, until recently, the modus operandi for distant artistic and scholarly discourse is now mostly used by children sending letters to Santa. The mailbox has become the phone bill or catalogue box. Now that we have a multitude of online communication outlets, what will...
...grad school,” Schachter piqued, “I am really into teaching, but I’m also interested in pursuing composition.” It seems as if grad school isn’t calling just yet though. Next year, Schachter will be long gone from Paine music building, splitting his time between India and Israel to study ethnic music...
...Since she died," Jose Luis says, "doctors have come and asked us many questions regarding her work and anything we can remember - the names of her friends, colleagues, any place different from the usual that she had gone - but we really do not know." The physicians have also been monitoring the family's health. "We have not had any symptoms, thank God," Jose Luis says. "So we do not need to be tested. If we get sick, we will let them know, but now, there is no problem at all." Still, he says, "they keep on coming every...