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...provide an expensive commodity as equitably as possible.” Berman’s remarks come in the wake of a new initiative launched by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) to combat illegal file sharing on college campuses. With the initiative, the organization is trying to respond to a threefold jump in RIAA warning notices sent to universities this academic year, according to an RIAA press release. “Many schools have turned a blind eye to piracy,” Berman said in his statement. The extent of Harvard’s enforcement currently involves forwarding...
...National Collegiate Athletic Association clarified its warning about athlete participation in Facebook pools yesterday, saying that the NCAA did not yet have an official policy regarding the ubiquitous social networking site. NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn responded to news reports suggesting that participation in the Facebook pools constituted a violation of NCAA rules and could result in suspension from athletic activity for a year. Osburn said in a telephone interview that the University of Georgia student newspaper had misinterpreted a statement suggesting that participating in those pools was tantamount to gambling. Still, she urged students to err on the side...
...Another possible scenario to look forward to in the coming decades is the possible desiccation of the Amazon rainforest. Plants respond in strange ways to changes in the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide. According to the theory of Amazon basin collapse, the vegetation of the rainforest will react to high carbon dioxide concentration by closing their stomates, the parts of plants that act as portals for carbon intake and water release. Since the plants release less water, there would be less water in the atmosphere, perhaps leading the ecosystem to spiral into draught...
...fellow classmates by name and make offensive remarks about physical appearance, race, and sexual identity. In multiple threads, the posters describe their classmates as “fat,” remark on the size of their breasts, or use ethnic slurs. Two targets of other posts did not respond to repeated requests for comment yesterday. The president of gay rights group HLS Lambda, Adam R. Sorkin, said he was disturbed by the homophobic tone of many of the threads after doing a search for the word “faggot.” “I was shocked...
...employees strongly suggest that Myers Park had an unofficial policy of ridding itself of underperforming students during Anderson's tenure from 2002 to 2005 and perhaps beyond, by using tactics including listing dropouts as out-of-state transfers. The school district is currently investigating the matter. Anderson did not respond to requests for an interview, but denied any wrongdoing in an e-mail: "My philosophy was to make all decisions in the best interests of the students we served." Anderson now consults to the school district and heads a dropout prevention program - an ironic choice, if the allegations prove...