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When it really counted, the Big Red (13-2 overall, 3-0 Ivy) would not be denied. Setter Ann Korioth led the Cornell attack with 48 assists. Alex Gross had 15 kills to anchor the Red. In the final game of the match, Cornell converted 41 percent of all its kill attempts to capture the victory...
...litany of environmental hazards associated with our throw-away society is old news. Deteriorating styrofoam releases chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), resulting in serious depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer. A group of British scientists reported in 1985 that the ozone layer over Antartica had been diminished by 40 percent. Despite global agreements to curb their use, CFCs' destructive potential lasts long after they are released. And even CFC- free styromfoams are not harmless; they will clog our landfills for centuries to come...
...vital to the well-being of the agricultural industry. According to Arnold Professor of Science William H. Bossert '59, despite the growers' claims of substantial declines in productivity, the actual difference in yield when no chemical pesticides are used is more in the range of 10-15 percent...
Currently, senior faculty is more than 90 percent white and more than 90 percent male. Although the composition of the junior faculty is somewhat more balanced, it remains among the least diverse in the Ivy League...
...diversified teaching force will be crucial to prevent the already precarious position of women and minorities from eroding further over the next generation. Emerging demographic patterns make the imperative even more urgent. By the year 2000, the total number of minority children will have increased by more than 25 percent from what it is today while the number of white children will only increase 0.2 percent...