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Likely much of what will occur at Take Back the Night will involve citing statistics about the prevalence of rape. For instance, younger women are victims of sexual violence at higher rates than older women. Supposedly only one in five rapes is reported to police. And a favorite statistic: 80...
A couple of months ago, Clifton Dawson’s face was the most-seen on campus. His clutch game performances and record-breaking ability granted him a reputation larger than the stack of Harvard football schedules brandishing his image or his building-sized poster adorning the side of Blodgett...
According to data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen conducted in 1999, immigrants account for 26.7 percent of black students at the universities used in the AJE study. At Ivy League schools, the statistic reached 40.6 percent.
My favorite definition of local comes from Columbia's Gussow, a reporter for Time in the 1950s who went on to become a local-eating pioneer. For 25 years, Gussow has lectured on the environmental (and culinary) disadvantages of relying on a global food supply. Her most oft-quoted statistic...
A stabbing, intoxicated underage girls, secretive nightclub managers, and a sausage vendor conveniently located in the shadow of a blood-stained parking garage have come together in a strange tale. Although this might sound like the plot of a 99-cent mystery novel, such elements actually make up the story...