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...ease of getting an initiative on the ballot, in this election alone California voters can vote on 16 propositions, ranging from health policy to Indian gaming, from stem cell research to criminal law. By the next election, 16 might be considered chump change. In 1998, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) reported that between 1976 and 1996, voters voted on 106 statewide ballot initiatives, up from 29 during the previous 20 years...
College students are expected to vote in record numbers today in a presidential election that will determine the fate of several key issues affecting higher education—from stem cell research in university laboratories to military recruiting on college campuses and affirmative action in university admissions...
...illegal—and supposes this is the reason he’s had so much trouble. However, Mark doesn’t see the law as a good enough reason to deny a BDSM presence on campus. “Gay marriage is illegal. Forms of stem cell research are illegal,” he says. “But there are groups dedicated to advancing the cause of both of these things. So even though it’s illegal, advancing the cause to make it legal is perfectly reasonable...
...Adomanis quickly jumped in with a clarification of the frequently mistaken Bush administration’s position, arguing that fetal stem cells were neither a panacea nor an immediately viable source of new cures for disease...
...Adult stem cells are the most promising and have yielded the best results today,” said Adomanis, who is also a Crimson editor. “It’s not as if over in the Science Center we have cures for Parkinson’s Disease cooked up ready to go once Bush is kicked out of office...