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...that the fear of prison drives addicts underground and that incarceration is more expensive than treatment - so why not give drug addicts health services instead? Under Portugal's new regime, people found guilty of possessing small amounts of drugs are sent to a panel consisting of a psychologist, social worker and legal adviser for appropriate treatment (which may be refused without criminal punishment), instead of jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

Final Clubs: 1. Eight endowed all-male clubs, housed in their own multi-million dollar mansions. 2. The center of some students’ social lives (mostly female first-years’), they are viewed disapprovingly by College administrators and women’s groups alike. 3. Bastions of socioeconomic elitism. 4. Generally overrated. 5. Prefrosh. Where you won’t get in, if you’re a male, and where you should avoid, if you’re a female...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Harvardisms, Prefrosh Weekend Edition | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...Science Activities Social (Women's Center) — "A relaxing way to meet a lot of scientists," the publicity assures. HUBSS will provide crepes, THURJ the ice cream, and WISHR the monkey bread (AKA pinch-me cake...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: The Prefrosh Sabbath Day | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...similarity to Facebook is no accident. Google profiles are the search giant's fiendishly clever attempt to turn your ego-surfing pain into their gain. By giving users a modicum of control over the results that appear on a search for their name, Google hopes to establish a social network beachhead and take on wildly popular sites like Facebook and MySpace. Facebook users who otherwise couldn't be bothered to set up a separate profile page on Google might find the idea appealing if it gives them some control over the Google search results for their name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Google Wants You to Google Yourself | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

Tatenda Majiri, 22, hoists a calabash of home-brewed beer with some authority while discussing news of the day. But he has no confidence in the future. The social-work student says he has lost hope of going back to school because the government-owned University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has been closed since last year. "Drinking is the only constructive activity I have," he says as he passes the time in Nzvimbo, a rural township in Chiweshe, about 150 km north of the capital, Harare. "What else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even with a New Government, Conditions in Zimbabwe Worsen | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

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