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...Coca-Cola refuses to discuss any aspect of its secret formula, while Stepan did not respond to requests to discuss its relationship with Coca-Cola. This coca without the cocaine element is the only exemption allowed by the U.N. for the plant's usage outside of the Andes and it is not clear whether patent law would allow Bolivia to use the same process as Stepan does to remove the cocaine alkaloid...
There is certainly some scientific truth to the hypothesis: The Earth does have some self-regulating properties. But is that the case for atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide? If the earth is self-regulating, the theory goes, then an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide should mean an increase in plant growth. Plants, after all, scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so more plants should mean less carbon dioxide—thus countering the initial increase...
There’s a larger lesson here, however, than where not to plant trees: Optimism alone will not slow climate change. The Gaia hypothesis, taken to an extreme, implies that humans can sit back and watch the Earth warm, and eventually the earth will respond and restore itself. The view is characteristic of many individuals’ (and nations’) attitudes today. True, the earth will respond, but when it’s finished responding, it won’t look anything like the earth we have now. By now, you’ve probably heard the litany...
...explains the huge number of undergraduate organizations on campus. This profusion is, however, a mixed blessing. “I know that they’re always getting new student groups, so I’m not sure that it’s a sustainable model,” Plant says. “The University’s going to have to devote money to keeping the existing associations afloat, and to funding the new ones...
...Second, the story incorrectly stated that the decision of the magazine to print more issues caused the group to incur more debt. In fact, while printing more issues initially resulted in additional costs, it did not increase the group's debt. Third, the article incorrectly implied that Stefanie L. Plant '05, a former business manager, said that the magazine fell into a deeper hole as a result of printing more issues. In fact, Plant noted that after printing four issues, the group had repaid its $10,000 worth of debt. Fourth, the article did not correctly contextualize comments by Frankie...