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...more binge drinking occurs at a school, the more alcohol-related problems can be expected: problems with injuries, academic performance, violence and sexual abuse, among others. People who binge more than once a week constitute almost one-fourth of all students, yet they account for more than three-fifths of serious alcohol-related incidents on campuses and consume almost three-quarters of all the alcohol that college students drink...
...Says John Ward, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants: "It is ironic that American can find more than $5 billion for these various assets but can't invest in its best assets, its employees." In a post-merger era, a walkout at American could instantly ground one-fourth of U.S. air travel...
PayPal and Billpoint are a great way to make payments to individuals and small businesses. But the "killer app" right now seems to be auctions. PayPal is used in an estimated one-fourth of all eBay auctions. And Billpoint, which is partly owned by eBay and seamlessly integrated into its payment system, is used for many more. PayPal's website includes a handy list of ways you might want to use the service, from sending money to kids away at college to "collecting payments from co-workers for office pools." (Wait, aren't there laws about that?) But the truth...
...percent of the 300 students polled said they performed community service within the last year while only 38.7 percent had joined a political organization. Less than one-fourth have volunteered or plan to volunteer for a political campaign this year...
Despite the widespread problem of sexual and physical violence (studies have shown that approximately one-fourth of college women will be the survivors of rape or attempted rape by the time that they graduate), it is very difficult for survivors to find one another. There are many reasons for this difficulty. For one, it is impossible to see who a survivor is; there is no visible marker of membership for a group of survivors. Also, issues of confidentiality preclude mental health professionals from disclosing survivors' identities and friends of survivors rightly do not want to betray their friends' confidence. Moreover...