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Third, while most former Division I-AA schools rejoice at the prospect of dropping that derogatory second ‘A,’ the Ivy League shrinks from becoming a full-fledged Division I-A football program, even if the change is only nominal. Rather than weather the pressure...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: McGINN 'N' JUICE: I-AA Football Faces Change | 4/29/2005 | See Source »

In 1992, President George Herbert Walker Bush signed, and the U.S. Senate ratified, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This treaty, by which the ratifying nations (now numbering 188) pledge to avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, has fallen on hard times. The voluntary measures originally thought...

Author: By James J. Mccarthy, | Title: FOCUS: Climate Shock | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

The BMF is also one of the strongest co-sponsors of Take Back the Night, a week of events coordinated by the Office of Sexual Assault, Prevention, and Response (OSAPR). During the week’s meeting for males, BMF members comprised nearly 40 percent of those present. According to...

Author: By Victoria Kim and Ying Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: At Last, a Presence | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

That Hickenlooper, 53, cruised to victory may suggest that Denver citizens would vote for anyone who promised cheap parking (a pledge on which he delivered). But after 19 months in office his honeymoon still isn't over. Not only do 75% of voters in metro Denver approve of his job...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Able Amateur | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

There was, however, another factor, one still enmeshed in historical controversy. By the end of July, Japan was reeling. It was likely that a Soviet declaration of war would be the coup de grace. Gar Alperovitz, a historical revisionist whose newly updated Atomic Diplomacy is a harsh critique of American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why Did We Drop the Bomb? | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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