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...study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the journal Child Development, researchers found that children born to women who were depressed during pregnancy were four times as likely to be arrested for violent crimes by age 16 as children of nondepressed mothers. The study involved 120 randomly chosen women from South London, who were interviewed when they were pregnant and after they gave birth. Researchers also interviewed the participants' children when they were 4, 11 and 16 years old. Further, the authors accounted for other stresses in the mother's life that could contribute to a child's antisocial...
...Aside from their virtues as social theories, the Beauvoir, Fanon, and Foucault texts are foundational in feminism, post-colonial studies, and theories of sexuality respectively. Given the time limitations of the course and the need to choose works of the greatest substance, these texts are appropriately chosen. Moreover, discussions of other social theorists frequently include discussions of family structure, imperialism, and race. For instance, a number of students in my tutorial this year wrote papers comparing Mill’s and Tocqueville’s different views on gender and examining how these views were related to broader social theoretic...
...Some Taliban experts say that if Mehsud is indeed dead, his organization won't announce it until a new leader for the Pakistani Taliban is chosen - and that could take a while. "Very likely, there is confusion in the ranks," Talat Masood, a retired general and political analyst, told TIME. "The Taliban will keep on denying Mehsud is dead until the battle for succession is over...
Down in Philadelphia, Penn recently announced that the papers of Chaim Potok, the great Jewish-American novelist who wrote such favorites as The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev, are now all ready. Potok, a Penn alum, left his papers to the University after his death in 2002, according to The New York Times...
Fresh off her win for Best Classical Vocal Performance at this year’s Grammy awards, Renée Fleming arrives today at Harvard to coach four undergraduates chosen by the Office for the Arts in a master class open to the public. While these students might be understandably nervous singing before America’s premier soprano, they have no reason to be. Fleming is as beloved for her warmth of manner and golden personality as for her voice. After her visit to Harvard, she will perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from February 11 to February...