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Economics Professor David M. Cutler ’87 said that the new Standing Committee on Global Health and Health Policy will create an “umbrella” for studies in domestic health policy—already a popular secondary among undergraduates. Studies in global health policy are currently limited to General Education courses and interdisciplinary courses in other concentrations...
...just $55 these days, you can bring yourself to within feet of fighters viciously attacking each other, and pay-per-view is always available if you cannot make the trip. While this may not be all that popular in your social circle, Ultimate Fighting has been known to gather audiences of over 21000 spectators, crowds whose sizes would exceed capacity of Madison Square Garden. In terms of its scope through television viewership, Ultimate Fighting, run professionally by Ultimate Fighting Championships programming, had the highest ratings for males aged 18-34 on its cable network affiliate. Although the current owners...
...Massachusetts senate race that catapulted Republican Scott Brown to Washington. The Tea Party movement, organized last spring around a shared disapproval of reckless spending in Washington, DC, was crucial for mobilizing support for Brown during the race. Over the past several months, the movement has grown so popular that, according to a recent New Yorker article, it would attract more support than the Republican Party if it were to become a registered political affiliation...
...social maneuvering involved in DJing a good party, Thorn said, “[Y]ou have to be really conscious of how many people are dancing, who is coming in, and who is leaving. You have to make sure you don’t play too many of the popular songs until there are a good amount of people [on] the dance floor... You really have to learn how to gauge your audience.” This micromanagement amounts to an extended empathy; from noting who goes and who stays, Thorn adjusts his music according to what he believes they...
Naturally, candidates outside Uribe's alliance hope for major shifts in the electoral landscape. "If the President can't run, there will be a change in popular support," says Rafael Pardo, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate. Pardo believes traditionally Liberal voters who switched their allegiance to support Uribe will return to the Liberal Party. In any case, the candidates have precious little time to gear up for the vote. "It's clear the [debate over the term-limits] referendum did a lot of damage because it cost the electoral campaign almost a year of analysis, and a country...