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Over the last 10 years this theory has been born out in the press. The great chicken scandal of '99 was only the latest in a series of disturbing events in the history of final clubs. The same year that the Skull and Bones club of Yale decided to tap women into its secret society, Harvard's now-defunct Pi Eta club was settling a 1988 alleged rape suit. In 1991 final clubs voted to adopt the College alcohol policy; three days later three clubs broke it. Later that same year Pi Eta closed forever, two rapes allegedly having taken...
...while students bemoan the loss of the Scour Exchange platform, at least two companies are now bidding for Scour's assets, hoping to revive the company's software and tap into the revenue potential they say still exists in the online digital media sphere...
Scour.com was founded in 1997 by five students at the University of California at Los Angeles. Within a year, the company attempted to tap into the growing popularity of the MP3 music format by developing a multimedia search engine...
...have to be a foodie to love this," explains Finch. "Food is a connective tissue. It's memories and experiences, going places and doing things. It's not just going into the kitchen and doing a recipe." Finch's nongourmet sensibilities helped her tap the fact that food is adored not only when it captivates but also when it comforts. So rather than another take on truffles and pate, Finch created Unwrapped, a series focused on the fun stuff--like candy, French fries, Champagne--so beloved by most people. Her Best of...has quirky categories--the best places for homemade...
...bottom line is that the manufacturers of homeopathic remedies are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year for products that may be no more effective than ordinary tap water and are probably not as pure. Yet proponents abound, particularly in Europe. A standard boast, in fact, is that the British royal family uses and believes in homeopathic products...