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...least not until the ratings tank). With all due respect to conservatives' electoral achievements, the cultural changes that helped drive them to the polls this year--most notably stem-cell research and gay marriage--are still barreling down the pike like souped-up Hummers. Stem-cell science will progress with or without Washington's support. (Indeed, thanks to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California will be raising $3 billion to advance the cause.) And once the science reaches a certain point, most legislators will undergo a conversion. It's one thing to oppose research that still looks like a barely conceivable...
Investors seeking to make money with a clean conscience are flocking to socially responsible mutual funds, which invest in companies that meet nonfinancial standards like environmental friendliness and respect for workers' rights. Assets in such funds have jumped 156% over the past five years, to $31.9 billion, while the fund industry as a whole has grown just 22%, according to fund tracker Lipper. But a recent study by environmentalist Paul Hawken suggests investors might be getting more than they bargained for. Hawken, who runs the Natural Capital Institute in San Francisco, found socially responsible funds owning companies like Iraq-entangled...
...there were no prescribed hunting seasons and rarely any delineations between public and private land. One of the few areas of friction between the ethnic groups has been caused by hunting restrictions. Some Hmong say white hunters have threatened them, and white hunters have complained that Hmong do not respect private property. In the North Woods, private and public lands abut each other, and the only way to know the difference is to consult maps issued by the state or look for NO TRESPASSING signs. Landowners routinely find unauthorized hunters on their property. Etiquette calls for asking the interloper...
Perhaps Martinez really did feel slighted by Schilling and the Red Sox brass’ willingness to give Schilling an extension last year rather than Pedro. Perhaps Pedro just wanted respect...
...body recently elected two of their own who we believe will solicit student opinion and argue persuasively for undergraduate views in front of HCCR decision-makers. Matthew J. Glazer ’06 and Ian W. Nichols ’06, president- and vice president-elect of the council, respectively, must convince the College to respect students’ wishes throughout the HCCR’s process. More than this, however, they also must convince the student body of the review’s importance and get more undergraduates involved in council efforts so that there actually are concrete student...