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Despite its abundance of good intentions, the College has sabotaged its own proposal. A lack of student involvement in the process of drafting the report has condemned its recommendations to failure. By taking a confrontational approach to the problem of drinking at underground fraternities and sororities and at Mt. Auburn’s posh speakeasies, the College stands to alienate the very people whose support it needs most—undergraduates...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: A Shot in the Dark | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...with no regard for how much else is spent that week, how much the group has previously received, or how much money is left in the fund. FiCom therefore has little control over if or when the piggybank will run dry. Such a policy—or lack thereof—is fiscally irresponsible and is unfair to student groups with spring events. It is time that FiCom started budgeting...

Author: By Melissa Quino mccreery | Title: Balancing the Books | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...around it,” he said. “There’s no magic pill to allow yourself to work on less sleep.” Lockley said that even six hours of sleep can be detrimental to a day’s work. Lack of sleep can cause obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, increased risk of accidents, and poorer learning and memory, Lockley added. “People really need eight and a half hours a night, on average,” he said. This average refers to per night, Lockley said, meaning that students cannot make...

Author: By Kaoru Takasaki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Prof Discusses Sleep | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...English way of doing things that the country’s efficiency actually becomes a problem. The all-powerful army and navy can’t find anyone who is willing to go to war with them, and the laws are so just that the lawyers are starving for lack of criminals to prosecute...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: ‘Utopia’ Is a Near-Perfect Production | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

Mumbai’s mixture of extreme poverty and a lack of law enforcement should dictate this. Yet as of March 31, only 133 murders had been registered in all of Mumbai since New Years. This means that there has been one murder for roughly every 136,000 people this year, whereas Boston has had 16 murders in a city of under 600,000–roughly one murder for every 37,000 people. As hard as it is believe, you are over 3.5 times more likely to be murdered in the streets of Boston than in the slums...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein | Title: A Tale of Two Cities | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

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