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Grays Harbor, a foggy bay 90 minutes outside Seattle, has been known for two things: paper mills and the rock star Kurt Cobain, who was born there in 1967. Both are memories now, and in recent years the area had fallen on the hard times familiar to blue-collar communities across the U.S. But Grays Harbor is showing new color, thanks in part to the Seattle biofuel company Imperium Renewables, which just opened the nation's largest biodiesel plant there. The four-month-old refinery positively gleams (and smells vaguely like lawn clippings because of the vegetable oil used...
...students in Moral Reasoning 22: Justice were recently assigned a paper that asked students to discuss whether “gender discrimination in hiring always unjust,” using examples such as male gynecologists and waitresses at Hooters. Instead of pondering the issue in an essay, FM decided to call in the experts: FM: “Hey, Hooters of Wethersfield manager Scott Yarnall, I’m a male gynecologist. How do I become a waiter?” Hooters: “Well…we do have other opportunities for you. Like, in the kitchen...
...always wanted to tell someone: Chrissie, stop stealing my clothes! Favorite childhood toy: Magnetic Marbles Sexiest physical trait: My butt in running spandex Favorite part about Harvard: Hemp Plus Granola Describe yourself in three words: Crocs sans socks In 15 minutes you are: Frantically finishing a response paper in Widener In 15 years you are: Not assigning response papers to my high school English students
...Rivanol. In a book titled “Rivanol: A method to destroy life,” Biscet described government-mandated abortions being used as a method of contraception. This drug caused viable fetuses to be born alive, only then to either bleed to death or be wrapped in paper and asphyxiated...
Annoyed with the flagrant paper-wasting tactics of UC campaigns? Feel like exiting the Science Center has turned into a maze which you must navigate your way in and out of the crowd to avoid groups of shouting supporters? Bothered by candidates knocking on your door in the midst of midterm studying? If you need a break from the UC elections, check out “Man of the Year,” a dark comedy that explores what happens when a political satirist runs for the presidency as a joke—and wins. Starring Robin Williams, the film...