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...Although not as dramatic yesterday, the Crimson bench continued to hit well as Hopps and sophomore outfielder Javy Lopez added pinch-hit singles in the ninth to score a pair and pad the Crimson lead...
Recent campaigns by members of Harvard Right to Life (HRL) have highlighted an obscure fact about the required University Health Services (UHS) fee: Students can receive a refund of the portion of their fee that is allocated to subsidize abortions. Although the actual refund is literally a few cents, and the amount of the subsidy is trivial compared to the high cost of obtaining an abortion, HRL has nevertheless encouraged anti-abortion students to register moral objection to the medical procedure by requesting the refund. We not only strongly discourage students from following this irresponsible advice, but we emphatically urge...
...religious debate. We require Christian Scientists--who believe that the healing of disease should be performed by spiritual means alone--and Jehovah's Witnesses--who have deep religious convictions against accepting blood transfusions--to pay the entirety of their health services fee, regardless of their religious or personal beliefs. Although it is understandable that students may harbor strong moral objections to abortion, such personal preference cannot be grounds for overturning a professional and medical decision to subsidize a legally-sanctioned procedure...
...bill of Illinois Gov. George Ryan, a death penalty supporter, whose state has exonerated 13 men from death row in the last fourteen years. Several of those men were exculpated by DNA evidence, and Illinois has adopted a law providing for widespread DNA testing. Ryan has also prudently (although belatedly) declared a state moratorium on executions until the system can be reformed...
...news has caused consternation in Europe, where GM food has become a particularly hot issue, with environmentalists concerned about the modified fish's potential impact on wildlife. They say that although the experimental fish are bred to be sterile, one mistake - one fish that escapes - could ruin wild populations. The GM fish are known to have a lower egg-survival rate, weaker muscle structure and poorer swimming performance than normal salmon. But the economic arguments seem sure to outweigh the environmental ones. "After all, we've practically fished out our oceans already," says TIME science writer Frederic Golden...