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There are valid reasons to bash TV violence. The CSI series are desensitizingly gross. 24 uses torture to the point of self-parody. (The PTC counts 67 instances of it in the first five seasons.) But these shows are also long running and hugely popular. To suggest that children need federal protection from "accidentally" watching shows well known to be violent at best lets parents off the hook and at worst masks an agenda: to prevent other parents from making choices that antiviolence activists disagree with...
...alcohol czar.” Harvard has developed a Beverage Authorization Team (BAT), a group of graduate students who are licensed bartenders and supervised by Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, Travia said. “They are trained to card students and check for valid ID,” he said, noting that they also distribute wristbands to show whether attendees are of legal drinking age. BAT has been employed at House parties such as Winthrop’s “Debauchery” and during the weekend of the Harvard-Yale football game, Travia...
...ease the dilemma for students faced with the choice between books and social costs. Students whose families make less than $40,000 per year would be given an additional $125 and those with a family income under $60,000 would receive $75. However, these stipends would only be valid at the Coop (and in the textbook department, specifically), to ensure that students must spend the money on books. The proposal has received widespread support from the student body—it received a strong endorsement from the Undergraduate Council and its petition has been signed by over 1,000 students.C-CAP...
...core, an open invitation for Beijing to emerge from the secrecy that shrouds much of its military planning and spending. The incentive for China? To sit down, U.S. officials later said, with counterparts in the Pentagon and be treated not as an enemy, but as a rising power with valid interests in the Pacific and beyond. After the visit, China's foreign ministry spokesman said, "military ties [between the two countries] are facing a precious opportunity of development," and at a meeting in Beijing's defense ministry, the deputy chief of the General Staff, Ge Zhenfeng, told Fallon that...
Local residents opposing Harvard’s expansion have valid concerns. They fear that the Allston they know will be transformed into an astronomically expensive yuppie paradise in which they could no longer afford to live. They are also concerned that Harvard’s plans emphasize the enhancement of the institution over the benefit of the community as a whole. Classrooms and laboratories, they say, will take up space but provide little benefit to those unaffiliated with the University...