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...Gaining ground these days is another idea: that food cravings are true addictions, like those to drugs and alcohol. Some addiction experts suggest that the underlying problem is a disturbance of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that mediates pleasure. But they can't say whether potato chips trigger dopamine release or we have simply learned to associate eating potato chips with pleasurable sensations...
...Council did enjoy a number of small successes in the fall. In November, the UC’s party grants process was modified to grant $200 to residents of “super party suites” across campus, such as Eliot House’s “Ground Zero” and Currier House’s “Ten Man” suite. The increased funding was a promising change, but fears remained that anemic publicity would condemn even these double-funded parties to obscurity.The UC made limited headway in addressing its publicity deficiencies during...
...think that my columns on Darfur helped put the issue on the international agenda, and that’s satisfying—but it would be much more so if the situation actually improved on the ground,” he writes...
...have less unsupervised time and thus less chance to get into trouble. Families who make meals a priority also tend to spend more time on reading for pleasure and homework. A whole basket of values and habits, of which a common mealtime is only one, may work together to ground kids. But it's a bellwether, and baby boomers who won't listen to their instincts will often listen to the experts: the 2005 CASA study found that the number of adolescents eating with their family most nights has increased 23% since...
...kind of sound judgment after Terrazas was killed. As the IED exploded, a taxi carrying five men rolled past the Marine convoy. The taxi stopped, and the men inside got out. The Marines, who suspected that the men were spotters for the IED, ordered them to lie on the ground. When they ran instead, the Marines shot and killed them. The unit then swept through four nearby houses, and in the space of the next few hours, killed 19 more people, only one of whom was armed. Among the dead were five women and four children. Could the death...