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Sharp smell The new genome studies have located the genes that give the bee its acute sense of smell. Smell is vital in an insect that uses pheromones both to communicate locations and to indicate rank...
Groups like SLAM have also been accused of using overly feisty, noisy, and confrontational tactics. Yet, not only do such criticisms ignore the vital role played by loud and vigorous dissent in any democracy worthy of the name, but they also fail to note the full scope of what student activists...
...profit consulting when she graduates in the spring. “While you can donate or volunteer, those hours can sometimes be better spent making an organization more efficient overall,” Eldridge says. Money is pouring into non-profit organizations, and Eldridge says consultants can give vital advice on managing it. “Organizations like the [Bill and Melinda] Gates Foundation are moving non-profits towards a more corporate model,” Eldridge says. Museums and other cultural institutions having been adopting ideas from the business world for decades. Eldridge says she has trouble getting excited...
...Control of Panjwai, which lies so close to the political heart of the Afghan south, is vital, and it seems NATO's hold on the district is slipping. Lieutenant General David Richards called Operation Medusa a "significant success," but weeks later the Taliban have come back with a vengeance, staging large-scale attacks on NATO bases in the area and scotching NATO claims that they had driven the Taliban out of Panjwai...
Though the philosophy of the new general education is no doubt important, constructing a better system to ensure the integrity of the individual requirements and courses is perhaps even more vital to its long-term viability. A lack of strong oversight has allowed the current Core to decompose from a tight system guided by a clear rationale into the hodgepodge of specialty courses that it is today. Much of the blame goes to the CSC, which meets infrequently and prioritizes methods of student evaluation over course content when deciding which courses count for Core credit. For instance, the CSC insists...