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...water is usable by humans, we would have more than enough to go around if we took care of it. We don't. From industrial accidents like the benzene spill in northeastern China three years ago, which contaminated the drinking water of millions of people, to the lack of toilets (or proper sanitation) throughout much of the developing world, we're making good water unusable. As a result, our supplies of viable water for agriculture, industry and drinking are dwindling, even as population demands continue to grow. We don't just have a water crisis, according to Maude Barlow...
...Other varsity sports teams follow this trend as well. Both men’s and women’s basketball lack a single science concentrator, while the softball team contains only one athlete in a science-based derivative—the social and cognitive neurosciences track of the psychology department...
...that while the Registrar’s office is able to move exams, the Administrative Board has the sole authority to decide individual exceptions for students. Clearly, it is a rarity to be excused. And so far, the process of excusing students from exams has been shrouded by a lack of clarity. Specifically, exemptions seem to have been given on arbitrary, unfair grounds. For example, a petition was “recently denied because a student had only a general ticket to the inauguration,” whereas “a petition was recently approved because a student...
...less valuable commodity, given the range of sources available to readers. Newspapers must cater to those areas where they still hold an advantage, such as editorial writing and investigate journalism. Most blogs and other Internet sources do not command the authority that newspaper editorialists do, and most lack the resources to do substantial investigative work. Indeed, many of the more successful existing online newspapers specialize in these endeavors. The success of opinion-heavy sites like the Huffington Post and The Daily Beat, as well as of investigative outlets like ProPublica and the Center for Independent Media, proves that this type...
...critics in the business community: "I've found business leaders don't oppose strong environmental programs. What drives them crazy is a lack of certainty. We can change that." (New York Times...