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...absorb folic acid, a compound known to prevent NTDs. Co-author of the study, Lucina Suarez, who works with the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the implications of NTDs can be fatal. “With anencephaly, the cranium fails to close. This is a very serious defect, as the brain is not enclosed in the skull,” she said. Spina bifida, or the failure of spinal cord closure, is a more common result of NTDs than anencephaly, according to Suarez. “Among those who survive childhood [spina bifida], a majority are affected...
...need of it. Our criticisms are not meant to overshadow or diminish the excellent work done by some individual prefects working against a system almost deliberately setup to thwart their efforts. However, merely because some prefects do good work does not mean the system is not in need of serious change, the kind of change announced this week by the College. We hope that the revamped program will offer a dual social-academic advising service to freshman, raising the level of expectations for upperclassmen egging to rise to the challenge. Mark A. Adomanis ’07, a Crimson editorial...
While general education was not addressed—a topic of serious concern at Tuesday’s faculty meeting—Faculty Council members said they expect the search for a new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to begin to take shape with Bok’s help...
...over-worked undergrads relax and hang out with their fellow entryway-mates. The best prefects form friendships with their prefectees that last beyond the first year. While there is no question that the Prefect Program is largely successful at encouraging social life within freshmen entryways, the system needs some serious changes. Most importantly, the program needs a more effective mechanism to hold prefects accountable, for the whole academic year, to the task to which they have committed. Furthermore, it is difficult for officers of the Prefect Program to keep an eye on every prefect to make sure...
...doing it just to have fun and just to play basketball,” Puchtel said. “Of course the thought crossed my mind, but it was never a serious aspiration or goal...