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...When considering what policies to institute for student health, the needs of nutritional minorities should be considered. Crista Martin, the HUDS spokesperson, put it best when she explained that, “for people who have eating disorders or who struggle with issues around the literal value of food, the emphasis on nutrition information does not always lead people to eat in a healthy manner.” But the policy that followed Martin’s announcement was neither fair nor sensible. Food nutrition information was only available on HUDS’s website and some scattered dining-hall...
According to the Honolulu Police Department, 10,605 cars were broken into in 2007, the latest year for which statistics are available. The numbers don't distinguish between rental cars and privately owned vehicles, but police department spokesperson Michelle Yu says that thieves most often target cars parked near popular tourist attractions, knowing that visitors often carry cameras, money, jewelry and other things worth stealing...
...Outcome: The Avenger checked with Thrifty, and company spokesperson Chris Payne says the company is unaware of a "disproportionate number of car thefts in the Honolulu area." The "happens quite often" remark by the Thrifty employee was made out of sympathy alone, Payne says. He also pointed out that Thrifty - like many rental companies - does not use company bumper stickers on rentals, so as to make them more difficult for thieves to identify. (Thrifty cars do, however, have bar-coded stickers on the windshield, which makes the omission of a bumper sticker moot...
...spokesperson Gordon Weiss said on May 10 that doctors serving inside the shrinking combat zones have proved reliable in the past - a statement that drew sharp condemnation from Colombo. "Mr. Gordon Weiss should be a lot more discreet about what he says in public, given the sensitivities involved, especially at a time when emotions are running high, not only in Sri Lanka, but elsewhere as well," Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona said. Weiss has overstepped his mandate, Kohona says, effectively giving a stamp of authenticity to unverified claims about the war. The Sri Lankan government has made it all but impossible...
...fled the zone within 72 hours when the Army breached a major Tiger fortification. Sri Lankan troops advanced a further 300 meters into Tiger territory on Tuesday. "We still believe that thousands of people, men, women and those vulnerable remain trapped inside the combat area," says Sarasi Wijeratne ICRC spokesperson. "There is hardly any safe area left for these people to move in, and their lives are in great danger...