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...thing. For marine life, however, it could be a disaster. Despite their ferocity, sharks ensure a kind of order in the oceans. Sitting at the top of the food chain, they keep other large predators in check, regulating who gets to eat whom and who gets to survive and thrive. Want to preview an ocean after the sharks have gone? Picture Yugoslavia after the Soviets: a bloodbath. "We know from studying lakes that top predators have disproportionate effects on their ecosystems," says Baum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sharkless Seas | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

...Appiah and Cornel West, that I remain behind to maintain stability as the department attempts to rebuild,” he said in an interview. “Part of my legacy as an academic will be this department, and I want it not only to survive but to thrive...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Will Stay, Declining Offer From Princeton | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

...roles are to organize college-wide activities and to serve as a student voice in dialogue with the administration, one of the council’s principal duties is much less sexy: providing cash grants and dining service food vouchers to student groups so that they may function and thrive...

Author: By Jason L. Lurie, | Title: No Money for Discrimination | 12/3/2002 | See Source »

...dirty business. According to Otto Langer, 56, a biologist who worked 30 years for Canada's Department of Fisheries, a large salmon farm may pour as much liquid waste into the sea as a small city. Add to that the plagues of destructive sea lice that thrive in densely packed salmon pens and the schools of farm-grown fish that inevitably escape to the open sea, where they spread diseases and compete for food and breeding grounds with wild stocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fish Farming: Fishy Business | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...flourish at the College, for whatever reason, the visual arts have consistently been ignored. Despite the lack of a Dramatic Arts concentration, nearly 30 plays a semester grace Harvard’s stages. Each year, hundreds of students from Harvard and beyond audition at Common Casting. Likewise, musical groups thrive. Even before coming to Harvard, students are exposed to the bountiful a capella scene—the a capella jam is one of the most popular pre-frosh events. Furthermore, dance at Harvard has increased its presence lately. The waiting list for the recent show Ex-rated, which featured pieces...

Author: By Sophie Gonick, | Title: Arts at the Heart of It | 11/19/2002 | See Source »

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