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...only so deep at that level.” In addition to distributing ribbons and signing pledges, the campaign included a discussion in Sever Hall last night about the history and future of anti-violence movements. So far the push has been successful, the organizers said. Four thousand ribbons were ordered and “we could easily run out,” Braxton said. And while the campaign is primarily directed at males, many women across campus are also sporting the ribbons, organizers said. Although some passers-by skirted a white ribbon booth set up in front...
...Oprah offensive was calibrated not just to get women's support - though of course, that would be nice - but to get Iowa's women to pay attention to the race, full stop. In 2004, just 66,690 of 340,241 female registered Democrats in Iowa caucused. Even a few thousand more could make a difference; sure enough, with Oprah as a sweetener, 1,385 people (no gender statistics were available) worked four-hour volunteer shifts for Obama in order to qualify for a ticket to Winfrey's appearance. (The campaign distributed a total of 12,000 tickets to supporters with...
...Some of the blame for our activist thrombosis belongs to former University President Derek C. Bok, a man so loquaciously conciliatory that he could stall a thousand ships with a single monologue. Former University President Neil Rudenstine wasn’t much more exciting, but boy could he raise money. And then there was Larry...
...work is a breakthough because it shows you can develop drug-like molecules that are one thousand time more potent than resveratrol,” Sinclair said in a phone interview yesterday. The report was published in yesterday’s edition of the journal Nature...
...this family's core are the members of Marjinal, a punk band that has helped over a thousand street kids earn cash by teaching them how to busk. "Music gives these kids a way to survive, to make some kind of living," says Mike, Marjinal's lead singer. "Punk, to me, is addressing the things that are rotten in society. It tells us that we have the ability to be independent and take care of each other...