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...certainly conceivable that the positive effect Sue speaks of could occur. But it could also be that Sue confuses cause and effect. The reason abortion training has been leaving the medical curriculum is because a significant portion of the public opposes the procedure itself. Forcing teaching hospitals to provide this training would therefore have little or no effect on the public's opinion on this matter...
...Having made that as a commitment, I decided I would give some portion of my life on a continuing basis to exercising social responsibility," the professor says of his protest. He seems to have followed through with this resolution. In conversation, Mendelsohn comes across more like a political activist with an interest in the natural sciences than the other way around...
...surprisingly, the proposal for popular elections enjoys the support of a substantial portion of the student body. In a referendum last May, 68 percent of voting students supported popular election of major council executives. We urge council members to listen to their constituents and adopt a system of popular elections...
Paying student-athletes a portion of the revenues generated by their own sporting events seems on the surface a fair and practical idea, It is the athletes, after all, who really make the money; why shouldn't they also be entitled to a piece...
...snowstorm developed later in the day, threatening to force the airport to close before the first passenger jet arrives Tuesday at 6 a.m. As for the baggage system, designed to allow easy check-ins as late as 20 minutes before departure, TIME Denver correspondent Richard Woodbury says the small portion that now works is "Disneyesque, sexy and fast." Unfortunately, he says, "it's only serving one part of one airline -- United -- and only departing passengers." The upshot: travelers may land promptly, but then wait hours for their bags...