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...said that Dershowitz’s attempt to join in a debate—coming only a day before the scheduled event—was meant to be rebuffed in order to provide a point of complaint for the Dershowitz camp, and therefore constituted an “infantile method of harassment.” “He approached [us] at the last minute, but we already had our program set,” Sultany said, confirming Chomsky’s statement. “And it was obvious that they were trying to get a cheap shot, where...
...DeBergalis would come up short, even as he won more “first-place votes” than one of the candidates who was ultimately elected. Cambridge’s distinctive method of voting did him in because after the “transfer votes” were counted, DeBergalis had dropped from ninth to tenth place, and out of a council seat—a result of the fact that he had little of a following outside of the two elite universities...
...policy. So far, the draft has been formed in a collaborative fashion. Representatives of the Undergraduate Council, College Events Board, HoCos, and cultural societies were all invited to the subcommittee to express the needs and wishes of student groups. This stands in stark contrast to the dictatorial and opaque method by which the College’s new alcohol policy was changed earlier last fall. We encourage the administration to continue down this path by not turning these guidelines into petty bureaucratic rules that punish students if they show up to meetings a minute late or don?...
...Stein vs. Darwin Here we go again: Ben Stein, a really bad scientist and mediocre economist, feels intelligent-design proponents have been slighted [April 21]. I will state the point again: scientists are uncomfortable with I.D. because it is a warm, fuzzy belief unprovable by any scientific method. Maybe Stein would like to propose a scientific methodology to prove I.D. It would have to be a doozy. Roy Senn, New Hartford, New York...
...economic reasons, not animal welfare. According to the UN, in 2002, one-third of the global cereal harvest was fed to livestock . Roughly 75 to 95 percent of that food is lost to animal metabolism or the growth of inedible cells (hair, bones, etc). This high energy-cost method of producing meat cannot continue to supply food—especially for a global population that the U.S. Census Bureau estimates to reach 9.3 billion persons by 2050. If the level of affluence and food security is to be maintained, then a new strategy to supply the world?...