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...caps, rising sea levels and perhaps even more intense hurricanes devastating our coasts. Most climate scientists believe the warming is directly related to rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide that have resulted from burning fossil fuels like petroleum. Instead of increasing our addiction to damaging fossil fuels, we should develop the political will to reduce our use. Alan F. Arbogast Department of Geography Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, U.S. Huber wrote that we lack the political will to do what is necessary to continue to use oil indefinitely. He is mistaken. Inaction ensures that oil dependence is here...
Surely, then, it must be best for the University—one which wishes, according to the Curricular Review report, to “help students develop their capacities…for responsible judgment”—to invest in the arms trade, in ecological disaster, in the terrorizing of workers in Colombia, in the military dictatorship in Burma, or until last spring, in genocide in Darfur...
...before Conan’s tenure at the multiple-Emmy-winning cartoon, Harvard alums helped develop and shape the show. Al Jean III ’81 helped craft its first episodes, transitioning “The Simpsons” from a sketch on the Tracy Ullman Show to a cartoon sitcom...
...beginning of the Harvard men’s soccer team’s season in 2004, it looked like then-sophomore Charles Altchek would be a break-out star. After some more time to develop and mature, Altchek reached that level this season and was awarded Ivy Player of the Year. The junior forward from Rye, N.Y. lead the league in goals and points with 11 and 22, respectively. In both of these categories, no other player came close to matching Altchek. His closest rivals sat more than four goals and five points behind. All season long, Altchek?...
...hypertension after controlling for other factors such as diet and smoking. While not disputing the short-term increase in blood pressure and stress hormones found by other studies, one of the authors of the report, Dr. Gary C. Curhan, suggests people who drink a large amount of coffee develop some sort of resistance over time. The study backs up a similar investigation by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published in 2002, which found similar results for men. Decaffeinated coffee was found to have very similar results to caffeinated coffee, while the results for tea were inconclusive. The study...