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...Regardless of personal idiosyncrasies, this was a partnership many years in the making. The pair actually met before high school, playing on a select team for 13 and 14-year olds in Philadelphia. They didn't know that the other one was going to the same high school until they were reacquainted on campus...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kolarik and Fried: The Deerfield Duo | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...change, which began Oct. 15, allows students to select soup in addition to five other options that are already available through...

Author: By Charitha Gowda, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dining Services Adds Soup to Fly-By | 10/31/2000 | See Source »

...result of a lawsuit brought by alternative-medicine advocates, the FDA is supposed to decide before the end of this week whether the manufacturers of omega-3 pills and fish oils can advertise the fat's heart benefits. If the FDA agrees, omega-3 will join a select group of nutrients, including psyllium, soy and whole oats, that is cleared for similar health claims. The agency was keeping mum in advance about which way it was leaning, but the evidence provided some clues about how it might rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Love Fish | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...simple way for the purchasers of filter software to verify a manufacturer's claims--or for those whose sites are wrongly labeled as pornography or hate speech to find out and complain. Even if the programs offer some nominal degree of choice, users have no ability whatsoever to select the exact level of filtering. Filter software puts these decisions in the hands of the manufacturers, not those of the schools or the parents...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Heart of Darkness | 10/24/2000 | See Source »

...Survival of the fittest. Scarce resources. These aren't just phrases from evolutionary biology, they are descriptions of the situation which would confront student organizations if the council focused the grants budget toward a few select groups. What doesn't kill the rest will only make them stronger. After the mass extinction, the survivors would roam the campus like giants, growing stronger and winning ever more resources. Like the two-party system, these large groups would reflect and absorb their disparate elements, forging a stronger, broader student community...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Funding Fiefdoms | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

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