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...STAY WARM The price of wheat reached an all-time high of more than $12 per bu. on Feb. 25. The culprit, in part, was the price of crude oil, which has surged back above $100 per bbl. Ironically, high prices for basic foods like potatoes and eggs have also been causing unrest in the oil-rich Middle East...
...Disaster Re-Examined It has been almost two decades since the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in which a tanker dumped millions of gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. Now after a lengthy legal battle over one of the most environmentally disastrous events in U.S. history, the Supreme Court is hearing Exxon's appeal. A look back at the case...
...YEAR OF THE SPILL The waters near Cordova, Alaska, were coated with oil, killing hundreds of thousands of animals and effectively destroying the livelihoods of many residents depending on the fishing industry...
...million GALLONS OF OIL SPILLED The tanker was carrying a total of 53 million gallons...
...tutors, and supportive house administrations seek to rejuvenate and re-imagine the possibilities and purposes of various house spaces. Chief among their goals is increasing student awareness not only of these renovated facilities but of their availability to those who aren’t world-class violinists or skilled oil-painters.“That has been my goal: to get people who don’t self-describe themselves as artists to come and use the facilities,” says Kevin Moore, the resident art tutor in Lowell House, who also oversees the house art room and darkroom...