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Last week, at the behest of Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, the Faculty Council discussed expanding the freshman seminar program and allowing seminars to count for concentration credit. We recommend an aggressive expansion of the program, and the acceptance of these reforms would be a welcome first step...
...that light, the decision by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) to recommend that the Senate Press Gallery grant access to college newspapers for the four upcoming debates is heartening...
...tell if your child has epilepsy? That is the focus of a new set of guidelines jointly published last week by the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society and the American Epilepsy Society. After reviewing hundreds of studies, they strongly recommend that an electroencephalogram (EEG) be performed on all children when they experience their first non-fever-related seizure. The procedure records bursts of the brain's electrical activity and is quick (less than an hour), painless and safe. It can tell you not only what kind of seizure your child has had but also what the chances...
...normal EEG, while others who have never had a seizure will show abnormalities. It's unclear when to perform the test, though most studies suggest that the best chance of spotting abnormalities is in the first 24 hours. If a serious underlying brain disorder is suspected, doctors may also recommend an MRI scan (which is now preferred over C.T. scans), but these tests won't tell you much about epilepsy...
...services that are tailored to where a caller happens to be at a particular point in time. New positioning technology means that mobile operators will soon be able to pinpoint a person's location to within 12 yds., helping h2g2 give more precise answers to a request like "Please recommend what to see and do in London...