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...authored the amendment with Werner Sollors, the Cabot professor of English Literature and of African and African American Studies. “We have to take account in general education that the whole world doesn’t speak English.” The Crimson did not obtain copies of all the finalized amendments themselves. 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel T. Ulrich, a member of the Faculty’s 19-member governing body, said the amendments mostly deal with a “clarification of categories.” She added that many were drafted by groups of professors...
...Basically, it's a web 2.0 interactive environment where people can collectively brainstorm and work towards developing campaigns to help assert the rights of the media against both governmental and corporate pressures and influences. [PrisonBlogs.net is another project where prisoners] will write to a central p.o. box to obtain a sponsor, then their sponsor will write to them and let them know, 'Here's my address, and you can send me letters or art [for posting].' This is will be an opportunity for the public to see firsthand what it's like in the prison system - both state as well...
...believes science is getting closer to answering the key questions about dreaming, is leading two studies at the University of Cape Town with that goal in mind. One involves using functional magnetic resonance imaging to try to disentangle the REM brain from the dreaming brain. He wants to obtain images of the dreaming/non-dreaming brain at sleep onset and note the differences between the two. "If we can image what's going on at that point, then we'll get a clear handle on what mechanisms are important for dreaming as opposed to REM sleep," says Solms, who predicts...
...chemical used to euthanize animals - in some brands of dog food. Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the U.S. said the allegations need more scrutiny. "The pet food industry is not the most transparent of industries and it has been really difficult for the public to obtain information," he says...
...family's tin shanty, or from the clouds of mosquitoes swarming among the surrounding mangroves. He just hopes it doesn't worsen because he hasn't enough money to feed his family, let alone pay doctors' bills. For the past three weeks, the father of three has failed to obtain his regular $2 an hour construction work; a messenger has just dropped by to tell him the family are soon to be evicted and their home is to be bulldozed. "I couldn't believe it. It was like something hit me here," he says, tapping his heart and slowly rocking...