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Poverty and lack of education were recognized early on as the root problem of these disaffected youths. Nobody understood this better than G. Stanley Hall, an American psychology pioneer who is the book's unlikely hero. In 1898, Hall defined a new stage of life called "adolescence," characterized by parental conflict, moodiness and risk taking. Contrary to the disciplinarian ethos of the day, Hall recommended that adolescents be given "room to be lazy." His prediction that "we shall one day attract the youth of the world by our unequaled liberty and opportunity," not only prophesied a culture that would revere...
...YouTube. But at the same time, he thinks it is nothing to be afraid of. Technically, Tweed notes, Crecienda en Gracia is a cult, a small group in some tension with the world at large and organized around a single magnetic leader. But it is not a cult as understood in the popular sense: Jim Jones or the Branch Davidians, who in deep self-imposed isolation, honed a violent apocalyptic element that eventually led to murder or suicide. Those at last weekend's rally and throughout De Jesus' following, he says, do appear to believe we may be approaching...
...second paper, published in Neurology this past week, finds that middle-schoolers who suffer from migraines with aura are more likely than their peers to suffer from depressive disorders or anxiety disorders - and to be at risk of suicide. While the link between the conditions is poorly understood, the paper, which followed 8,000 youths, notes that altered levels of serotonin - a neurotransmitter affecting mood and appetite - have an impact both on migraine headaches and affective disorders. The study doesn't suggest that migraines make kids suicidal. But it does show that kids with migraines are more likely...
America persevered because passionate, civic-minded citizens understood the importance of this country's founding traditions and were willing to take a stand in their defense. But these historic lessons are not passed on to new generations through the gene pool. They must be taught in our schools...
...Undergraduate Council has issued a report on the subject and conducted a poll of undergraduates indicating heavy support for a calendar change. The Council has also addressed a letter to me and to the other members of the Harvard Corporation asking us to consider the matter. (It should be understood that a new calendar could probably not go into effect for two years in order to allow time to prepare properly for such a change...