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Just over 17 minutes into the second period, Quinnipiac’s Kelly Davies received a pass from teammate Kate Wheeler and slipped it by Bellamy to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead they would not relinquish...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Stumbles After Month-Long Layoff | 1/10/2010 | See Source »

Though we think about our genes mostly in terms of the traits we pass on to our children, they are actually very active in our lives every day, regulating how various cells in our bodies behave. In the brain this can be especially powerful. Any significant experience triggers changes in brain genes that produce proteins - those necessary to help memories form, for example. But, says the study's lead author, Ian Maze, a doctoral student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "when you give an animal a single dose of cocaine, you start to have genes aberrantly turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Cocaine Scrambles Genes in the Brain | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...With these public fears in mind, Ma's party lawmakers, who have the legislative majority, joined the opposition this week to pass the controversial amendment. The U.S. immediately expressed its disappointment, saying the move "undermines Taiwan's credibility as a responsible trading partner." Upcoming bilateral trade talks, originally scheduled for February, have been indefinitely postponed. Taiwan, the sixth largest importer of U.S. beef and the U.S.'s ninth-largest trading partner, had been hoping the talks would pave the way for a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Yen says Ma probably was counting on progress in U.S. trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Beef Derail U.S.-Taiwan Trade Relations? | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...colleges given too much respect? Universities definitely get too much of a free pass. We have not gotten in the habit of asking hard questions about whether or not universities are doing a good job of teaching their students. Some of them are. There are fantastic universities, fantastic departments, fantastic programs, but there are also terrible universities, terrible departments, terrible programs. And the great fiction is that there are none of the latter. Listen to the way that we talk to students about the admissions process. Even as they compete for the best students, schools say, "It's all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holding Colleges Accountable: Is Success Measurable? | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...luggage, pushing takeoff an hour past its scheduled time. "I've never seen it like this," said Agne Kveslyte, a Lithuanian student. "They were opening up really tiny items I had, even my wallet." Once on the plane, passengers were not allowed to congregate near the lavatories or pass between different sections of the plane. (See the top 10 news stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International Flyers Report Extra Security, More Delays | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

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