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...nonprofit that focuses on education discipline and juvenile justice. "Because I know I can go back to Ropes in 2010, I am really excited to do something entirely different," Wilker says. And as one of only three staffers at the nonprofit, she adds, "I know I can make an impact...
...cuts to the weekend morning service will also have a negative impact on the lives of Quad students. Athletes facing early practices will have to brave hazardous and icy conditions for many months of the year. Students going to morning religious services on the weekend will face similar challenges, as the shuttle will not start until 12:15, when many services will already be done...
Earlier this year, Harvard University Dining Services removed its customary nutrition fact cards from the dining halls, citing concerns from President Drew G. Faust and other university administrators about the cards’ impact on students with eating disorders. After other concerned students protested that the new policy deprived them of necessary nutritional knowledge, HUDS provided information through alternative methods. While the new HUDS policy is a reasonable compromise between the debating parties, HUDS must continue to make every effort to provide as much nutrition information to the students. To that end, our dining halls should avoid any further attempts...
...spread of HIV. "I think the evidence for needle exchange is stronger," says Don Des Jarlais, director of research for the Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, comparing the scientific support for needle exchange to the overwhelming evidence of human impact on the climate...
...City have found that new infection rates dropped more than 75% after city and community activists expanded clean-needle programs, beginning in the early 1990s, and later legalized possession of needles. Likewise, needle-exchange programs in other cities, including - after a rocky start - Montreal and Vancouver, had similarly significant impact. So, why has the federal funding ban on these programs, enacted by Congress in 1988, remained intact for two decades...